Oracle RTF Templates XML Publisher

2. Advanced RTF
Template Techniques
XML Publisher

3. Advanced Features
 Template Properties
 Parameters
 Updateable Variables
 Page Break Alias
 Running Totals
 If – Then – Else
 Conditional Formatting
 @section, @cell
 Page Total
 Carried Forward/Brought Forward

4. Template Properties
 Embed any XML Publisher properties to RTF
template
 Either hard code or reference values in the
XML data
 Use custom document properties dialog
 Examples
– Font embedding, Security settings
 Usage
– Prefix XML Publisher property with ‘xdo-’
Name: xdo-pdf-open-password Value: welcome

5. Template Parameters
 Pass parameter values into the template at
runtime
 Not yet supported by concurrent manager
 When calling TemplateHelper/FOProcessor
add properties prefixed with ‘xslt.’
 Declare the parameter in the template
<xsl:param name="InvThresh" select="0"/>
 Reference value in Template using ‘$’ prefix
e.g. $InvThresh

6. Updateable Variables
 Ability to ‘set’ and ‘get’ variable values
 Usage
– Declaring /Setting a variable value
<?xdoxslt:set_variable($_XDOCTX, 'variable_name',
value)?>
– Retrieving a variable value
<? xdoxslt:get_variable($_XDOCTX, ' variable_name ')?>
– Use variables in calculations :
<?xdoxslt:set_variable($_XDOCTX, 'x',
xdoxslt:get_variable($_XDOCTX, 'x' + 1)?>

7. Running Totals
 Make use of the updateable variables to
create and track the running total inside a for-
each loop
 Use the ‘set’ and ‘get’ methods to create and
update the necessary variables

8. If – Then – Else
 Can be used in place of a choose: statement
 Can nest if-then-else expressions to multiple
levels
IF InvoiceAmount = 0 THEN
InvoiceAmount
ELSE
‘No Value’
END IF

9. Conditional Formatting
 Conditionally highlight data
– Fonts, Background
 Highlight
– Cells, Rows
 Use xsl ‘attributes’ to set the formatting

10. Page Totals
 Ability to add page totals to layout
 Either in header/footer or in body of template
 Declare the page total first
<?add-page-total:pgtot;'ACCTD_AMT'?>
 Show the page total value, specifying the
number format to be used
<?show-page-total:pgtot;'#,##0.00'?>

11. Carried Forward/Brought Forward
 Ability to add carried forward/brought forward
values to the top and bottom of a page
 Conditionally show on first and last pages

12. Section Breaks
 Allows you to maintain header information
across pages and invoke a page break on a
group element
 Very useful for parent/detail reports e.g.
Invoices, Pos, etc

13. Q U E S T I O N S
A N S W E R S