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that container an ID, for example:
<div ID=”EN”><p>This is text for English customers.</p></div>
Use the function .children() to load the contents of the container, and not the container
itself. For example:
results.loadhtml(‘Snippets/myfooter.html’, ‘#EN’).children()
This script loads the paragraph of the example (<p>), but not the container itself (<div>).
Load a snippet and insert variable data into it
The following script loads part of a snippet based on the value of a field, and then
finds/replaces text by the value of a field before inserting the content into the document.
var promoTxt = loadhtml('snippets/promo-en.html', '#' +
record.fields['YOGA']);
promoTxt.find('@first@').text(record.fields['FIRSTNAME']);
results.html(promoTxt);
Control Scripts
Control Scripts are scripts that affect the output of a template per record as a whole, instead of
parts of the content. They are executed before the data is merged and can be used to control
how different sections of the context are handled when the output is generated.
With a control script you can, among other things:
l Conditionally omit sections from print output
l Dynamically set the background image of a section
l Make the page numbering continue over all print sections
l Select one print section as PDF attachment if the output is to be emailed, and another
print section if the output is to be printed.
You need some knowledge of JavaScript to edit Control Scripts, just as for any other self-made
scripts, because there is no Control Script Wizard; see "Write your own scripts" on page 195.
This topic explains how to add a Control Script, how to use a Control Script to change the page
numbering in Print output, and how to write a Control Script that splits one generated document
into multiple files or attachments.
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