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What to use a Control Script for
Control Scripts let you change the way a template is merged, by giving access to the template
with all its contexts and sections in a script. A Control Script may, for example, omit, group and
clone sections; add a background to a Print section; or add a header to an email. A number of
the things that you can do with them is listed in the table below, with a link to a topic that
explains how to do it and that shows what the script should look like.
In a Control Script, section usually is the most important object. To get a quick overview and
lots of examples, see "section" on page1426. For help on specific tasks, see the table below.
Task See topic Field/function of
section object
Change the page
numbering of Print
sections
"Control Script: Page numbering" on
page894
restartPageNumbering
Set the background
image of a Print
section
"Control Script: Setting a Print section's
background" on page899
background.source,
background.url,
background.position
Split and rename
Print email
attachments
"Parts: splitting and renaming email
attachments" on page896
part
Dynamically set a
password on PDF
attachments
"Control Script: Securing PDF
attachments" on page904
password,
ownerPassword
Include/exclude
sections:
l Conditionally
omit Print, Web
or Email
sections
l Output one
Use a Conditional Print Section script to
in-/exclude a Print section based on a
simple condition; see "section" on
page1426
In all other cases take a look at the
examples in the following topic: "section"
on page1426.
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