Issues with ADT files

Flávio Miranda 19 days ago

Hi community,

I'm using Advanced Document Templating plugin for a document generation where i have multiple chapters, and in each chapter i have have a conditional statement that if in the passed list are values then show a table else show a text "No data".

This a similar structure to the one that i'm using

<document>
    <chapter1>
        <line col1="My text col1" col2="My text col2"/>
        <line col1="My text col1" col2="My text col2"/>
        <line col1="My text col1" col2="My text col2"/>
    </chapter1>
    <chapter2>
        <line col1="My text col1" col2="My text col2"/>
        <line col1="My text col1" col2="My text col2"/>
        <line col1="My text col1" col2="My text col2"/>
    </chapter2>
</document>

The way that i'm implementing it is like the following in the document.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<w:document xmlns:wpc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingCanvas"
    xmlns:cx="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2014/chartex"
    xmlns:cx1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2015/9/8/chartex"
    xmlns:cx2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2015/10/21/chartex"
    xmlns:cx3="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/9/chartex"
    xmlns:cx4="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/10/chartex"
    xmlns:cx5="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/11/chartex"
    xmlns:cx6="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/12/chartex"
    xmlns:cx7="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/13/chartex"
    xmlns:cx8="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/5/14/chartex"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:aink="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2016/ink"
    xmlns:am3d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2017/model3d"
    xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
    xmlns:oel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2019/extlst"
    xmlns:r="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships"
    xmlns:m="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/math"
    xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml"
    xmlns:wp14="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingDrawing"
    xmlns:wp="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/wordprocessingDrawing"
    xmlns:w10="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"
    xmlns:w="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main"
    xmlns:w14="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordml"
    xmlns:w15="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2012/wordml"
    xmlns:w16cex="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2018/wordml/cex"
    xmlns:w16cid="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2016/wordml/cid"
    xmlns:w16="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2018/wordml"
    xmlns:w16sdtdh="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2020/wordml/sdtdatahash"
    xmlns:w16se="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2015/wordml/symex"
    xmlns:wpg="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingGroup"
    xmlns:wpi="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingInk"
    xmlns:wne="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2006/wordml"
    xmlns:wps="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingShape"
    mc:Ignorable="w14 w15 w16se w16cid w16 w16cex w16sdtdh wp14">
    <w:body>
        <w:p w14:paraId="50A71A47" w14:textId="2386750B" w:rsidR="006A60FB"
            w:rsidRDefault="00924927" w:rsidP="00924927">
            <w:pPr>
                <w:pStyle w:val="Heading1" />
                <w:rPr>
                    <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                </w:rPr>
            </w:pPr>
            <w:r>
                <w:rPr>
                    <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                </w:rPr>
                <w:t>Chapter 1</w:t>
            </w:r>
        </w:p>
        <w:sdt>
            <w:sdtPr>
                <w:rPr>
                    <w:rFonts w:ascii="Arial" w:hAnsi="Arial" w:cs="Arial" />
                </w:rPr>
                <w:tag
                    w:val="@before-block[#if doc.document.chapter1?has_content && (doc.document.chapter1.line?size >0)]" />
                <w:id w:val="604079035" />
                <w:text />
            </w:sdtPr>
            <w:sdtContent />
        </w:sdt>
        <w:tbl>
            <w:tblPr>
                <w:tblStyle w:val="TableGrid" />
                <w:tblW w:w="0" w:type="auto" />
                <w:tblLook w:val="0620" w:firstRow="1" w:lastRow="0" w:firstColumn="0"
                    w:lastColumn="0" w:noHBand="1" w:noVBand="1" />
            </w:tblPr>
            <w:tblGrid>
                <w:gridCol w:w="4508" />
                <w:gridCol w:w="4508" />
            </w:tblGrid>
            <w:tr w:rsidR="00924927" w14:paraId="57635255" w14:textId="77777777" w:rsidTr="00924927">
                <w:tc>
                    <w:tcPr>
                        <w:tcW w:w="4508" w:type="dxa" />
                    </w:tcPr>
                    <w:p w14:paraId="59800F16" w14:textId="147FDE08" w:rsidR="00924927"
                        w:rsidRPr="00924927" w:rsidRDefault="00924927" w:rsidP="00924927">
                        <w:pPr>
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:b />
                                <w:bCs />
                                <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                            </w:rPr>
                        </w:pPr>
                        <w:r w:rsidRPr="00924927">
