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Create a Document Object to Hold Content

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Create a Document Object to Hold Content

Every report program must create an mlreportgen.dom.Document object to hold

report content. Use the mlreportgen.dom.Document constructor to create a Document

object.

If you use the constructor with no arguments, the DOM API creates an HTML document

named Untitled.htmx in the current folder.

You can specify the file system path of the report as the first argument of the constructor.

You can specify the type of report to be generated by using a second argument. You can

specify the type to be 'html' or 'docx' (for Microsoft Word). You can then use the

rptview function to convert a Word report to PDF, or you can open the report in Word

and save it as PDF.

This Document constructor creates an HTML report called myReport.

d = Document('myreport','html');

Using a third argument, you can specify the file system path of a Word or HTML

template to be used as a basis for creating the report. You need to specify a template

only if you are using template-based formatting (using style sheets) or form-based report

generation. If you specify a template, it must be a Word template (.dotx) for Word

reports or an HTML template (.htmtx) for HTML reports. For example, this Document

constructor creates a Word report using the Word template myWordTemplate.dotx.

d = Document('myreport','docx','myWordTemplate');