Page breaks

[poweriton]

We output our mail merge to one word document, idea being that each new letter is on a new page. To accomplish this i have a for loop wrapped round a page break. The output always has a additional page instead of ending straight after the last document.

[erdos]

hi, can you share an example template document?

how are you doing the looping? perhaps you could try someting like this (I have not tested the idea):

{%for i in range(length(elems))%}
  {%if i != 0%} <PAGE BREAK HERE> {%end%}
  rest of document with parameters included like {%=elems[i]["price"]%} etc.
{%end%}

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[poweriton]

Hi, template looks like the below {%for shareholder in Case.contacts%}{%if shareholder.ctype == “H”%} Content PAGEBREAK{%end%}{%end%} From: Janos Erdos ***@***.***> Sent: 26 May 2022 17:05 To: erdos/stencil ***@***.***> Cc: Alex Power ***@***.***>; Author ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [erdos/stencil] Page breaks (Issue #123) hi, can you share an example template document? how are you doing the looping? perhaps you could try someting like this (I have not tested the idea): {%for i in range(size(elems))%} {%if i != 0%} <PAGE BREAK HERE> {%end%} rest of document with parameters included like {%=elems[i].price%} etc. {%end%} `` — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#123 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AHXS763QJQBEHRS4W4HQZQLVL6OLXANCNFSM5XBTPZMA>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.******@***.***>>

[erdos]

I created a working example based on the idea above, see in attachment. This does not render the empty page.

Example payload:

{"contacts":
  [{"ctype": "H"},
   {"ctype": "P"},
   {"ctype": "P"},
   {"ctype": "H"}]}

test-control-loop-empty2.docx

[erdos]

This looks like an interesting use case, I created two issues to help solve the problem in a simpler way:

• function to insert page break #124
• Loop over collection with an index #125

[poweriton]

Thanks , I like the function route. Saves actually having the page break when working with the document . I find it hard to follow at times Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>

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________________________________ From: Janos Erdos ***@***.***> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2022 5:37:53 PM To: erdos/stencil ***@***.***> Cc: Alex Power ***@***.***>; Author ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [erdos/stencil] Page breaks (Issue #123) This looks like an interesting use case, I created two issues to help solve the problem in a simpler way: * #124<#124> * #125<#125> — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#123 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AHXS76YKISDFDVHZWAVANNLVL6SGDANCNFSM5XBTPZMA>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[erdos]

Hi, the two changes have been just released with version 0.4.3.

The solution for the inital task looks something like this now:

{%for idx, c in contacts %}{%if idx > 0%}{%=pageBreak()%}{%end%}
BODY HERE FOR {%=c.ctype%}.
{%end%}

[poweriton]

Thank you for implementing this. Ill upgrade the package this week and let you know how I get on From: Janos Erdos ***@***.***> Sent: 01 June 2022 22:41 To: erdos/stencil ***@***.***> Cc: Alex Power ***@***.***>; Author ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [erdos/stencil] Page breaks (Issue #123) Hi, the two changes have been just released with version 0.4.3. The solution for the inital task looks something like this now: {%for idx, c in contacts %}{%if idx > 0%}{%=pageBreak()%}{%end%} BODY HERE FOR {%=c.ctype%}. {%end%} — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#123 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AHXS763B5QRPLT2US5MBFBTVM7KILANCNFSM5XBTPZMA>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.******@***.***>>

[erdos]

did it work? :-)