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holder.Whenthetemplateismergedwiththedata,theexpressionorplaceholdergetsreplacedwitha
value,inthiscase,aperson'slastname.
Expressionslooklikethis:{{FieldName}}.Theygetreplacedwithdatafromthecurrentrecordbythe
HandlebarslibrarywhichisintegratedinOLConnect.Theadvantageofexpressionsisthatfewer
scriptsandsometimesnoscriptsatallareneededinatemplate.See"Variabledataintext:expres-
sions"onpage722.
Placeholdersrequireascripttoreplacethem.See"Variabledataintext:scriptsandplaceholders"on
page726.
Conditional content
Inatemplateyoumaywanttorevealcontent-textorimages-toonegroupofrecipients,buthideit
fromothers.YoucanuseaConditionalScriptWizardtoachievethis,ifyouhaveadatafieldinyour
dataonthebasisofwhichaconditioncanbeset.See"Showingcontentconditionally"onpage734.
ConditionalPrintsections
EntirePrintsectionscanbeincludedinoromittedfromtheoutputonthebasisofoneormorevaluesin
variabledata.See"ConditionalPrintsections"onpage738.
Dynamic images and Print section backgrounds
DynamicImagesaredynamicinthesensethattheyarereplacedbyanotherimagewhenadatafield
containsacertainvalue.Thinkofasignatureimagebeingswappedbasedonthesender'sname,for
example.YoucanusetheDynamicImageScriptWizardtomakethishappen;see"Dynamicimages"
onpage741.
ToswapaPrintsection'sbackgrounddynamically,youcanusetheDynamicBackgroundScriptWiz-
ard;see"DynamicPrintsectionbackgrounds"onpage759.
Dynamic tables
ADynamicTableisatablewithavariablenumberofrowsthatcanoverflowononeormorepages.It
canalsodisplaysubtotalsontransportlines.Ininvoices,aDynamicTableisanessentialelement.
Read"DynamicTable"onpage742tolearnhowtoinsertadynamictable.
Snippets
Snippetsarepiecesofcontentthatcanbere-usedwithinthesametemplate,inallcontextsandsec-
tions.Snippetscancontainanycontentsthatasectioncanhave,suchastext,images,variabledata,
dynamictables,etc.Theyareoftenveryusefultopersonalizecontent,especiallyincombinationwith
variabledataandscripts.See"Snippets"onpage661and"Loadingasnippetviaascript"onpage831.
Handlebarssnippets
HandlebarstemplatesareaspecialkindofsnippetsinwhichyoucanuseHandlebarsexpressions.The
expressionsgetreplacedwithvalueswhenthesnippetismergedwithdata.Youdetermine-inavery
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