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:b />
                                <w:bCs />
                                <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                            </w:rPr>
                            <w:t>Col 1</w:t>
                        </w:r>
                    </w:p>
                </w:tc>
                <w:tc>
                    <w:tcPr>
                        <w:tcW w:w="4508" w:type="dxa" />
                    </w:tcPr>
                    <w:p w14:paraId="20CF9A68" w14:textId="773C80D7" w:rsidR="00924927"
                        w:rsidRPr="00924927" w:rsidRDefault="00924927" w:rsidP="00924927">
                        <w:pPr>
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:b />
                                <w:bCs />
                                <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                            </w:rPr>
                        </w:pPr>
                        <w:r w:rsidRPr="00924927">
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:b />
                                <w:bCs />
                                <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                            </w:rPr>
                            <w:t>Col 2</w:t>
                        </w:r>
                    </w:p>
                </w:tc>
            </w:tr>
            <w:sdt>
                <w:sdtPr>
                    <w:rPr>
                        <w:rFonts w:ascii="Arial" w:hAnsi="Arial" w:cs="Arial" />
                    </w:rPr>
                    <w:tag
                        w:val="@before-row[#list doc.document.chapter1.line as line]" />
                    <w:id w:val="604079035" />
                    <w:placeholder>
                        <w:docPart w:val="DefaultPlaceholder_-1854013440" />
                    </w:placeholder>
                    <w:text />
                </w:sdtPr>
                <w:sdtContent>
                    <w:p w14:paraId="45F077BF" w14:textId="465EF814" w:rsidR="00E75BA5"
                        w:rsidRPr="00E75BA5" w:rsidRDefault="00E75BA5" w:rsidP="002D2BAB">
                        <w:pPr>
                            <w:autoSpaceDE w:val="0" />
                            <w:autoSpaceDN w:val="0" />
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:rFonts w:ascii="Arial" w:hAnsi="Arial"
                                    w:cs="Arial" />
                            </w:rPr>
                        </w:pPr>
                        <w:r w:rsidRPr="00E75BA5">
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:rFonts w:ascii="Arial" w:hAnsi="Arial"
                                    w:cs="Arial" />
                            </w:rPr>
                        </w:r>
                    </w:p>
                </w:sdtContent>
            </w:sdt>
            <w:tr w:rsidR="00924927" w14:paraId="41BE5EED" w14:textId="77777777" w:rsidTr="00924927">
                <w:tc>
                    <w:tcPr>
                        <w:tcW w:w="4508" w:type="dxa" />
                    </w:tcPr>
                    <w:p w14:paraId="694091C5" w14:textId="7E523700" w:rsidR="00924927"
                        w:rsidRPr="00924927" w:rsidRDefault="00924927" w:rsidP="00924927">
                        <w:pPr>
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:b />
                                <w:bCs />
                                <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                            </w:rPr>
                        </w:pPr>
                        <w:r>
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:b />
                                <w:bCs />
                                <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                            </w:rPr>
                            <w:t>${line.@col1}</w:t>
                        </w:r>
                    </w:p>
                </w:tc>
                <w:tc>
                    <w:tcPr>
                        <w:tcW w:w="4508" w:type="dxa" />
                    </w:tcPr>
                    <w:p w14:paraId="6D250F07" w14:textId="19834333" w:rsidR="00924927"
                        w:rsidRPr="00924927" w:rsidRDefault="00924927" w:rsidP="00924927">
                        <w:pPr>
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:b />
                                <w:bCs />
                                <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                            </w:rPr>
                        </w:pPr>
                        <w:r>
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:b />
                                <w:bCs />
                                <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                            </w:rPr>
                            <w:t>${line.@col2}</w:t>
                        </w:r>
                    </w:p>
                </w:tc>
            </w:tr>
            <w:sdt>
                <w:sdtPr>
                    <w:rPr>
                        <w:rFonts w:ascii="Arial" w:hAnsi="Arial" w:cs="Arial" />
                    </w:rPr>
                    <w:tag
                        w:val="@after-row[/#list]" />
                    <w:id w:val="604079035" />
                    <w:placeholder>
                        <w:docPart w:val="DefaultPlaceholder_-1854013440" />
                    </w:placeholder>
                    <w:text />
                </w:sdtPr>
                <w:sdtContent />
            </w:sdt>
        </w:tbl>
        <w:sdt>
            <w:sdtPr>
                <w:rPr>
                    <w:rFonts w:ascii="Arial" w:hAnsi="Arial" />
                </w:rPr>
                <w:tag w:val="@before-block[#else]" />
