RTF templates...

[OpenIT Solutions]

Hi,

Is it possible (using 9.3) to add the name of the root package selected to the title page of an rtf document, followed by a contents page and then a section for each package (including the root package) ? Seems like a fairly typical requirment - but i can't see an obvious way to do this using the rtf report generator....

Any pointer appreciated.

Regards,

Jon.

[marcel_str]

It totally depends on how you design your template(s).

I think that you want to use a master document, but it's hard to say with the limited info on your model and template(s).
But, if you create a master document with for instance 2 model documents, you could make model document 1 create some title page with whatever content you would require. The second could layout your content in another way.

Besides that, check out the manuals. There's a fairly great amount of proper manuals about RTF templates.

Hope this helps.

[Robert Sheridan]

I do something very similar to this using a virtual document.  I use packages within the virtual document package hierarchy to hold static data for the document, these are then dragged on to a model document element to output them.  The title is generated in the master document template and hence is the root package of the virtual document. The only problem I have run into is getting the table of contents to generate automatically.

[manfredw]

Hello everybody,

I'm working as well with master/model documents and that works quite well.
I use the master doc for the first page, header, footer information and the table of contents.

In order to get the table of contents you have to set the tagged value 'RTFTemplate' of your master doc to an existing rtf template. inside this template you right click and select insert|Table of Contents from the context menu. That's all.

HTH
regards
Manfred

[Chris Boxall]

I use packages within the virtual document package hierarchy to hold static data for the document, these are then dragged on to a model document element to output them.

How do you store the static data that you want to display? Is it in the package notes, an external document or something else. It would be great to get more details, maybe a print screen

[Robert Sheridan]

In the package notes.  I have a model document called Preamble which uses a RTF template that just outputs package names and notes and I drag the packages I create (introduction, scope, etc.) into this model document.