Coding Documents (Utopia)
Document coding allows you to create templates that ESL Office can use to dynamically create documents using data from the system. This section describes document coding for Young Consulting's MVC or Utopia version of ESL Office. If you are on the .NET version of ESL Office, see the section Coding Documents (Legacy).
Document Coding Processes
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Master Document – A Word document defining the layout and basic structure of your generated document.
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Tokens – Placeholders for ESL Office data.
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Statements – Commands that tell ESL Office how to assemble the document.
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Record XML – The data source used to build the document.
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Test Utility – A standalone Windows application to test templates.
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Useful Database Values – A list of commonly used non-obvious database values and tokens.