pdx:modifyInputFields Modifies the values associated with Word template input fields

pdx:modifyInputFields

Modifies the values associated with Word template input fields.

Description

Element definition

<pdx:templateVariables pdx:preprocessedTemplate="">
    <pdx:modifyInputFields>
        <pdx:inputField pdx:variableName="">
            <pdx:data pdx:dataId="" pdx:dataType="text">text</pdx:data>
        </pdx:inputField>
        <pdx:inputField pdx:variableName="">
            <pdx:data pdx:dataId="" pdx:dataType="text">text</pdx:data>
        </pdx:inputField>
    </pdx:modifyInputFields>
</pdx:templateVariables>

This element allows to modify the value of a series of Word input fields.

In combination with the tickCheckbox element allows to fill all data of a standard web form.

This element is also compatible with Word legacy input fields.

Attributes and sub-elements

variableName

The name of the variable.

Code samples

#Example 1

config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<pdx:document xmlns:pdx="http://www.phpdocx.com/main">
    <pdx:config>
        <pdx:template pdx:path="/var/www/xmldocx/samples/files/inputFields.docx" />
        <pdx:output pdx:name="output" pdx:type="docx" />
    </pdx:config>
</pdx:document>

content.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<pdx:document xmlns:pdx="http://www.phpdocx.com/main">
    <pdx:templateVariables pdx:preprocessedTemplate="">
        <pdx:modifyInputFields>
            <pdx:inputField pdx:variableName="textfield_1">
                <pdx:data pdx:dataId="" pdx:dataType="text">first</pdx:data>
            </pdx:inputField>
            <pdx:inputField pdx:variableName="textfield_2">
                <pdx:data pdx:dataId="" pdx:dataType="text">second</pdx:data>
            </pdx:inputField>
            <pdx:inputField pdx:variableName="sdt_1">
                <pdx:data pdx:dataId="" pdx:dataType="text">third</pdx:data>
            </pdx:inputField>
            <pdx:inputField pdx:variableName="sdt_2">
                <pdx:data pdx:dataId="" pdx:dataType="text">fourth</pdx:data>
            </pdx:inputField>
        </pdx:modifyInputFields>
    </pdx:templateVariables>
</pdx:document>

settings.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<pdx:document xmlns:pdx="http://www.phpdocx.com/main">
    <pdx:settings>
    </pdx:settings>
</pdx:document>

import os as os
import sys as sys
sys.path.append(os.path.abspath("wrappers/python/XmlDocx"))
import XmlDocx as XmlDocx
document = XmlDocx.XmlDocx("config.xml")
document.setDocumentProperties("settings.xml")
document.addContent("content.xml")
document.setXmlDocxPath("xmldocx path")
document.render()

The resulting Word document looks like: