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Roy Marshall
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July 26, 2009
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[JS][CS3] Database Syncronisation

  • July 26, 2009
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Hi.

I dont know if this is posible, but thought I'd ask anyway, and will take if further if possible.

I have a page in InDesign that has been built with an Applescript, from my companies database (ODBC) containing images and data. This is for a mailer that is being created.  I then have written a JS to manipulate the text, and images as required. I am using Script Labels that the AS has put in place to link the images and text together.  This is all good and a complete page can be created nearly to completion using this method.

To go one stage further, I need to be able to automatically update the data on the InDesign page with any changed data from the database. So, somehow I need to be able to tag parts of the text with handles, that are maintained after all my formatting, to be able to compare with the original database.

There is a plugin called EasyCatalog made by 65Bit that goes some way to this, but is expensive over many workstations, so my client wants a way to achieve this via scripting.

I accept this may be way out of my ability, if indeed possible at all, but I like a challenge, and would like to know if this is indeed a possibility.

Thanks in advance,

Roy

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bagonterman
Inspiring
December 21, 2011

I am wondering if you ever came up with a solution?

Roy Marshall
Known Participant
December 21, 2011

HI.

No, I have abandoned this project for now. Thanks for the interest.

Roy