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used. This is prevented by giving clones unique names. Unique names also ensure that
CSSrules and scripts can target a specific clone.
Targeting elements in a cloned section
Clones that have a unique name can be further personalized with the use of CSS style sheets
(see "Styling and formatting" on page718) and personalization scripts (see "Variable Data" on
page777 and "Writing your own scripts" on page843).
The selector to use is: [section="name of the clone"].
The following CSS style rules target the <h1> element in a number of clones and assign the
respective text a different color:
[section="my_section_clone_0"] h1 { color: red; }
[section="my_section_clone_1"] h1 { color: green; }
[section="my_section_clone_2"] h1 { color: blue; }
The same selector could be used in personalization scripts:
Selector: [section="my_section_clone_0"] h1
Script: results.css('color','red');
Inside a Standard Script, cloned sections can be found using merge.section:
if (merge.section == "my_section_clone_0") {
results.html("Clone!");
} else {
results.html("Original.");
}
Note that in a Control Script, merge.section is only defined when the output channel is WEB;
see "merge" on page1410.
Examples
Cloning a section based on the number of records in a detail table
This script creates as many clones of a section as there are records in a detail table. It assigns
the new sections a unique name.
var printSections = merge.template.contexts.PRINT.sections;
var numClones = record.tables['detail'].length;
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