Dynamic Data - Images, Pricing, Copy

I am new to the print world and we just hired a new graphic designer and she uses In-Design for creating our new print catalog. My question (I am a developer) is - is there a way that In-Design can pull in dynamic data (images, pricing, etc) from some type of datasource (excel, XML, SQL Database, etc). So when the datasource is updated, the data on the InDesign page would be updated as well too.
We are going to be printing a low quantity of catalogs at a time and want to make sure we are doing this the most efficient. I would love to hear feedback on what experiences you have had.

smolinitek1 wrote:
I am new to the print world and we just hired a new graphic designer and she uses In-Design for creating our new print catalog. My question (I am a developer) is - is there a way that In-Design can pull in dynamic data (images, pricing, etc) from some type of datasource (excel, XML, SQL Database, etc). So when the datasource is updated, the data on the InDesign page would be updated as well too.
We are going to be printing a low quantity of catalogs at a time and want to make sure we are doing this the most efficient. I would love to hear feedback on what experiences you have had.
Search Google for terms like "InDesign XML database publishing tutorial," and "InDesign database publishing tutorial XML," without quotes for lots of resources on this topic, including some from within this forum.
Search Amazon.com for "maivald InDesign XML" without quotes for Jim Maivald's book on XML and InDesign together.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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What's wrong with dynamic data?

I am starting this thread to showcase what I might call "dynamic data abuse": The use of dynamic data where it has no business to be used (does it ever?).
Everybody is invited to contribute with their own examples!
One of the problems when operating on dynamic data is its opacity. We can never really tell what's going on by looking at the code. It also seems to hide serious programming mistakes by adapting in ways to mask horrendous code and making it seemingly functional, glossing over the glaring programming errors.
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(A)
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(B)
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(C)
I don't remember the link, but here's how somebody transposed a 2D array a while ago (bottom part of image). No way to tell from looking at the code picture! (The "FromDDT" and "ToDDT" need to be configured just right ...).
ARRRRGH!
LabVIEW Champion . Do more with less code and in less time .
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Put a bunch of booleans into a Combine Signals and then do a Dynamic Data to Boolean Array.
I supplied the much more cleaned up version of the code below.
EDIT: I just realized I needed to subtract 1 frm the power before using the Scale by Power of 2. Oops.
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How to dynamically call image in PDF for Acrobat ver 8.1 onwards?

Hi Experts,
I am using Web Dynpro Java. My requirement is to call the images dynamically on a PDF form. There are no of company code. I have to call different logos for different company codes/
We are now using Acrobat 8.1.1. Please refer following thread.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405270.html
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EXPORTING
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Regards,
Simi A M
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Webi Excel Personal Data Provider Dynamic Data

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I am looking for a method to add a custom dynamic date field in a digital signature or modify the location and format of the Date field that is already included in the Digital ID Appearance. We are not interested in using a dynamic stamp, if we can avoid it. We are interested in the extra layer of security that the "Sign & Certify" process provides.
We have a signature box on a Construction Title Sheet that has the Date field below the Signature field and I have the custom image created and would like to add a dynamic date that is applied when I sign the document. I tried a javascript in the same method that you would use in a dynamic stamp but it is not working.
Can anyone lend some assistance?
Thanks in advance!
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No, I am not adding blank signature fields to a PDF. Well.. at least, that wasn't what I was intending when I posed the question.
I have a PDF that is created using a piece of CADD software that is the Title Sheet to a set of plans. Right now, all of the information on that title sheet is filled out using the CADD software. Project title, contract number, milepoint limits, table of contents, Federal Aid number, an image showing a general location of the project on a map, etc... Once that PDF is created, we want to be able to distribute it to up to 12 people for Digital Signatures. Not knowing the exact difference between a Certifying Signature and Approval Signature, we want to be able to use the Sign & Certify process, NOT the Custom Stamp.
I was hoping there would not be a need for the designers/engineers to have to manually add the Date and Signature fields for each of the 12 blocks for every title sheet they create (some might have to create up to 8 or 10 different title sheets with differing information a month).
The other route we could go would be a drastic change to how we create the Title Sheets. We would almost have to turn it into a form and enter the information on the title sheet in Adobe as opposed to using our CADD program to complete the information. The "background" image would be the title sheet with a whole bunch of fields that need to be filled out, along with image fields and signature fields that automatically fill specific date fields, similar to another post I was reading earlier today. That change in business practice would be hard to force these people to accept, I'm afraid.
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It doesn't seem like that is possible though, unfortunately.
By the way, I really appreciate the time you are taking to help me through this.

