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For example the cards need to have different combinations of text on each one. The lower part of this particular card has 30 data field placeholders (15 text frames and 15 graphic frames) that are linked back to my .txt file with data merge. (In the first image below, all 30 data fields have data in them, the other images only have some data applied) The text frames hold the two letter code, the graphics frame is basically a .png of either a rectangle or oval which is on a layer behind the text frame.
It would be awesome if a text frame border was only present when there was content in the text frame. That way I could eliminate all of the graphics frames in this particular case. Is this possible? I knid of don't want to ask this, but is it possible through scripting with some sort of conditional statement? (Iknow very little about scripting except that it exists to do certain tasks on a as needed basis)
I'm using InDesign CC on Mac OSX 10.7.5
Thanks!
go-dog-go

There's no one solution. Depends on the context.
When we know what we have and where we want to go, everything becomes simple ...
In your case, the solution I prefer is that with grep styles.
Why? because it is truly magical.
The beginning...
All you finally have to do in the data file is inserting columns of calculation. We can talk later.
This solution with grep style is very simple to define. In ID and Excel (for instance). Because I know how to do. I understand It could be not so simple for another person.

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