Inception Question. ID files inside ID files.

I am trying to streamline our proofing workflow at work. I want to take the contents of an indesign file (id1) and place them into placeholders in another indesign file (id2) so that all of the pages from id1 are scaled and pages are generated as needed in id2. In the spirit of Data Merge, sort of.
Id2 is our proof sheet, with information specific to the jobs along the top and bottom of an 8.5x11 page. Within that page I put a placeholder that matches the ratio of the pages on id1. I then want to place id1 (a series of 22x28 signs) into the placeholder and have it put all of the pages in automatically, without me having to make a new page, and click the placeholder.
Is there some magic or common sense I am missing? Thanks for any help, and have a great day!

I think the placeholder might be a problem. On the other hand, you might be able to run Scott Zanelli's script to do waht you want, without a placeholder. See InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » Zanelli Releases MultiPageImporter for Importing both PDF and INDD Files

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westwm wrote:
is. <link href="./styles/main.css" the same as
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1)
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> Hello all,
> I have some basic questions on XI and File Adapter
> and hope you can help me. Any answer is appreciated.
>
>
> 1. Can I use NFS transport protocol to poll a file
> from a machine in the network, which is not the XI?
yes
> Or do I have to use FTP instead?
>
also you can do it
> 2. If I understand it correctly - when using the
> FTP-File Adapter, XI has the role of a ftp client. I
> have to run a ftp server on my distant machine. XI
> connects to FTP-Server and polls the file.
> Can it also be configured the other way round? The
> scenario I think of would be: FTP client installed on
> distant machine, which connects to FTP-Server(XI) and
> loads up a file. So XI would act as FTP Server.
> I know this works, if I install a ftp Server on the
> computer my XI runs on, and use the NFS-File Adapter
> to observe the folder. But I want to know, if I need
> a second, independant ftp server for this.
>
XI cannot act as FTP server, but it is always a client. When XI is reading (File sender adpater) when XIis writing than it is File Receiver adapter
> 3. And last but not least: When do I need the active
> ftp mode instead of passive?
>
It depends on your firewall configuration. The best and the fastests is active mode but not always available.
> Thanx a lot for your answers!
> Ilona

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