New and Enhanced Features in the HotDocs 2005 API

HotDocs 2005  

• Application object: The following two methods were added:
• • RetrieveUrlFile: Retrieves a file from a given URL.
  • AddUserMenuItem2: Allows you to add custom menu items to the HotDocs library menus.
• Library object: The following property was added:
• • Redraw: Refreshes the library window.

HotDocs 2005 SP2

• Answer Source Integrations: New functions have been added to improve answer source integrations. These functions allow answers to be back-filled (written back to the answer source) and they also allow users to select multiple records in spreadsheet dialogs. (See What is an answer source integration?.)
• HotDocs Plug-ins: A number of changes were made to the HotDocs plug-in architecture. These changes include different parameters in existing interfaces and new methods for registering plug-ins. Although the interfaces still have the same names, the IIDs have changed and plug-ins created for use with earlier versions of HotDocs will not work with HotDocs 2005 SP2 unless they are modified and registered with HotDocs 2005 SP2. (See What is a HotDocs plug-in?)
• Variable Mapping: New methods were added to the HotDocs Variable Mapping interface to allow mapping of Text variables to Multiple Choice variables. The mapping interface can also now allow answers to be written back (or back-filled) to the original answer source. (See HotDocs.VarMap Object.)