Advanced Rt f Templates

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Advanced RTF

Template TechniquesXML Publisher

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Advanced Features

Template Properties Parameters

Updateable Variables

Page Break Alias

Running Totals

If Then Else

Conditional Formatting

@section, @cell Page Total

Carried Forward/Brought Forward

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Template Properties

Embed any XML Publisher properties to RTFtemplate

Either hard code or reference values in theXML data

Use custom document properties dialog

Examples

Font embedding, Security settings

Usage

Prefix XML Publisher property with xdo-Name: xdo-pdf-open-password Value: welcome

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Template Parameters

Pass parameter values into the template atruntime

Not yet supported by concurrent manager

When calling TemplateHelper/FOProcessoradd properties prefixed with xslt.

Declare the parameter in the template

Reference value in Template using $ prefixe.g. $InvThresh

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Updateable Variables

Ability to set and get variable values Usage

Declaring /Setting a variable value

Retrieving a variable value

Use variables in calculations :

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Running Totals

Make use of the updateable variables tocreate and track the running total inside a for-each loop

Use the set and get methods to create andupdate the necessary variables

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If Then Else

Can be used in place of a choose: statement Can nest if-then-else expressions to multiple

levelsIF InvoiceAmount = 0 THEN

InvoiceAmount

ELSE

No Value

END IF

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Conditional Formatting

Conditionally highlight data Fonts, Background

Highlight

Cells, Rows Use xsl attributes to set the formatting

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Page Totals

Ability to add page totals to layout Either in header/footer or in body of template

Declare the page total first

Show the page total value, specifying thenumber format to be used

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Carried Forward/Brought Forward

Ability to add carried forward/brought forwardvalues to the top and bottom of a page

Conditionally show on first and last pages

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Section Breaks

Allows you to maintain header informationacross pages and invoke a page break on agroup element

Very useful for parent/detail reports e.g.Invoices, Pos, etc

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Q U E S T I O N SA N S W E R S

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