Hello
I'm looking for a way to link data from external source (csv file?) to illustrator.
I've checked out variables but the problem with them is that the file is loaded once and every time data in the file changes, I have to re-load the file in each illustrator file.
The text file would contain 'best before' dates and they would change often.
The illustrator files would be product labels.
I would like to be able to re-load the file once, if some dates change there, and all my illustrator files would be updated.
I hope I have explained it well 🙂
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Scripts have to run in order to make an impact.
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That will probably not be possible.
That's what I was affraid.
What about scripts?
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Scripts have to run in order to make an impact.
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You might find some information here: https://productivista.com/unlock-potential-strategic-automation-for-design-production/
And also for variable data, take a look at the script Variable Importer. Vasily Hall is a member in this community, but I can't find his user name, maybe someone else can tag him.
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Thank you, Ton. I thought I tried out that name. Obviously not.
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I tried to search for Silly-V too, could not find it, now I do.

