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Ever thought, it would be cool to know what your RTF template was going to generate, in terms of output e.g. HTML, PDF, Excel, etc

With the standalone release you can, both the output format and the template being used are available. Both parameters are available

_xt - template name (not the file name)
_xf - output format

they just need to be declared in your RTF template:

<?param@begin:_xt;''?>
<?param@begin:_xf;''?>

You can then reference the values just like any other parameter in a template.

<?$_xt?>
<?$_xf?>

the format parameter will generate 'html', 'pdf','excel','rtf' ie all lower case.

If you have some specific layout that only needs to be shown if a specific output is generated you can combine the parameter with an if statement:

Short and sweet!

<?if:$_xf='html'?>
...
...
<?end if?>