Printing Multiple Templates' output in a single PDF

Question

Hi All,
I have a requirement wherein I have to print the data from several or a few templates into a single pdf.
Requirement:
All the Service Contracts created on a particular day will need to be printed in a single report
For eg: If there are 5 different Service contracts created on a particular day, then each of the service contracts will be associated with a different template, but the output should be printed within a single report.
Also, there can be more than one instance of the same service contract.
Explanation
Suppose I have SC1....SC9 and I have 5 templates Template1....Template5 and each of the SC1...SC9 may or may not be associated with a template
Consider that SC1..SC5 has to be printed in Template1, SC6, SC7 in Template2
SC8,SC9 to be printed in Template3.
Issue
Now I do get the output in a single report, but I get 2 blank pages when there is no data for Template4 and Template5.
Approach
I have create a single template file with all the 5 template in it and each of the templates are in a single page.
TEMPLATE 1+
COMPANY LOGO
<?for-each-group:G_TEMPLATE;TEMPLATE?> <?if:TEMPLATE = ‘TEMP_A’?><?for-each: G_MAIN?>
..... Template Body.....
<?split-by-page-break:?> <?end if?> <?end for-each?><?end if?> ?><?end if?> <?end for-each-group?>
The same thing repeats for Template2... Template5, with only the difference being the Template Body.
Subtemplate Approach not feasible:
I have worked with sub-templates and I know for sure that it is not feasible for this approach becuz all the pages have to be printed within the single report
Is there a way to resolve this issue of eliminating the blank pages when there is no data in the xml file for the particular template.
Thanks in advance to all who might give a thought to this
XML FILE
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <ROWSET>
- <LIST_G_MAIN>
- <G_TEMPLATE>
<TEMPLATE>TEMP_A</TEMPLATE>
- <G_MAIN>
<PARAM_1>P1</PARAM_1>
<PARAM_2>P2</PARAM_2>
<PARAM_3>P3</PARAM_3>
<PARAM_4>P4</PARAM_4>
</G_MAIN>
- <G_MAIN>
<PARAM_1>P1</PARAM_1>
<PARAM_2>P2</PARAM_2>
<PARAM_3>P3</PARAM_3>
<PARAM_4>P4</PARAM_4>
</G_MAIN>
- <G_MAIN>
<PARAM_1>P1</PARAM_1>
<PARAM_2>P2</PARAM_2>
<PARAM_3>P3</PARAM_3>
<PARAM_4>P4</PARAM_4>
</G_MAIN>
</G_TEMPLATE>
- <G_TEMPLATE>
<TEMPLATE>TEMP_B</TEMPLATE>
- <G_MAIN>
<PARAM_1>P1</PARAM_1>
<PARAM_2>P2</PARAM_2>
<PARAM_3>P3</PARAM_3>
<PARAM_4>P4</PARAM_4>
</G_MAIN>
</G_MAIN>
</G_TEMPLATE>
- <G_TEMPLATE>
<TEMPLATE>TEMP_C</TEMPLATE>
- <G_MAIN>
<PARAM_1>P1</PARAM_1>
<PARAM_2>P2</PARAM_2>
<PARAM_3>P3</PARAM_3>
<PARAM_4>P4</PARAM_4>
</G_MAIN>
- <G_MAIN>
<PARAM_1>P1</PARAM_1>
<PARAM_2>P2</PARAM_2>
<PARAM_3>P3</PARAM_3>
<PARAM_4>P4</PARAM_4>
</G_MAIN>
</G_MAIN>
</G_TEMPLATE>
</LIST_G_MAIN>
</ROWSET>

Answer 1

assuming my corrected sample data structure is correct, here is a template that works with it. No blank pages for template D and E:
<?if@section:count(G_TEMPLATE[TEMPLATE='TEMP_A'])>0?>
<?for-each-group:G_TEMPLATE[TEMPLATE='TEMP_A'];TEMPLATE?>
Template: <?TEMPLATE?>
<?for-each:G_MAIN?>
..... Template Body A.....
Param 1: <?PARAM_1?>
Param 2: <?PARAM_2?>
Param 3: <?PARAM_3?>
Param 4: <?PARAM_4?>
<?end for-each?>
<?end for-each?>
<?end if?>=====secton brk (next page)========
<?if@section:count(G_TEMPLATE[TEMPLATE='TEMP_B'])>0?>
<?for-each-group:G_TEMPLATE[TEMPLATE='TEMP_B'];TEMPLATE?>
Template: <?TEMPLATE?>
<?for-each:G_MAIN?>
..... Template Body B.....
Param 1: <?PARAM_1?>
Param 2: <?PARAM_2?>
Param 3: <?PARAM_3?>
Param 4: <?PARAM_4?>
<?end for-each?>
<?end for-each?>
<?end if?>=====secton brk (next page)========
<?if@section:count(G_TEMPLATE[TEMPLATE='TEMP_C'])>0?>
<?for-each-group:G_TEMPLATE[TEMPLATE='TEMP_C'];TEMPLATE?>
Template: <?TEMPLATE?>
<?for-each:G_MAIN?>
..... Template Body C.....
Param 1: <?PARAM_1?>
Param 2: <?PARAM_2?>
Param 3: <?PARAM_3?>
Param 4: <?PARAM_4?>
<?end for-each?>
<?end for-each?>
<?end if?>=====secton brk (next page)========
<?if@section:count(G_TEMPLATE[TEMPLATE='TEMP_D'])>0?>
<?for-each-group:G_TEMPLATE[TEMPLATE='TEMP_D'];TEMPLATE?>
Template: <?TEMPLATE?>
<?for-each:G_MAIN?>
..... Template Body D.....
Param 1: <?PARAM_1?>
Param 2: <?PARAM_2?>
Param 3: <?PARAM_3?>
Param 4: <?PARAM_4?>
<?end for-each?>
<?end for-each?>
<?end if?>=====secton brk (next page)========
<?if@section:count(G_TEMPLATE[TEMPLATE='TEMP_E'])>0?>
<?for-each-group:G_TEMPLATE[TEMPLATE='TEMP_E'];TEMPLATE?>
Template: <?TEMPLATE?>
<?for-each:G_MAIN?>
..... Template Body E.....
Param 1: <?PARAM_1?>
Param 2: <?PARAM_2?>
Param 3: <?PARAM_3?>
Param 4: <?PARAM_4?>
<?end for-each?>
<?end for-each?>
<?end if?>