Scripting with Data Merge to use Merged Data as File Name

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1 total messages Started by Matthew_Lehrer Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:12

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Author: Matthew_Lehrer
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:12

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I am looking to create a script that will allow the creation of a single PDF file per record in the data source with the name of the resulting file contained in the data source.

For example, given the following data table in Excel:

First_Name	Last_Name	ResultingFileName
George	Smith	c:\GS.pdf
Mary	Lopez	c:\mlopez.pdf
Steve	Barns	c:\SteveBarns.pdf

After a data merge and running the newly created script, I would end up with three different .pdf files:

c:\GS.pdf which would contain George and Smith in their respective text boxes.
C:\mlopez.pdf which would contain Mary and Lopez in their respective text boxes.
Etc�

My goal is to have the original data source contain the resulting document name. I am using the �Record Limits Per Document� to 1 so that I create a new document per record in the data source.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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