Text Box

Basic template component enables you to put dynamic text into your document.

Configuration

Click on Text Box button in editor's toolbar and a configuration window will appear. Once confirmed, the Text Box will be placed at the cursor's location.

Data (expression)

Define a simple text field name or formula using expression language to be evaluated and print the resulting value to a document.

Examples:
Surname – single field expression to put surname in place
num(Amount, 0, 2) + " €" – expression to print Amount with 2 decimal places and trailing euro sign

Type

Define the type of input data to be printed as text into the document:

• Plain text – plain text with support for new line character \n
• HTML – text with HTML markup
• Date – print datetime value in Date format

Date format

When Type is set to Date, the following date string is used to format the datetime value to text in the document. You can use the following letters:

• y = year (yy or yyyy)
• M = month (MM)
• d = day in month (dd)
• h = hour (0–12) (hh)
• H = hour (0–23) (HH)
• m = minute in hour (mm)
• s = seconds (ss)
• S = milliseconds (SSS)
• z = time zone text (e.g. Pacific Standard Time)
• Z = time zone, time offset (e.g. -0800)

Examples:
yyyy-MM-dd → 2009-12-31
dd-MM-yyyy → 31-12-2009
yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss → 2009-12-31 23:59:59
HH:mm:ss.SSS → 23:59.59.999
yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS → 2009-12-31 23:59:59.999
yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS Z → 2009-12-31 23:59:59.999 +0100

Example Value

This value is displayed in the editor instead of the Data (expression). Very useful when a complex formula results in a short value and it breaks the view of the template while designing.

Font

Change the font size for the resulting text.

Color

Select the font color of the resulting text.

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