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Example

ThisscriptchecksiftheoutputchannelisEMAILandifthecontexttobemergedisthePrintcontext

(whichhappensifthePrintcontextisattachedtoanemail).Ifthisisthecase,itincludesandexcludes

certainPrintsectionsfromtheoutput.

if (channel == Channel.EMAIL) {

if (merge.context.type == ContextType.PRINT) {

merge.context.sections['Section 1'].enabled = false;

merge.context.sections['Section 2'].enabled = false;

merge.context.sections['Section 3'].enabled = true;

}

masterpage

ThemasterpageobjectisusedtosetaMasterPage'sheaderandfooterortoreplaceitsentireHTML

body.ItcanonlybeaccessedinControlScripts(see"ControlScripts"onpage838and"ControlScript

API"onpage1271).Tryingtoaccessitinanothertypeofscriptwillresultinanerror.

NotethatMasterPagesareonlyusedinaPrintcontext(see"MasterPages"onpage462).

Inscript,MasterPagesareretrievedviathemasterpagesArraywhichcontainsallMasterPagesinthe

currenttemplate(see"template"onpage1292).

Forexample:

var myMasterpage = merge.template.masterpages["Master page 1"];.

Functions and fields

Field Type Description

"html()"on

page1291

 GetsorsetstheHTMLofthebodyelement.

"margins"on

page1311

Margins AllowstosettheheaderandfooterofaMasterPage,usingaMeasurementstring,forexample:"2in"

(thissetsamargintotwoinches).

html()

InaControlScript,thehtml()functionofasectionorMasterPagecanbeusedtogettheinitialcon-

tentsofits<body>,andmodifythem.Thismakesitpossible,forexample,topopulateasectionor

MasterPagewithelementsretrievedfromaContentManagementsystem,beforeStandardScripts

run.

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