Channel

Channel is an enumeration for the output channels. The active output channel is registered in merge.channel.

The channel doesn't change when the output consists of different contexts. When generating email, for example, the channel is EMAIL, even when merging the Print context to attach it to the email.

Value	Description
EMAIL	The merge request is for output to Email.
PRINT	The merge request is for output to Print.
WEB	The merge request is for output to Web.
THUMBNAIL	The merge request is for generating a template preview.

Example

The following Control Script selects different sections for Print output and for Email with the Print context attached to it.

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var printSections = merge.template.contexts.PRINT.sections;

if(merge.channel === Channel.EMAIL){
    printSections['Section 1'].enabled = false;
    printSections['Section 2'].enabled = true;
}

if(merge.channel === Channel.PRINT){
    printSections['Section 1'].enabled = true;
    printSections['Section 2'].enabled = false;
}