Currently we are using xslt to produce letters etc. The data is in xml. We have 80+ letters. The header/footer and some other pieces are included from some common base. So if I want to change the header/footer e.g. in all letters, I just have to change it in one place, and all are updated simultaneously.
Remark: Some parts will contain conditional parts, like a picture that depends upon some value in the xml data.
Now (for commercial reasons) we want to use mail merge (Aspose) and I'm investigating whether it is possible to 'merge' some basic 'blocks' like the header/footer, finishing comments etc like it is possible in our xslt line.
We still use XSLT in a previous step, so the whole line is like: 'complex data xml'->XSLT->'mergable xml'->'mailmerge with some template'->docx/pdf
So my question is, is there a possibility to include whole blocks, or, can I define some parent template etc? Other suggestions? Best practices? I don't seem to find the right keywords to search for. I don't want to change all mailmerge letters when a e.g. new signature must be included...
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