Slipsheet on data change

[dreimer]

So I am trying to set up a template where my unused slipsheet page will be inserted when the data changes in a field such as "Image". The number of records per "Image" will vary, but I will have the repeats built into the data file used so I don't need to use the RepeatRecord Function. I think it would neded to be an OnRecordStart rule, but not sure. Also, this will be one-up so no imposition file will be used. Is this possible with my current version of Fusion Pro? Any help would be great, TIA.

[step]

You probably want to do something like this:

JavaScript Globals:

var img = "";

OnRecordStart:

if (img != Field("Image")){
     FusionPro.Composition.SetBodyPageUsage("Slipsheet",true);
     img = Field("Image");
}

[dreimer]

Perfect, thank you Step. Love this forum!!!!!!!!!

[Dan Korn]

Originally Posted by step

You probably want to do something like this:

JavaScript Globals:

var img = "";

OnRecordStart:

if (img != Field("Image")){
     FusionPro.Composition.SetBodyPageUsage("Slipsheet",true);
     img = Field("Image");
}

Actually, in FusionPro 8.0, it's even simpler, without requiring anything in the JavaScript Globals:

if (FieldChanged("Image"))
     FusionPro.Composition.SetBodyPageUsage("Slipsheet", true);

Or, even more succinctly:

FusionPro.Composition.SetBodyPageUsage("Slipsheet", FieldChanged("Image"));

Also, you can set the slip sheet arbitrarily like this even if you are using imposition, by setting the slip sheet to start at the beginning of a stack in the Composition Settings, and then starting a new stack like so in OnRecordStart:

if (FieldChanged("Image"))
     FusionPro.Composition.StartNewStack();

[step]

Very true though his signature said he was running FP7.2

[marcuslayton]

can this:

if (FieldChanged("Image"))
     FusionPro.Composition.StartNewStack();

be used when using a repeat record count - something like this:

FusionPro.Composition.repeatRecordCount = Field("RunQty");
FusionPro.Composition.StartNewStack();

?

[Dan Korn]

Originally Posted by marcuslayton

can this:

if (FieldChanged("Image"))
     FusionPro.Composition.StartNewStack();

be used when using a repeat record count - something like this:

FusionPro.Composition.repeatRecordCount = Field("RunQty");
FusionPro.Composition.StartNewStack();

?

Sure, but with that code, you'll get each output record in its own stack. You still need to tell it to start a new stack only when the input data changes. This should work:

FusionPro.Composition.repeatRecordCount = Field("RunQty");
if (FieldChanged("Image"))
    FusionPro.Composition.StartNewStack();

Or, since you're repeating, if you want each input record to go to its own stack, you could do this:

FusionPro.Composition.repeatRecordCount = Field("RunQty");
if (FusionPro.Composition.repeatRecordNumber == 1)
    FusionPro.Composition.StartNewStack();

[DCS]

So how would I get a slip sheet before every file written using this code

if (FieldChanged("WelcomePackageCode"))
{
outpath = "c:\\Files\\Jan 14 Kits\\Mailing\\FS Labels\\" + Field("WelcomePackageCode") + "\\";
filename = Field("WelcomePackageCode");
outfile = outpath + filename;

FusionPro.Composition.OpenNewOutputFile(outfile + "." + FusionPro.Composition.outputFormatExtension);

}

Also, Can I get the slipsheet to impose like the rest of the file

thanks
Mike

[Dan Korn]

Originally Posted by DCS

So how would I get a slip sheet before every file written using this code

if (FieldChanged("WelcomePackageCode"))
{
outpath = "c:\\Files\\Jan 14 Kits\\Mailing\\FS Labels\\" + Field("WelcomePackageCode") + "\\";
filename = Field("WelcomePackageCode");
outfile = outpath + filename;

FusionPro.Composition.OpenNewOutputFile(outfile + "." + FusionPro.Composition.outputFormatExtension);

}

This is pretty much what we've been talking about in the rest of this thread. Just add a call to FusionPro.Composition.StartNewStack() in there, and in the Composition Settings, under Imposition, make sure you have the slip sheet set to be output at the beginning of a stack.

Originally Posted by DCS

Also, Can I get the slipsheet to impose like the rest of the file

I don't understand the question. If the sheet is imposed with the rest of the output pages, then it's not really a slip sheet, by definition. If that's what you want to do, then forget about slip sheets, and just call out an Unused Body Page, like so:

FusionPro.Composition.SetBodyPageUsage("slipsheet", FieldChanged("WelcomePackageCode"));

Which was basically what I said in my first post in this thread.

[DCS]

I had already tried adding the
FusionPro.Composition.StartNewStack()

didin't work...

Is there a place I should put it (within the brackets, outside)?

I will try your 2nd suggestion... where should I put that?

Thanks
Mike