Put ASK Instructions in a Computation Variable

When you insert an ASK instruction directly in a template, the instruction can ask only one dialog at a time. If you want to ask several dialogs in a specific order, you must insert individual ASK instructions for each dialog. Some template developers like this approach to asking dialogs. Others, however, prefer to group ASK instructions together by creating one computation that asks all the dialogs, and then inserting just the Computation variable into the template. In either case, during assembly, the dialogs appear in the interview outline in the order of the ASK instructions.

To put ASK instructions in a Computation variable

  1. Create the dialogs you want to ask. (See Gather Questions into a Custom Dialog.)
  2. At the template, position your cursor where you want to insert the Computation variable that asks the series of dialogs.
  3. Create a Computation variable. (See Customize a Computation Variable.)
  4. At the Computation Editor, drag ASK DIALOG from the Instruction models list to the Script field.
  5. Replace the DIALOG placeholder with the name of a dialog you want asked. (See Use the Script Editor.)
  6. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 for each ASK instruction. Your computation script may look something like this:

ASK Attorney Information

ASK Court Information

ASK Client Information

  1. When you are finished, click OK.