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Generate Document
1 Introduction
The generate-document microflow action can be used to create a document based on a template.
Generate document
2 Input Properties
2.1 File Document
The file document that will contain the generated document. It should be an object of entity System.FileDocument or a specialization thereof.
3 Action Properties
3.1 Language
The language in which the titles and labels of the document should appear.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Current user | Use the language of the current user. |
| Project default | Use the default language that is specified in the Project Settings. |
| Variable | Use the language stored in the selected variable. The variable should be of type System.Language. |
Default value: Current user
3.2 Document Type
The document type specifies the type of the generated document.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| HTML | Generate a document in HTML format. |
| Generate a document in PDF format. | |
| Word 2007 | Generate a document in Word 2007 format. |
| Word 2003 | Generate a document in Word 2003 format. |
| Rich-text format | Generate a document in Rich-text format. |
| ODT | Generate a document in Open Office (ODT) format. |
3.3 Template
Template defines which document template is used to generate the file. Depending on the template being used one or more arguments need to be specified. For each top-level data grid and data view objects of the correct type need to be passed to the template. The value of the argument can be entered using expressions.
3.4 Override Margins
Here you can set custom margins for your documents that can be defined at runtime.