Create a Bill of Lading (BOL)
A bill of lading (BOL) is a required document for freight shipments. It’s filled out by the shipper and provided to the carrier, the freight shipper. It legally authorizes the carrier to ...
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March, 2022
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August, 2021
How to repeat a node value in eFORMz
Traditionally, data filtering or data filtration involves analyzing, editing or manipulating a smaller part of a data set. In the context of eFORMz, data filtering refers to sifting through a ...
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June, 2021
Wordwrap (chunking a string into fixed length pieces)
Although using a combination of concatenation, appending a new line and enabling wordwrap can be used to create multi-line variable, there are situations that require a different method. For ...
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December, 2020
Document Template/eFORMz Composer Reference
For a sample project using the Document Template, download the following: https://minisoft.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sampinv_DT.zip Basic Part 1: New Project w/ the Document ...
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December, 2020
Keep Empty Lines in the Document Template
Let’s say you have a variable scrape picking up a block of data and you want to keep a blank line in the block. There are two methods for accomplishing this. Repeat the element on a ...
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April, 2020
First page footer
Let’s say a document has a signature section at the bottom of page 1, but the detail lines need to stop just short of that signature, but extend to the bottom of the page on any subsequent ...
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November, 2018
Sorting Detail Lines
To sort data based upon certain criteria, use the Sort procedure. Specify a sort variable and define a sort group of input variables and output variables. This is different from sorting data at ...
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June, 2018
Repeating a Row on an Empty Variable
When using a repeating row, ‘empty’ values are normally suppressed from output. So, how do you deal with an empty array element? In the following sample, the same three array variables are used ...
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April, 2018
Calling Projects from Projects
There are at least nine different ways to call a project from another project. 1) Preprocessor – Project Unique feature: import the generated output of another project, such as an XML file ...
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April, 2018
Load Document from a File
The Load Document from a File feature loads a data file, preferably a text file (.txt), and automatically generates a document template with that file. Load Document from a File acts as a ...