Auto-includes

Projects, folders and document can be configured with an auto-include. An auto-include is a component of a model document and is included to the beginning or to the end of the document when the model is created.

Basically, auto-includes serve the same purpose as include documents. There are some important differences:

• Auto-includes are always included at the beginning or end of a document where an include document can be included everywhere.
• Auto-includes are configured on a project, folder or document where an include document should be included with the instruction __INC.
• Model documents using auto-includes don't need an instruction #BEGIN…END#.

In general, auto-includes offer a means to hide more complex ITP components.

The Auto-includes tab of a document only allows you to select include documents to insert before or append after the document. Therefore the Auto-includes tab of the configuration dialog of projects and folders allows you to;

• indicate whether auto-includes are used by documents residing below it,
• to select include documents to insert before or append after the documents residing below it.

Whether auto-includes are used at all is determined by the setting on the folder.

Example

• A document with the name Project begin has been configured on the Auto-includes tab of the project at Add to begin.
• A document with the name Folder begin has been configured on the Auto-includes tab of the folder at Add to the begin.
• A document with the name Document begin has been configured on the Auto-includes tab of the document at Add to the begin.
• A document with the name Document end has been configured on the Auto-includes tab of the document at Add to the end.
• A document with the name Folder end has been configured on the Auto-includes tab of the document at Add to the end.
• The Check box Use auto-includes has been checked on the Auto-includes tab of the document.

When the ITP Model is created the following model document is composed:

#BEGIN

Contents project begin

	Contents folder begin

		Contents document begin

			#

			Contents document

			#

		Contents document end

	Contents folder end

END#