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Article #17065Re: Creating a database driven catalog
From: Iolaire McFadden
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 14:24
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 14:24
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I've made up a quick and dirty sample file that can start you on your learning process. It shows how to move some data from an Excel list into a pre-built InDesign template. This example should help you visualize some of the steps to make your catalog program. Download it at: <http://iolaire.mine.nu/sample_script.html>. Obviously it is not a full or even partial catalog program. As others have said you will need to learn two things: 1. How to get your data out of Access 2. How to get the data into InDesign The Excel portion of this script will allow you easily build some data to pass to InDesign so you can learn formatting and placement in InDesign. Look at <http://adobe.co.uk/products/indesign/scripting.html> for the scripting guide and other sample scripts. Otherwise digging through this forum should provide lots of help and ideas. To learn the Access portion of your code project you probably will need use <http://msdn.microsoft.com>. Good luck, iolaire
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