Welcome to the Document.Factory

Document.Factory is your toolkit for automated document generation - a way to automate the production of reports and documentation by combining data, logic and presentation.

Along with the included samples, this manual is intended to give you all the information you need to get started and to be productive with the Document.Factory.

Data Types

The Document.Factory works by processing a set of documents, each containing a specified type of data. This manual includes a reference of all the supported kinds of fragments, their purpose, configuration and transformations.

Command line parameters

In the current release, the Document.Factory is a commandline - or console - based application that is controlled by passing parameters when invoked.

The application can run in two distinct modes:

Mode Description
credits Display credits and links for referenced libraries.
render Render a document and generate output.

Render Parameters

The render mode of the Document.Factory accepts the following parameters:

Long Form Short Form Description
--help -h Display basic help information.
--define:property=value -d:p=v Provide a property value for consumption by the document.
--output folder -o folder Output folder for all generated files.