Letter request generation

Retrieves a legal letter request, resolves its legal-case number, and produces the Xpressions XML payload used to render and print the letter.

Field	Value
Operation ID	letter-request-generation
Trigger	Letter print job
Inputs	Letter type, claim number
Outputs	Xpressions XML payload, printed date
Primary components	clsLetterRequest.GetReportXmlNewFormat, clsLetterRequest.GetLegalCaseNumber, clsLetterRequest.PostFill
Entry point	SAIF.Business.Claim.Legal\Print\clsLetterRequest.vb

Steps

1. GetLegalCaseNumber() resolves the legal case number associated with the letter request.
2. PostFill() runs after the request row is loaded to complete any additional field population.
3. GetReportXmlNewFormat(packageName, ...) builds the Xpressions XML payload for the requested letter package.
4. The letter is printed and its printed date is recorded on the request.

Process flow

flowchart TD
    Start(["Letter print job<br>requests letter"]) --> Load["Load letter request<br>and PostFill"]
    Load --> CaseNum["GetLegalCaseNumber"]
    CaseNum --> Xml["GetReportXmlNewFormat<br>builds Xpressions XML"]
    Xml --> Print["Letter printed"]
    Print --> EndOk(["Printed date<br>recorded"])

Failure and edge-case behavior

• No exceptional behavior beyond standard retrieve/save failure handling was identified for this operation.*

Related documentation

• Operations and processes
• Database tables
• SQL catalog

Note: Statements marked with * were inferred from code structure, naming conventions, or contextual evidence where direct confirmation was not available in source artifacts.

Sources

• SAIF.Business.Claim.Legal\Print\clsLetterRequest.vb