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Form letter approach

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:37 am
by jmiller
What is the best approach in trying to create a form letter in Stimulsoft - if it is possible at all? I have a letter where in the body of the letter I need to embed data elements.

Dear (insert person name here)
You currently owe (insert balance) on loan (insert loan number). Please pay by (insert due date).

Form letter approach

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:49 am
by Alex K.
Hello,

You can use the following expression:
Dear {PersonName}
You currently owe {Balance} on loan {Number}. Please pay by {Date}.

Where PersonName, Balance, Number, Date is variables or field from your datasource.

Thank you.

Form letter approach

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:09 am
by jmiller
Sorry, I should have been more specific. I was looking to make some of text in the body in a different format (like bold, underline, different color, etc). I think a lot of this can be done if I use html tags, but I wanted to see if there was any other way. Years ago, I used a report writer that allowed fields to be inserted into a text box, but the fields had their own set of properties. It was kind of like a text box within a text box. It was hard to use and I can understand why, but it did treat the fields as separate items.

Form letter approach

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:51 am
by Alex K.
Hello,

You can use html tags or several text components with auto width and different formats.

Thank you.