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Article #18129Re: Replace text
From: Jens Schulze
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 09:52
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 09:52
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"Johan Segern๏ฟฝs" wrote:
> How do I mark what should be replaced? In a textframe i have
> 'bla bla bla bla DATE bla bla bla' where 'DATE' should be
> replaced by a string from a database.
Try something like {DATE} or <DATE> in the normal text (programmer would
normally call that placeholder), something you won't find naturally in the
text, and then replace this string. Then the designer is also able to enter
this dummys that your script will later replace by the actual data.
Jens
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