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Conditional Text in Word with XML data source
I have a potential client that is using an ERP system called Priority which produces various documents such as invoices using a Word template with mapped XML fields.
Sometimes they will produce a single document, sometimes it is a batch.
They want the document to say different things depending on the data.
If this were a Word mail merge I would use a If..Then..Else field in the mail merge, but they tell me that isn't working. I guess that is because they aren't running a Word merge.
Can you use IF fields in this XML situation, if so how?
Sometimes they will produce a single document, sometimes it is a batch.
They want the document to say different things depending on the data.
If this were a Word mail merge I would use a If..Then..Else field in the mail merge, but they tell me that isn't working. I guess that is because they aren't running a Word merge.
Can you use IF fields in this XML situation, if so how?
The answer will depend on how Priority operates. Here's their contact page, where you can request a demo and ask questions: Priority Contact Page
OK, let's forget about Priority for a moment. I'd like to learn more about IF fields.
How do they work when it's not a mailmerge?
The Microsoft website just says {If order>100 "truetext" "falsetext"}. What is "Order"? A bookmark?
If I want to reference a Content Control, how do I do that?
How do they work when it's not a mailmerge?
The Microsoft website just says {If order>100 "truetext" "falsetext"}. What is "Order"? A bookmark?
If I want to reference a Content Control, how do I do that?
In your example order will be a variable that contains a number.
To reference Content Controls, you usually loop through the collection to find the one that meets your criteria. Unfortunately, a Content Control doesn't have a unique identifier. Often you can reference a Content Control by its Title or its Tag, but neither of those are necessarily unique. Duplicates can exist. This Stack Overflow post has 2 workable answers:Get ContentControl by title (or tag)
Here is Microsoft's reference page on Working with Content Controls:
To reference Content Controls, you usually loop through the collection to find the one that meets your criteria. Unfortunately, a Content Control doesn't have a unique identifier. Often you can reference a Content Control by its Title or its Tag, but neither of those are necessarily unique. Duplicates can exist. This Stack Overflow post has 2 workable answers:Get ContentControl by title (or tag)
Here is Microsoft's reference page on Working with Content Controls:
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