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Article #15258Re: Am I missing the XML boat?
From: Jens Schulze
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 11:25
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 11:25
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Because of the rather bad formatting possibilities of XML in InDesign 2 I see the XML format only as a method of storing and transporting data that I would otherwise fetch from a database, without the XML functions of InDesign. I tested these functions, but didn't found them usefull for my job setup. So I ended with a self-written programm that fetched the data from the media-neutral database (where the XML data of the customer was imported into so that I later can use the database for an electronic catalog) and fills out the predefined templates, applies char and paragraph styles where needed, all is entirely done by program logic. So your job setup as described in the original post is perfect to be scripted without XML. Jens
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