Apply template to document node using Javascript API

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rbelisle

It looks like you can apply a template to a node using the Javascript API through the ScriptAction api???

Could anyone enlighten me on how you might go about this?

kevinr

Yes you can. You can execute a template string directly:

   var result = document.processTemplate("this is a freemarker template executed by ${person.properties.userName}");
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and you can execute a template that already exists in the repo, such as:

   var template = companyhome.childByNamePath["/Data Dictionary/Presentation Templates/doc_info.ftl"];
   var result = document.processTemplate(template);
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There's a lot you can do with this! As the first example shows, you can construct the template itself in javascript code, you can also load up template content, modify it if you wish and execute it on the fly.

Hope this helps,

Kevin