stencil

Stencil template engine

Stencil is a templating engine to produce Office Open XML (mostly Microsoft Office’s Word .docx files) from within Java programs. It has a simple syntax so you will not need programmers to write or modify document templates.

You can find the project on Stencil’s GitHub page.

Writing Templates

• Read about the basic Syntax
• Read about Math and Logical Expressions
• Read about the built-in Functions you can use in the templates
• Find out how to use Dynamic Tables
• Reuse parts of templates with Fragments
• Run it in Standalone Mode for batch processing
• Dynamic images
• Dynamic links

Calling Stencil from Code

• First of all, read the Getting Started manual
• Try out the Dockerized Stencil example application.
• Source code is available on Stencil’s GitHub
• Read about common problems when dealing with OOXML.
• If you wish to contribute, read the Contributing page

Companies using Stencil

1. DBX Kft. uses Stencil in its enterprise insurance software solutions for the massive production of policy documents.

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