Querying User Data in Fields or Conditions

You can access and compare some user data from conditions or fields. For example, you can compare user data with the following operators:

Operator

Meaning

== or EQ

equals

!= or NEQ

is not equal to


If you want, you can use a condition to hide specific text in your document from a specific user.

  1. Select the text in the document that you want to hide.

  2. Choose Insert - Section.

  3. In the Hide area, select the Hide check box.

  4. In the With Condition box, type user_lastname == "Doe", where "Doe" is the last name of the user that you want to hide the text from.

  5. Click Insert and then save the document.

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The name of the hidden section can still be seen in the Navigator.


The following table is a list of the user variables that you can access when defining a condition or a field:

User variables

Meaning

user_firstname

First name

user_lastname

Last name

user_initials

Initials

user_company

Company

user_street

Street

user_country

Country

user_zipcode

Zip Code

user_city

City

user_title

Title

user_position

Position

user_tel_work

Business telephone number

user_tel_home

Home telephone number

user_fax

Fax number

user_email

E-mail address

user_state

State


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