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Including XML on an MS Word Merge Document

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This article explain explains how to use the data stored within a SmartSimple [[SmartSimpleCustom Field Type: Special - XML Data|XML field]] XML field on a [[Word Merge ]] document.
Word Merges can either draw in a single value from an XML "node" or the XML data can be displayed as a table.
XML data can be displayed on a Word Merge as either a single value or table. ==Syntax==
==General Procedure==For single values from an XML node use the following syntax in the "Values" section of the [[Custom Field Type: Special - MS Word Merge|Word Merge custom field]]:
For single values use:'''Example:''' ''project_budget=@xml.Submission Budget.Total-Expenses.total-exp.currency(total-expenses.nodevalue)@;''
To display data in a table (dynamic number of rows) use the same syntax as used on a web page view ([[Custom_Field_Type:_Special_-_XML_Data]])
and delimit the cells using pipes ("|"). Note that there is a pipe ("| ") at the beginning and end of the row.
''table_x''=@xml.''fieldname.sectionname.nodename''[#|~''childnodename.nodevalue~|~childnodename.nodevalue''~|#]@
'''Example:''' table_5=@xml.Submission Budget.Other-Grants.Funders[#|~Funder.nodevalue~|~currency(Amount.nodevalue)~|#]@;
This example would render in a table with two columns. to To specify the table use: "table_x =" where x is the table number as it appears in the template document. In the example above it's , the XML data will be merged into the fifth table in the Word document.
Each XML section must be displayed in a separate table.
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