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Objects
Object Description
"results"on
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Thisobject-ofthetype:QueryResults-isusedtomanipulatethecontentofthetemplate.ItcontainstheHTMLelementorsetof
HTMLelementsthatmatchtheselectorofthescript,specifiedinthescripteditor.
ThisobjectisnotavailableinControlScripts,becausethattypeofscriptdoesn'thaveaselector(see"ControlScripts"onpage398).
"this"on
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AStandardscriptorPostPaginationscriptthathasitsscopesetto"Eachmatchedelement"(see"Settingthescopeofa
script"onpage373)willbecalledinaloopovertheelementsthatmatchtheselectorofthescript-theresults(see"res-
ults"onpage844).Insuchascript,thisisanobjectofthetypeQueryResult.Itrepresentsthecurrentelementintheloop.
ThisobjectisnotavailableinControlScripts,becausethattypeofscriptdoesn'thaveaselector(see"ControlScripts"on
page398).
"record"on
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Therecordinthemaindatasetthatiscurrentlybeingmerged.Togetthevalueofafieldintherecord,userecord.fields
['fieldname']orrecord.fields.fieldname.
"logger"on
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Globalobjectthatallowsyoutologmessages.
locale Defineswhichlocaletouse.(See"Locale"onpage295.)Notethatthevalueisread-only.
"formatter"on
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Globalobjectthatallowsyoutoformatvalues(suchasadateornumber).
automation ThisobjectencapsulatesthepropertiesoftheWorkflowprocessthattriggeredthecurrentoperation.NotavailableinPrintShopMail
Connect.
"merge"on
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ThemergeobjectismainlyusedinControlScripts.Itgivesaccesstothetemplatewithallofitscontexts,sectionsand
runtimeparameters.Itdoesn'tgiveaccesstothecontentofthesections.Tochangethecontentofasection,youwouldcre-
ateascriptwithaselectorandusetheresultsobjectinthescript(see"results"onpage844).
"contentitem"on
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(Printoutputonly.)ThecontentitemobjectholdsthePrintContentItemthatiswrittentotheConnectdatabasewhengen-
eratingPrintoutput.ItallowsyoutoaddcustompropertiestothePrintContentItem,intheformofkey-valuepairs(aJSON
string).
Note: ThecontentitemobjectisnotavailableinPrintShopMailConnect,duetotheabsenceofaConnectdata-
base.
Globalfunctions
Function Description
"fatalError(message)"on
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Triggersafatalerrorthatabortscontentcreation.
"loadhtml()"onpage726 LoadsHTMLdatafromanHTML(snippet).ThereturnedHTMLcanbeplacedintoavariableorintoasetofHTMLele-
ments.
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