                <w:id w:val="-497119726" />
                <w:placeholder>
                    <w:docPart w:val="DefaultPlaceholder_-1854013440" />
                </w:placeholder>
                <w:text />
            </w:sdtPr>
            <w:sdtContent />
        </w:sdt>
        <w:p
            w14:paraId="5A0399FC" w14:textId="18738795" w:rsidR="00E75BA5" w:rsidRPr="00E75BA5"
            w:rsidRDefault="00E75BA5" w:rsidP="002D2BAB">
            <w:pPr>
                <w:rPr>
                    <w:rFonts w:ascii="Arial" w:hAnsi="Arial" />
                </w:rPr>
            </w:pPr>
            <w:r w:rsidRPr="00E75BA5">
                <w:rPr>
                    <w:rFonts w:ascii="Arial" w:hAnsi="Arial" />
                </w:rPr>
                <w:t>No data.</w:t>
            </w:r>
        </w:p>
        <w:sdt>
            <w:sdtPr>
                <w:rPr>
                    <w:rFonts w:ascii="Arial" w:hAnsi="Arial" />
                </w:rPr>
                <w:tag w:val="@after-row[/#if]" />
                <w:id w:val="-508678399" />
                <w:placeholder>
                    <w:docPart w:val="DefaultPlaceholder_-1854013440" />
                </w:placeholder>
                <w:text />
            </w:sdtPr>
            <w:sdtContent />
        </w:sdt>
        <w:p w14:paraId="35BF27D0" w14:textId="2EBBC6D4" w:rsidR="00924927" w:rsidRPr="00924927"
            w:rsidRDefault="00924927" w:rsidP="00924927">
            <w:pPr>
                <w:rPr>
                    <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                </w:rPr>
            </w:pPr>
        </w:p>
        <w:p w14:paraId="06EB09B3" w14:textId="15FB34C3" w:rsidR="00924927"
            w:rsidRDefault="00924927" w:rsidP="00924927">
            <w:pPr>
                <w:pStyle w:val="Heading1" />
                <w:rPr>
                    <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                </w:rPr>
            </w:pPr>
            <w:r>
                <w:rPr>
                    <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                </w:rPr>
                <w:t>Chapter 2</w:t>
            </w:r>
        </w:p>
        <w:sdt>
            <w:sdtPr>
                <w:rPr>
                    <w:rFonts w:ascii="Arial" w:hAnsi="Arial" w:cs="Arial" />
                </w:rPr>
                <w:tag
                    w:val="@before-block[#if doc.document.chapter2?has_content && (doc.document.chapter2.line?size >0)]" />
                <w:id w:val="604079035" />
                <w:text />
            </w:sdtPr>
            <w:sdtContent />
        </w:sdt>
        <w:tbl>
            <w:tblPr>
                <w:tblStyle w:val="TableGrid" />
                <w:tblW w:w="0" w:type="auto" />
                <w:tblLook w:val="0620" w:firstRow="1" w:lastRow="0" w:firstColumn="0"
                    w:lastColumn="0" w:noHBand="1" w:noVBand="1" />
            </w:tblPr>
            <w:tblGrid>
                <w:gridCol w:w="4508" />
                <w:gridCol w:w="4508" />
            </w:tblGrid>
            <w:tr w:rsidR="00924927" w14:paraId="19C61416" w14:textId="77777777" w:rsidTr="00B5662E">
                <w:tc>
                    <w:tcPr>
                        <w:tcW w:w="4508" w:type="dxa" />
                    </w:tcPr>
                    <w:p w14:paraId="4D685702" w14:textId="77777777" w:rsidR="00924927"
                        w:rsidRPr="00924927" w:rsidRDefault="00924927" w:rsidP="00B5662E">
                        <w:pPr>
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:b />
                                <w:bCs />
                                <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                            </w:rPr>
                        </w:pPr>
                        <w:r w:rsidRPr="00924927">
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:b />
                                <w:bCs />
                                <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                            </w:rPr>
                            <w:t>Col 1</w:t>
                        </w:r>
                    </w:p>
                </w:tc>
                <w:tc>
                    <w:tcPr>
                        <w:tcW w:w="4508" w:type="dxa" />
                    </w:tcPr>
                    <w:p w14:paraId="36DEBB59" w14:textId="77777777" w:rsidR="00924927"
                        w:rsidRPr="00924927" w:rsidRDefault="00924927" w:rsidP="00B5662E">
                        <w:pPr>
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:b />
                                <w:bCs />
                                <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                            </w:rPr>
                        </w:pPr>
                        <w:r w:rsidRPr="00924927">
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:b />
                                <w:bCs />
                                <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                            </w:rPr>
                            <w:t>Col 2</w:t>
                        </w:r>
                    </w:p>
                </w:tc>
            </w:tr>
            <w:sdt>
                <w:sdtPr>
                    <w:rPr>
                        <w:rFonts w:ascii="Arial" w:hAnsi="Arial" w:cs="Arial" />
                    </w:rPr>
                    <w:tag
                        w:val="@before-row[#list doc.document.chapter2.line as line]" />
                    <w:id w:val="604079035" />
                    <w:placeholder>
                        <w:docPart w:val="DefaultPlaceholder_-1854013440" />
                    </w:placeholder>
                    <w:text />
                </w:sdtPr>
                <w:sdtContent>
