{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Profound.js","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://profoundlogicsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PUI/pages/914423812"}}]},{"text":" API, the ","type":"text"},{"text":"HTML Container","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://profoundlogicsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PUI/pages/164495959"}}]},{"text":" widget, and the ","type":"text"},{"text":"AJAX Container","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://profoundlogicsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PUI/pages/164495495"}}]},{"text":" widget allow for the use of EJS, a syntax that supports dynamic JavaScript templating code embedded within HTML.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"This capability provides for a simple implementation of custom dynamic HTML output, including features like:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Responsive Design","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Easier integration with other JavaScript and CSS frameworks, such as Bootstrap","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Rendering subfile information using an alternate view, such as an Unordered List (UL) or a TABLE in HTML","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Multiple pieces of information that flow, instead of being positioned absolutely","type":"text"}]}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"EJS provides special tags that can be used within the HTML:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"<%","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":" 'Scriptlet' tag, for control-flow, no output","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"<%_","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":" 'Whitespace Slurping' Scriptlet tag, strips all whitespace before it","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"<%=","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":" Outputs the value into the template (HTML escaped)","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"<%-","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":" Outputs the unescaped value into the template","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"<%#","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":" Comment tag, no execution, no output","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"<%%","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":" Outputs a literal '<%'","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"%%>","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":" Outputs a literal '%>'","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"%>","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":" Plain ending tag","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"-%>","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":" Trim-mode ('newline slurp') tag, trims following newline","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"_%>","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":" 'Whitespace Slurping' ending tag, removes all whitespace after it","type":"text"}]}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"The following JavaScript variables are inherently available within EJS:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Any bound field name on the screen","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Numeric indicators are accessible as flags[xx], where xx is the name of the indicator. 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