Starting a New Assembly From a Template

You can use the ASSEMBLE instruction to add templates to the Assembly QueueA dialog box that shows a list of assemblies—pending, current, and completed. Users can open the Assembly Queue by clicking Assembly Queue in the assembly window toolbar. It is most useful when users have selected multiple templates for assembly.. You can use the ASSEMBLE instruction in the following template types:

Using the ASSEMBLE instruction in a Word template

You can use the ASSEMBLE instruction in a Word template to add another template to the assembly queue.

To insert an ASSEMBLE instruction to a Word template

  1. At the template, position the cursor in the template where you want the ASSEMBLE instruction.
  2. In the HotDocs toolbar, click the HotDocs drop-down menu; then from the listTwo or more answers to one question merged in the document. of options, choose Other Field.
  3. In the Other Field dialog box, click the Field type drop-down list; then choose ASSEMBLE.
  4. Next to the Template to assemble field, click the Browse button, locate the template you want to assemble, then click OK. HotDocs inserts the ASSEMBLE instruction for that specific template.

Using the ASSEMBLE instruction in a WordPerfect template

You can use the ASSEMBLE instruction in a WordPerfect template to add another template to the assembly queue.

To insert an ASSEMBLE instruction in a WordPerfect template

  1. Position the cursor in the template where you want the ASSEMBLE instruction.
  2. Click the INSERT Field button. The INSERT Field dialog box appears.
  3. Select INSERT Template.
  4. Click the Open button to select the template file you want to have assembled.
  5. Click OK. HotDocs inserts the instruction for that specific template. For example: «INSERT "subpoena.wpdFile name extension that designates that the file is a WordPerfect document. (See text document.)"».
  6. Delete the text INSERT from the instruction and type the keyword ASSEMBLE. For example: «ASSEMBLE "subpoena.wpd"».

If the template you are adding to the assembly queue is a form template, HotDocs will not let you browse for the file from the INSERT Field dialog box. Instead, at the template, you must manually enter the file path and the name of the form template file.

Using the ASSEMBLE instruction in a form template

You can use the ASSEMBLE instruction in a form template to add another template to the assembly queue.

To insert an ASSEMBLE instruction in a form template

  1. At the template, create a field and attach a Computation variable to it.
  2. At the Computation Editor, type the ASSEMBLE instruction, including the path and file name (if necessary) of the template you want to assemble. For example: ASSEMBLE "subpoena.hft".

You can add command-line optionAn instruction used to control the operation of HotDocs. These instructions, or commands, are added to any command line that causes HotDocs to run. They can alter the operation of specific templates, or they can affect the overall operation of HotDocs.s to an ASSEMBLE instruction (for example, ASSEMBLE "subpoena.docx /pr"). If the command-line option includes a file path and name, enclose the path and name in double quotation marks (for example, ASSEMBLE "subpoena.docx /sa /af=""L Chang"""). (Four command-line options were designed specifically for use with ASSEMBLE instructions. They are: Suggest Save, Suggest Save New, Save Answers, and Save Answers Prompt. They control the saving of answers after each ASSEMBLE instruction is processed.)

If your template uses a custom interview you must place ASSEMBLE instructions in both the body of the template and in the interviewA series of dialogs, each containing one or more questions which HotDocs generates from the variables you add to your template. The template's user must answer the questions in the interview before HotDocs can assemble a custom document. You can view the interview by clicking the Interview tab of the assembly window. The left pane of the assembly window displays an outline of the interview. As the user answers questions, the outline tracks the user's progress through the interview. scriptOne or more instructions and/or expressions that generate a value or execute some kind of procedure.. For more information, see ASSEMBLE "FILENAME".