                    <w:p w14:paraId="45F077BF" w14:textId="465EF814" w:rsidR="00E75BA5"
                        w:rsidRPr="00E75BA5" w:rsidRDefault="00E75BA5" w:rsidP="002D2BAB">
                        <w:pPr>
                            <w:autoSpaceDE w:val="0" />
                            <w:autoSpaceDN w:val="0" />
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:rFonts w:ascii="Arial" w:hAnsi="Arial"
                                    w:cs="Arial" />
                            </w:rPr>
                        </w:pPr>
                        <w:r w:rsidRPr="00E75BA5">
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:rFonts w:ascii="Arial" w:hAnsi="Arial"
                                    w:cs="Arial" />
                            </w:rPr>
                        </w:r>
                    </w:p>
                </w:sdtContent>
            </w:sdt>
            <w:tr w:rsidR="00924927" w14:paraId="788BD972" w14:textId="77777777" w:rsidTr="00B5662E">
                <w:tc>
                    <w:tcPr>
                        <w:tcW w:w="4508" w:type="dxa" />
                    </w:tcPr>
                    <w:p w14:paraId="5EFD3FCB" w14:textId="77777777" w:rsidR="00924927"
                        w:rsidRPr="00924927" w:rsidRDefault="00924927" w:rsidP="00B5662E">
                        <w:pPr>
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:b />
                                <w:bCs />
                                <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                            </w:rPr>
                        </w:pPr>
                        <w:r>
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:b />
                                <w:bCs />
                                <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                            </w:rPr>
                            <w:t>${line.@col1}</w:t>
                        </w:r>
                    </w:p>
                </w:tc>
                <w:tc>
                    <w:tcPr>
                        <w:tcW w:w="4508" w:type="dxa" />
                    </w:tcPr>
                    <w:p w14:paraId="34854A9B" w14:textId="77777777" w:rsidR="00924927"
                        w:rsidRPr="00924927" w:rsidRDefault="00924927" w:rsidP="00B5662E">
                        <w:pPr>
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:b />
                                <w:bCs />
                                <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                            </w:rPr>
                        </w:pPr>
                        <w:r>
                            <w:rPr>
                                <w:b />
                                <w:bCs />
                                <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                            </w:rPr>
                            <w:t>${line.@col2}</w:t>
                        </w:r>
                    </w:p>
                </w:tc>
            </w:tr>
            <w:sdt>
                <w:sdtPr>
                    <w:rPr>
                        <w:rFonts w:ascii="Arial" w:hAnsi="Arial" w:cs="Arial" />
                    </w:rPr>
                    <w:tag
                        w:val="@after-row[/#list]" />
                    <w:id w:val="604079035" />
                    <w:placeholder>
                        <w:docPart w:val="DefaultPlaceholder_-1854013440" />
                    </w:placeholder>
                    <w:text />
                </w:sdtPr>
                <w:sdtContent />
            </w:sdt>
        </w:tbl>
        <w:sdt>
            <w:sdtPr>
                <w:rPr>
                    <w:rFonts w:ascii="Arial" w:hAnsi="Arial" />
                </w:rPr>
                <w:tag w:val="@before-block[#else]" />
                <w:id w:val="-497119726" />
                <w:placeholder>
                    <w:docPart w:val="DefaultPlaceholder_-1854013440" />
                </w:placeholder>
                <w:text />
            </w:sdtPr>
            <w:sdtContent />
        </w:sdt>
        <w:p
            w14:paraId="5A0399FC" w14:textId="18738795" w:rsidR="00E75BA5" w:rsidRPr="00E75BA5"
            w:rsidRDefault="00E75BA5" w:rsidP="002D2BAB">
            <w:pPr>
                <w:rPr>
                    <w:rFonts w:ascii="Arial" w:hAnsi="Arial" />
                </w:rPr>
            </w:pPr>
            <w:r w:rsidRPr="00E75BA5">
                <w:rPr>
                    <w:rFonts w:ascii="Arial" w:hAnsi="Arial" />
                </w:rPr>
                <w:t>No data.</w:t>
            </w:r>
        </w:p>
        <w:sdt>
            <w:sdtPr>
                <w:rPr>
                    <w:rFonts w:ascii="Arial" w:hAnsi="Arial" />
                </w:rPr>
                <w:tag w:val="@after-row[/#if]" />
                <w:id w:val="-508678399" />
                <w:placeholder>
                    <w:docPart w:val="DefaultPlaceholder_-1854013440" />
                </w:placeholder>
                <w:text />
            </w:sdtPr>
            <w:sdtContent />
        </w:sdt>
        <w:p w14:paraId="32AA616D" w14:textId="77777777" w:rsidR="00924927" w:rsidRPr="00924927"
            w:rsidRDefault="00924927" w:rsidP="00924927">
            <w:pPr>
                <w:rPr>
                    <w:lang w:val="en-US" />
                </w:rPr>
            </w:pPr>
        </w:p>
        <w:sectPr w:rsidR="00924927" w:rsidRPr="00924927">
            <w:pgSz w:w="11906" w:h="16838" />
            <w:pgMar w:top="1440" w:right="1440" w:bottom="1440" w:left="1440" w:header="708"
                w:footer="708" w:gutter="0" />
            <w:cols w:space="708" />
            <w:docGrid w:linePitch="360" />
        </w:sectPr>
    </w:body>

