Using Text Blocks in a Form

Text Blocks can be organized in Views. Views are collections of Text Blocks and are, just like Text Blocks, created and maintained with the ITP/MDK Repository. Views can be used in Forms. Users can select one of more Text Blocks from a view when the model is run, The selected Text Blocks can be inserted in the result document.

From ITP/MDK Repository 3.2.0, Forms can be created in two ways:

• Forms can be created with the keyword FORM.
• Forms can be created with the Form Editor.

Forms created with the FORM instruction save the answers to the questions in the Form to variables or arrays. The Text Block that are selected by the user when a model is run are saved in a variable or array as well. The Text Blocks can be inserted in the result document using the instruction TEXTBLOCK.

Text Blocks questions in the Form Editor

With the Text Block editor Text Block questions can be created. A View can be selected from which the user can select on or more Text Blocks. A selected Text Block can be inserted in the result document in two ways:

• Text Blocks can be inserted directly in the result document using the option Auto insert Text Blocks. The text selected Text Block(s) will be inserted in the result document at the location the Form is used in the model document.
• The Text Block(s) can be saved to a field. In that case the model developer should use the instruction TEXTBLOCK to insert the Text Block in the result document.