remove unused block and newline

until recently, i used odf-xslt, which did the job as it should be, but recently i discovered this shinny package, and i must say, i am overwhelmed. it even works with M$ files. My main usage is for template documents to be processed on a server , with data filled in from a database. i have 1 question : i need to remove some blocks, but the hard and soft returns are left in place, is there a way to remove these as well or in an extra step ?

Hi Jef,

It is possible to remove blocks using conditional display (see TBS manual).
Do you have an example of what you're trying to do ?

well, i have a document with several addressing parts, but only 1 must be filled in.

So if the 'to' array is empty, i just want the whole block to disappear, back to the first <hr>
By the way, i am very exited by this nice piece of software!

It's quite easy to add a conditional block at this place in your template.

> So if the 'to' array is empty

Can you precise what is the data structure when 'to' is empty. And are you using MergeBlock() or MergeField()?

What are entities <sr> and <hr>?

<hr> i meant hard return , the data structure is just $data_ar = array() and i am using MergeField

jef

Is "hard return" a new paragraph ?

yep, hard return (enter), new paragraph, soft return (shift + enter ), new line

jef

Ok, so the inner XML of the OFT content is something like:


You can use parameter "magnet" to delete a block when a value is en empty string. Also use parameter "noerr" to avoid TBS error message when a item is missing.
So you piece of template can be like this:

The visible way would be:

thanks for the help,

this mean  i can completely replace my current solution (using odf-xslt, which was also nice at the time) with TBS.  this was the exact thing i was looking for .

jef

just want to let you know, i process a calc template file with a table 3x1000, just 0,09 seconds to create the file. Amazing fast, if you ask me. At 10000 rows, i approach a second.