The output file shows the table correctly and no issues here, my issue with the file is that i can still see the placeholders for the conditionals and loop

Also if i do any changes to the file and save them then i cannot open the file anymore.
Does anyone have any feedback that can be done to remove the field placeholders and also give the user the ability to edit the file without breaking it?

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0 gayathris876948
Certified Lead Developer
51 minutes ago

I think there might be a couple of things contributing to both the visible placeholders and the document corruption after saving.

One thing I noticed is that the `#if` block is being closed using:

```xml id="m7n2vs"
<w:tag w:val="@after-row[/#if]" />
```

Since `/#if` is more of a block-level directive, it may work better as:

```xml id="0g8cxv"
<w:tag w:val="@after-block[/#if]" />
```

My guess is that using `@after-row` here could be confusing the ADT engine a bit, so the SDT control is not getting cleaned up properly and ends up remaining visible in the generated document.

I also noticed that some `<w:sdt>` elements seem to be using the same `w:id` value, for example:

```xml id="e1wxj0"
<w:id w:val="604079035" />
```

From what I’ve seen, Word expects each content control to have a unique ID. Reusing the same `w:id` across multiple SDTs can sometimes cause document structure issues, especially after editing and saving the file in Word.

It might help to assign a unique integer ID to each `<w:sdt>` block and test again.
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51 minutes ago

I think there might be a couple of things contributing to both the visible placeholders and the document corruption after saving.

One thing I noticed is that the `#if` block is being closed using:

```xml id="m7n2vs"
<w:tag w:val="@after-row[/#if]" />
```

Since `/#if` is more of a block-level directive, it may work better as:

```xml id="0g8cxv"
<w:tag w:val="@after-block[/#if]" />
```

My guess is that using `@after-row` here could be confusing the ADT engine a bit, so the SDT control is not getting cleaned up properly and ends up remaining visible in the generated document.

I also noticed that some `<w:sdt>` elements seem to be using the same `w:id` value, for example:

```xml id="e1wxj0"
<w:id w:val="604079035" />
```

From what I’ve seen, Word expects each content control to have a unique ID. Reusing the same `w:id` across multiple SDTs can sometimes cause document structure issues, especially after editing and saving the file in Word.

It might help to assign a unique integer ID to each `<w:sdt>` block and test again.
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