1.7

Object Usage
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the section object. Via the section object you can omit, select and clone
sections; add a background to a Print section; add a header to an email; etc.
A section can be retrieved via the context that it belongs to, using
merge.template.contexts.ContextType.sections["section name"]. For
example: merge.template.contexts.PRINT.sections["Section EN"].
"context"
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Object that contains one context and its sections. It is accessed through the
template object: merge.template.contexts.
To get access to one context, you have to specify the ContextType (see
"ContextType" on page530), for example: var printContext =
merge.template.contexts.PRINT;.
Through the merge object you can find out which context is currently being
merged: merge.context.
"template"
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The template object contains all contexts and sections. It is accessed
through the merge object: merge.template.
"merge" on
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The merge object gives access to the template with all of its contexts and
sections .
channel
(see
"Channel"
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The channel for which output is generated. This is registered in the merge
object: merge.channel.
Note that the channel doesn't change when the output consists of different
contexts. When generating email, for example, the channel is EMAIL, even
when merging the Print context to attach it to the email.
"record" on
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The current record in the main data set. To get the value of a field in the
record, use record.fields['fieldname'] or record.fields.fieldname.
Other objects that are available to Control Scripts
The list above isn't exhaustive: most of the objects listed in the Designer API (see "Designer
Scripts API" on page465) are also available in Control Scripts. Not all of those objects can be
used in Control Scripts, however. This is because Control Scripts differ from template scripts in
two ways:
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