HotDocs
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| Industry | Computer Software |
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Lindon, UT Edinburgh,Scotland Kennesaw, GA, New York City, NY |
| Products | HotDocs Developer HotDocs User HotDocs Server HotDocs Document Services HotDocs Cloud Services |
| Website | www.hotdocs.com |
HotDocs is a document automation (also known as document generation or document assembly) software company currently owned by HotDocs Limited. Version 1.0 was introduced in 1993.
HotDocs is an integrated stack of technologies that enables the transformation of word-processing documents and graphical (PDF) forms into document-generation templates and the deployment of these dynamic templates in any environment, including desktop, on-premises, and cloud.
Document modeling in HotDocs can range from simple variable insertion to the formation and insertion of complex, computed variables. Business logic consisting of IF/THEN statements and REPEAT loops can be built into the template to control the inclusion or exclusion of language blocks. HotDocs includes a variety of other scripting instructions and sets of pre-packaged functions. HotDocs also enables system architects to create custom functions.
In use, a HotDocs template queries the user for all the information necessary to generate a document (or set of documents) and saves the information in an answer file. The application then uses the saved information to assemble a custom version of the document, inserting and formatting variable information, inserting the right clauses based on transactional conditions, and inserting correct pronouns and verbs.
The HotDocs technology stack includes a logic core, a set of development tools, platforms for deploying intelligent templates in any environment, and a wide range of user-layer technologies (web applications for consuming HotDocs templates).
At the base of the HotDocs stack is a logic core, which consists of 1 million+ lines of code. The logic core enables HotDocs to handle the modeling complexities of documents and forms of any complexity and any length.
HotDocs Developer is a document-generation-process-modeling environment that allows a system architect to build business logic into a document. HotDocs Developer, likewise, allows a system architect to design interviews (sequences of interactive data-gathering forms) that gather all the information necessary to generate the underlying document or documents. In combination, a modeled document and its accompanying interview are the two parts of a document automation template.
HotDocs Developer works within commercially available word processors (Word/WordPerfect). This approach is useful for organizations that want to retain all the formatting attributes currently used in its word processing documents, including font faces, columns, pagination elements, etc.
HotDocs includes a development environment for the automation of PDF-based graphical forms (fields, check boxes, etc.). HotDocs allows for shared components among any number of documents, meaning all the Word documents, WordPerfect documents, and PDF-based forms in a set can be generated from a single answer file.
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