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  1. That's exactly what I was thinking, Dan. I was trying to set it up that way, but the images need to flow together one right after another. I think I've found a workaround but I'll need some time to test it out. Thank you for your help, you've put me on track to several ideas for other issues I was having.
  2. Thank you for your help and response, Dan! The data has twenty fields in it, which correspond to the name of an image and the data that will go inside of it if it calls for it. For example, we have IMAGE1 field and ACCOUNT1 field. IMAGE1 has the name of the pdf file that's been loaded into the FusionPro job, and ACCOUNT1 has the number that will print in the box inside of the graphic. Only certain images get the Account information printed inside of it, the majority will just call in the graphic and be done with it (hence why I called them static images). The problem is that the images that are getting a second variable are scattered throughout the data for the same record, and the images have to flow one right after the other without interruption, so we need a way to seamlessly integrate both 'kinds' of images. For example, IMAGE1 has a graphic that just prints, so I call that in; IMAGE2 has a graphic that needs to print ACCOUNT2 on it, and then IMAGE3 will have a graphic that just prints. I have a text frame on the page that is pulling in every possible graphic for every field (the first switch I posted) one right after another. That switch is only for IMAGE1 fields; I have multiple switches, one for each field. Your suggestion about the FindGraphicFrame is a good one and one I'd love to use, but we don't have those licenses, and the possibility of us getting them is very low. I thought that the FPRepeatableComponent was the best solution to my problem, but as you observed, I can't get a return of a text string in a graphic rule. Is there a way for me to get around that? Any help is appreciated.
  3. I have a job that is calling in several different images that are being identified in the data. The problem is that some of those images need to have variable data printed on them in a specific place that is also coming in from the same data file. And there is no indication when a static image and a variable image will be pulled in (the job has almost 20000 records). Is there a way to make the variable images into stand-alone objects, each populated by the necessary data, which are then called in variably by a graphic switch into the main body of the letter as needed? This is what I have so far... (Graphic Rule) switch (Field("IMAGE1").toLowerCase()) { case "100C".toLowerCase(): return Resource("100C.pdf"); case "155C".toLowerCase(): return Resource("154C.pdf"); case "LN02".toLowerCase(): return Rule("LN02_Chart1"); case "CD01".toLowerCase(): return Rule("INCDBS_Chart1"); default: return NullResource() } LN02_Chart1 (Text Rule) var returnString = ""; var catalogItem = new FPRepeatableComponent("LN02_table"); catalogItem.AddTextVar("OldNum", Field("OLDACCT1")); catalogItem.AddTextVar("NewNum", Field("NEWACCT1")); returnString += catalogItem; var catalogItem = new FPRepeatableComponent("LN02_table"); catalogItem.AddTextVar("OldNum", Field("OLDACCT1")); catalogItem.AddTextVar("NewNum", Field("NEWACCT1")); returnString += catalogItem; return returnString; LN02_table is a template page set up with those variables defined. I'm wanting to make sure my logic is sound. I know that I can only return graphic resources with graphic rules, which will be the next issue to tackle (any ideas on that one?), but for now I just want to make sure I'm on the right path with how I'm going about this. The first rule is being returned (through another text rule) inside of a text frame.
  4. That first code worked perfectly, Dan. Thank you so much for your help! I knew it was possible, I just don't have enough javascript knowhow to work it out.
  5. I'm having a difficulty with our IMB barcode. I finally got resolved the issue with using the font, but now we're having another issue with the length. The Post Office requires the barcode to be at a certain length and height. By setting the point size at 10 we meet the height requirement, but now we have a short barcode. Is there a way to stretch it out to meet our length requirement? I've tried using copyfitline and tracking, but those don't seem to work in conjunction with the makeonecodebarcode. This is the code we are using to generate our barcode: var imb = Field("ONECODE"); return MakeOneCodeBarcode(imb.substr(0,20),imb.substr(20) ,10);
  6. Thank you so much for your help. Everything is working perfectly now.
  7. Yes, it validates without error. So that must not be it. I am not entirely familiar with all that FusionPro looks at, so I'm lost as to what could be wrong. I don't have the option to use the font from the dropdown box in the text window either, so I can't test that. Thank you for your patience in this, if this is as frustrating for you as it is for me.
  8. I get the same result. Is it possible that the font is bad? I try to preview it in fontexplorer but get no result.
  9. The Use Local Fonts box is checked. I've placed all the idautomation fonts into a folder on fontexplorer X Pro (the font software we use) and enabled them, loaded all fonts, and restarted both FusionPro and acrobat. I get this error message from the log when I try to output... Font <IDAutomation4State> is not a loaded font. Using default instead. ...and it still only outputs numbers instead of a barcode.
  10. Unfortunately, it still didn't create. I followed your instructions exactly but it still only previews and outputs the numbers instead of a barcode.
  11. I recently installed the newest version of FusionPro Desktop, and have started testing it and playing around with different formats. One of the primary uses we have for FusionPro is for direct mailing pieces, so we have an absolute need for the intelligent mail barcode. However, when I try to set it up using the field our data dept has sent us, there's no barcode, only a bunch of numbers in applegothic. I'm on a mac, OS X 10.7.5, so there's really no looking for individual files. I tried to find the font but there's nothing in our corporate fonts folder, and I don't feel like I ever saw the option for it to install. Does anybody know what I did wrong, or if I'm just missing the font from this package?
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