Merge structure and Nodes
On the left side of the screen in the application you can see a merge tree. This tree shows clear overview of your project.
The merge tree consists out of nodes. The type of the node specifies its function. Additionally
Merge structure and Nodes
On the left side of the screen in the application you can see a merge tree. This tree shows clear overview of your project.
The merge tree consists out of nodes. The type of the node specifies its function. Additionally, you can define the settings of the node in the node properties screen. These settings could influence the function of the node.
There are many types of nodes. These are documented in the node reference.
Samples of node types are:
This type of node uses a database to pull data from and merges it with a PDF document. A data node acts as a repeater, which means that it repeatedly uses data items from the database to fill in nodes underneath itself. For instance, if you used an Excel sheet with data filled in rows and columns, then you can merge the items from the columns with the corresponding fields in the PDF document. Afterwards, variaDoc will create a document for every row in the Excel sheet with the data of that specific row.
Besides Excel, a great number of other databases, spreadsheets or servers is supported by variaDoc. Some of them are: Microsoft SQL server, Oracle, MySQL, XML, Microsoft Access, Google and many more.
An output document is a PDF document generated during the merge process. Once an output document is added, you can define what you want to do with the resulting document. You do this in the properties screen, in the export method section. There are many export method