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  • Birthday 12/17/1980

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    Louisville, KY

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  1. From what I am reading about the ExternalDataFileEx, and correct me if I am wrong, but it is unable to create a new file or add new fields to an existing file. If I have a Primary Input and a Secondary data source, the ExternalDataFileEx can update records (SetFieldValue) and save data in either of those files, but it is unable to output a file that contains the fields from both files. Is that correct? As an example. The primary input has contact names and a unique business code. The secondary file has the business code and business addresses. I would like to have a single data file with the name from the primary and the addresses from the secondary.
  2. I am curious about whether the Designer can output data files, and if there is a tutorial, or maybe key rules, on how to do so. I've never attempted it and I'm not sure where to start. A little background: I have a job that uses a secondary data source. Merging works great and I have my print files, but I would like to output the merged data for quality control purposes. Any help/guidance would be appreciated.
  3. I've searched through the forum and I found this thread to my same inquiry from 2012. From what I can tell there is still not a way to produce what is needed but I want to at least ask. I have a 4-page document that needs printed Single Gate Side-By-Side. The client provided pages 2 & 3 preprinted (the back), so I need to produce pages 1 & 4 (the front). By suppressing the content of pages 2-3, I am able to select Single Gate and create a duplex document with a blank back. The alternative would be to re-create the design file as 11x17 sheets instead of 8.5x11. It would be great if there was a way to produce multiple simplex pages on a single sheet using FusionPro Imposer
  4. I have a rule that creates a checkdigit. It's lengthy and took a bit of programming. I unfortunately need that checkdigit in a data file so that the data can be used on an inkjet machine that doesn't handle javascript programming. I could, but I don't want to recreate the programming in Excel. Is there a way in javascript to output a rule's value (the checkdigit) to a text file? If so, all I would need to do is compose the file and merge the newly created checkdigit file into the original input.
  5. Rather than setting the data type to "none", could you create a data source with 12 records? Seq 1 2 3 4 etc. I would think you could then iterate in the preview
  6. Thanks Dan, I have a few screen caps. Capture1: Text with Variable fields Capture2: Example of a lot of content Capture3: Example of a little content. I've never used the table feature and made an attempt to create one, but I'm stuck. I placed the text in a Formatted Text Resource and create the table from a Rule that returned the resource, but the table data is invalid. I need to read up on the table feature. It looks like a powerful feature, but I haven't had a need to use it thus far. The width can be fixed, and the text should wrap around the table when necessary.
  7. I have a client requesting a task I am unsure how to implement. There is a text frame of variable content. By default I allowed text to shrink to fit a frame, but the client is asking for the text box to shrink to the size of the text... or expand if necessary. Is that even possible?
  8. There are multiple ways of doing doing things, but if it were me I would change the names of your signatures to be only the state or place the signature name into your data file and do something like: //Change the image from "AR Sylvester Smith.tif" to "AR" return '<graphic resource="'+Field("st")+'.tif" height=7200>'; //OR add the signature name to your data as a field to be pulled return '<graphic resource="'+Field("signature")'" height=7200>'; This way you don't need to program each state, and if a signature is updated you don't need to update your code.
  9. I don't know, but you may want to look at the path of your image(s). I've had to do the following. { if (Len(Field("CS46SIGNAT"))==0) return '<graphic file="\\\\PDMSRV\\PioneerData\\Acknowledgements\\Client Files\\Signatures\\SA_00000_NO SIG IMAGE_Sig1.tif" height=4000 />'; else return '<graphic file="\\\\PDMSRV\\PioneerData\\Acknowledgements\\Client Files\\Signatures\\'+Field("CS46SIGNAT")+'" height=4000 />'; }
  10. I have multipe PDF files that need VDP, stacked & imposted. Some are simplex and others are duplex. I have the OnRecordStart set to pull the backside of the PDF if the PDF has two pages FusionPro.Composition.SetBodyPageUsage("Page2", Resource(Field("RemitPartID")+".pdf").countPages == 2) if (FieldChanged("PDM_Vsn")) { if (Resource(Field("RemitPartID")+".pdf").countPages == 1) { FusionPro.Composition.OpenNewOutputFile("10937 AD No.10 Remits " + Field("PDM_Vsn") + " Simplex_Print Ready." + FusionPro.Composition.outputFormatExtension); FusionPro.Composition.StartNewStack(); } else { FusionPro.Composition.OpenNewOutputFile("10937 AD No.10 Remits " + Field("PDM_Vsn") + " Duplex_Print Ready." + FusionPro.Composition.outputFormatExtension); FusionPro.Composition.StartNewStack(); } } Using this I can compose the document one time for all versions in the job, but the second page is removed because the imposition definition is simplex. Is it possible to switch the Imposition Definition during the OnRecordStart so that any 2-Page documents impose using a duplex imposition and any 1-Page documents impose with a simplex?
  11. Thanks Step. For now, we are going to communicate with the client to change their paragraph to either omit the highlighted text, or place it before the variable(s) to ensure it does not move. I would still like to know how to control the shading for future projects, and my own education. Attached is a zip file with everything you might need. In this example I am attempting to highlight "ABOVE MARKET TRADE VALUE", which you can see may wrap to a second line. There is no urgency to this, so please don't take extensive time. If there is a resource/video/wiki or anything I can use to self-learn I would be fine with that as well. 10375 Xcel Capital Nissan of Wilmington SignOff.pdf.zip
  12. I am looking to highlight words within a text frame. But can't find a way that works. I have attempted a rule as such the following, but it doesn't produce what I would expect. I would add a highlight to the background, but the placement of the highlight moves based on variables in the paragraph. Any help would be appreciated.
  13. That is one hefty script. I can see how that works, and hopefully I'll have some free time next week to implement it. Thank you for the time you took to reply. I appreciate it.
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