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Walkthrough 2: Loading an Answer File and Other Session Options

Prerequisites:

1. A copy of the "EmploymentAgreement" project created in Walkthrough #1.  (Copy the entire project directory structure and work with the copy, leaving the original unmodified for use in other walkthroughs.)

Instructions:

1. Add the following parameter to the CreateSession call in Default.aspx.cs.  This will load the initial answer set from the specified URL.

   using System;
   using System.Collections.Generic;
   using System.Linq;
   using System.Web;
   using System.Web.UI;
   using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
   using HotDocs.Cloud.Client;
       
   namespace EmploymentAgreement
   {
       public partial class Default : System.Web.UI.Page
       {
           protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
           {
    
           }
    
           protected string GetSessionID()
           {
               var client = new RestClient("SUBSCRIPTION_ID", "SIGNING_KEY");
               return client.CreateSession("Employment Agreement", Server.MapPath("~/EmploymentAgreement.hdpkg"),
                   answers: (new System.Net.WebClient()).DownloadString("http://files.hotdocs.ws/walkthrough/EmploymentAgreement.anx"));
           }
       }
   }

2. Build and run the web app.
   
   
   
   
3. The CreateSession call has several other optional parameters that you may want to try.  For example:
   
   
   • Highlight some of the variable prompts:

                 return client.CreateSession("Employment Agreement", Server.MapPath("~/EmploymentAgreement.hdpkg"),
                     markedVariables: new string[] { "Employee Name", "Employee Gender" });
     

   • Show a Silverlight interview rather than a JavaScript interview:

                 return client.CreateSession("Employment Agreement", Server.MapPath("~/EmploymentAgreement.hdpkg"),
                     interviewFormat: HotDocs.Sdk.Server.Contracts.InterviewFormat.Silverlight);
     

   • Generate a PDF document as well as a DOCX document:

                 return client.CreateSession("Employment Agreement", Server.MapPath("~/EmploymentAgreement.hdpkg"),
                     outputFormat: HotDocs.Sdk.Server.Contracts.OutputFormat.DOCX | HotDocs.Sdk.Server.Contracts.OutputFormat.PDF);

   • Change the unanswered variable format to underscores:

                 return client.CreateSession("Employment Agreement", Server.MapPath("~/EmploymentAgreement.hdpkg"),
                     settings: new Dictionary<string, string>() { { "UnansweredFormat", "Underscores" } });

   • Use an interview theme that you previously created and saved in HDCS Management Portal:

                 return client.CreateSession("Employment Agreement", Server.MapPath("~/EmploymentAgreement.hdpkg"),
                     theme: "mynewtheme");

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