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Nested list/html list in Advanced Document Templating

  • August 8, 2024
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Hi all,

I have a list that I need to display the fields dynamically for, and one of the fields are a list. Right now I am using a styledTextEditorField for users to input a list, and the output is in HTML format. The document template I use so far is this -

«@before-row[#list doc.notes.note as n]»«${n.@title}»

Reports(s): «${n.@reports}»

«${n.@noteText}»

«@after-row[/#list]»

The noteText must be a list, and if I try to export with the noteText as is, it just exports the html directly like 

<ul><li><p>edit 1</p></li><li><p>edit 2</p></li><li><p>edit 3</p></li></ul>

When I try to replace the special characters in the XML generation it throws an error 

  • "The value of attribute "noteText" associated with an element type "note" must not contain the '<' character."(Text)

      I would like it to export a nested bulleted list in the regular "list". How can I do this?

      4 replies

      prasantap0900
      Participating Frequently
      August 9, 2024

      Have you used smart services? If no, you can use the smart services. 

      stefanhelzle0001
      Brainy
      August 9, 2024

      While I try to avoid "Advanced Document Templating" and go the HTML->PDF way, I do not really understand how your reply helps the TO to solve his issue.

      prasantap0900
      Participating Frequently
      August 9, 2024

      By using smart service, it will print the output in html template, I hope so.