IHDSvc Members

The IHDSvc type exposes the following members.
Methods

  NameDescription
Public methodAssembleDocument
This web service assembles a template using the provided answers.
Public methodBuildSupportFiles
This web service builds the manifest and other server files for a template.
Public methodGetAnswers
This web service returns a BinaryObject containing an answer collection created by successively overlaying each of the supplied answer collections on top of each other.
Public methodGetComponentInfo
This web service retrieves metadata about variables and optionally dialog structure. The variable information is essentially the same as what is found in the .HVC file created when you publish a template for use with HotDocs Server, and the dialog information is a list of the dialog's variables and any answer source mappings that may exist for the dialog.
Public methodGetInterview
Returns an HTML fragment containing the HotDocs interview for a given template. This fragment is suitable for insertion anywhere in the <body> element of an HTML page, and it takes care of loading all necessary external resources (scripts, css files, etc.).

See HotDocs Server help file for browser requirements for the different types of interviews.

Silverlight interviews are suitable for insertion into most web pages (both standards-compliant and "quirks" mode), while JavaScript interviews currently require quirks mode on Internet Explorer 6 and later.

Caller can omit:

  • saveAnswersUrl to disable save answers button.
  • previewUrl to disable document previews.
  • interviewDefinitionUrl is required for Silverlight interviews and ignored for JavaScript interviews.

Public methodGetInterviewDefinition
This web service returns an interview definition file for the specified template.
Public methodGetTemplateInfo
This web service returns the title and description for the specified template(s).
Public methodRemoveSupportFiles
This web service removes the manifest and other server files for a template.
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