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bruceb92825582
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May 11, 2022
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Document Generation: Table of Contents does not update

  • May 11, 2022
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In my testing of the Document Generation service, I have found that a Table of Contents specified in the Word template does not get updated after the JSON data merge and before the PDF is rendered. Is this a limitation of the service or is there a way to get the Table of Contents to update?  

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    Raymond Camden
    Community Manager
    Raymond CamdenCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    May 12, 2022

    Can you share an example of your source Word doc and data so I can confirm? If so I can file a bug.

    bruceb92825582
    bruceb92825582Author
    New Participant
    May 12, 2022

    Thanks for looking into this!

    Word doc and sample output are attached.

    Data:

     

    {
    "customerName": "Kane Miller",
    "customerVisits": 100,
    "itemsBought": [
    {
    "name": "Sprays",
    "quantity": 50,
    "amount": 100
    },
    {
    "name": "Chemicals",
    "quantity": 100,
    "amount": 200
    }
    ],
    "totalAmount": 300,
    "previousBalance": 50,
    "lastThreeBillings": [
    100,
    200,
    300
    ],
    "photograph": "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mP88h8AAu0B9XNPCQQAAAAASUVORK5CYII="
    }

    Raymond Camden
    Community Manager
    Raymond CamdenCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    May 13, 2022

    So, from what I can see, TOCs in Word are *not* automagical. Ie, if you add a new heading in the Word client, it will *not* update the TOC, you have to do it yourself, so I think this is expected.

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