Any way for one VI to dynamically update images shown in another VI's Image Display control?

I've just discovered (in LV v7.0) that, while I can wire to it, I cannot write image data to a "value" input terminal of a property node associated with an Image Display. When the VI runs I get this error:
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(I must admit that I have to wonder why we are allowed to wire to it, if all it does is generate this error)
Is there any way for one VI to dynamically update images shown in another VI's Image Display control?
I am not interested in using IMAQWindDraw windows.

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It seems that if I create an image data stream in one VI using IMAQ CREATE and name the data stream "ABC" and then create an image data stream in another VI using IMAQ CREATE and also name that data stream "ABC" then in fact they are both the same data streams and they can be read or written by either VI.
Using this feature I can write the common data stream in one VI and using a shared occurrence or semaphore let the other VI know when it is OK to display the data from the common stream.
This method requires that the displaying VI needs to have a while loop around the image display which is not nearly as simple as a display that is updated automagically by another VI writing to a VALUE input that is referenced back to the Image Display. I'd still like to know if there is some way to make that work.
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Hi All,
I m using standard text (created in SO10) in smartform . I want to display dynamic data on the top of every page of standard text.
Displaying the dynamic data is not the problem, but how would i know where is page finished(or started) as Preview in SO10 may not look the same as smartform output.
I dont want to do this manually by adjusting the size of window. Is there any other way to do the same??
Vanita.

Try to create a text in your SF and write the dynamic data.
To know in which page use &SFSY-PAGE&
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Regards,
SaiRam
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Hi can anyone explain me working of pricing copy control ?
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Dear Nikhil
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G: Relevant for order-related billing of the delivery quantity
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H: Relevant for delivery-related billing documents - no zero quantities
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I: Relevant for order-related billing documents - billing plan
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In the standard system, the item categories WVN (Service), MVN (rent) and TAO (milestone billing) are set up in this way.
J: Relevant for cross EC country deliveries.
thanks
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Load dynamically an image

Hi,
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          Sonia WEN wrote:
          > Hi,
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          > failed. To simplify the case, following is just a simply scenario.
          >
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          > WLS server is on, I enter the URL:
          > http://localhost:8080/images/image.gif. If this image file exists, it
          > is printed in the browser, it is correct. But when I copy a new image
          > file (I mean at the moment when the server is launched, the file is
          > not under the directory /images) say test.gif from other place, and
          > then I input the URL:http://localhost:8080/images/test.gif. No image
          > is printed, but for the moment this file is saved under the /images
          > directory. Only when I shut down the server and relaunch it and type
          > the previous URL, this image can be printed. I did the same test using
          > Tomcat3.2, it worked. So I guess it is a bug of WLS6.0
          >
          > Our project needs to load images dynamically, we cannot shut down the
          > server whenever a new image is uploaded, but we need new images can
          > be printed in real time.
          >
          > Did anybody meet the same problem and is there any work around? Thanks
          > in advance
          [att1.html]

Alpha transparency borders on dynamically loaded images for use with textures

Hi there folks. Well, I have been beating my head over this
and am hoping one of you can help me out.
Essentially I have 16bit images that are loaded into my
shockwave application at run-time. These images are user defined
which means that I will not know their size ahead of time. Once the
images are loaded I then create textures and apply them to various
shaders. Ok, all of this works just fine. What I need to do though
is create an alpha transparent border around the images, so when I
apply them to their surfaces I only see the image and nothing
around it. I am doing this because these images will only appear at
specific parts on a surface, textureRepeat will be false, and many
models will be stacked in the same exact location using the same
model resource. I have everything working, but I cannot figure out
the alpha part for the life of me. Also, when I test the alpha
based image by itself it works just fine. It is not until I try and
combine the 16bit (converted to 32bit at run-time) image that I run
into problems.
I have tried:
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transparent border and a black rect for the inside. I then copy the
dynamic image over the alpha image (only after going from 16bit to
32bit in imaging Lingo) and leave a little room at the edges for
the transparency. Well, I get a crazy amount of streaks here even
when I try to up the trans border by around 24 pixels on each side.
- Using another similiar alpha based image as a mask with
copyPixels and extractAlpha/setAlpha like this... (code is a little
rough here)
newImage = new(#bitmap)
newImage.name = "place_Test"
newImage.image = member("place").image
newAlpha = new(#bitmap)
newAlpha.name = "AHH"
newAlpha.image = image(newImage.image.width + 24,
newImage.image.height + 24, 32)
newAlpha.image.useAlpha = true
newAlpha.image.copyPixels(member("vase").image,
newAlpha.image.rect, member("vase").image.rect)
newAlphaInfo = newAlpha.image.extractAlpha()
newAlpha.image.useAlpha = false
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iAlphaReverse = image(newAlpha.image.width,
newAlpha.image.height, 8, #grayscale)
iAlphaReverse.fill(iAlphaReverse.rect, rgb(0,0,0))
iAlphaReverse.copyPixels(newAlphaInfo, iAlphaReverse.rect,
newAlphaInfo.rect, [#ink : #reverse])
--newAlphaInfo.copyPixels(iAlphaReverse, newAlphaInfo.rect,
iAlphaReverse.rect, [#ink:#subtractpin])
newAlphaMask = iAlphaReverse.createMask()
rescaleAbs(newImage, newImage.image.width,
newImage.image.height, "place_Test", 32)
destImage = member("place_Test").image.duplicate()
destImage.fill(destImage.rect, rgb(0,0,0))
newAlpha.image.useAlpha = false
destImage.copyPixels(newImage.image, newImage.image.rect,
newImage.image.rect, [#maskImage:newAlphaMask, #ink:#add])
destImage.setAlpha(iAlphaReverse)
destImage.useAlpha = true
member("place_Test").image = destImage
I apologize for the messy code. I have cut and pasted from
all over the place and am getting confused. In any case, I think I
am making this harder then it needs to be and hope someone can
help.
Thank you in advance,
Dave

Hi, you can try using other texture layer as mask on the same
shader. As usually you create the texture from a dynamic loaded
image, then apply this texture to the shader on the texture list
index 1 (textureList[1]). Next part does the job, create other
texture from a 32 bits image with the alpha information and fill
all pixels with white color, this is very important because the
second texture layer will be multiply with the first texture layer.
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texture to the same shader at texture list index 2, verify that the
blendFunctionList index 2 is #multiply.
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property pNightSphere
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pMember = sprite(me.spriteNum).member
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end
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repeat with i = pMember.light.count down to 1
pMember.deletelight(i)
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vEarthModelResource.resolution = 20
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pEarthSphere = pMember.newModel("EARTH MODEL",
vEarthModelResource)
pEarthSphere.shaderList = vEarthShader
vNightModelResource = pMember.newModelResource("NIGHT MODEL
RESOURCE", #sphere)
vNightModelResource.radius = 50.2000
vNightModelResource.resolution = 20
vNightTexture = pMember.newTexture("NIGHT TEXTURE",
#fromCastMember, member(4,1))
vNightTexture.quality = #lowFiltered
vNightTexture.nearFiltering = FALSE
vNightTexture.renderFormat = #rgba8880
vNightShader = pMember.newShader("NIGHT SHADER", #standard)
vNightShader.emissive = color(255,255,255)
vNightShader.flat = TRUE
vNightShader.transparent = TRUE
vNightShader.textureList[1] = vNightTexture
vMaskNightTexture = pMember.newTexture("MASK NIGHT TEXTURE",
#fromCastMember, member(6,1))
vMaskNightTexture.renderFormat = #rgba8888
vNightShader.textureList[2] = vMaskNightTexture
vNightShader.textureModeList[2] = #wrapPlanar
pNightSphere = pMember.newModel("NIGHT MODEL",
vNightModelResource)
pNightSphere.shaderList[1] = vNightShader
pNightSphere.parent = pEarthSphere
end
on exitFrame(me)
pEarthSphere.rotate(0.0,0.1,0.0)
me.moveMaskNightTexture()
end
on moveMaskNightTexture(me)
vRotationVector = - pEarthSphere.transform.rotation
pNightSphere.shaderList[1].wrapTransformList[2].rotation =
vRotationVector
end

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