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    FusionPro VDP v9.2 (Mac)

    in FusionPro® VDP Creator

    Posted

    I am experiencing the same issue. I am running 9.2.26 on a mac. I am trying to export my first job from InDesign CC (which is updated to 9.2.1) and nothing happens. No dialog pops up asking me to select a destination or pdf profile, nothing shows up on disk, nothing opens in Acrobat XI. It does not matter if Acrobat is open or not.

     

    I thought it might be my document, so I created a new one consisting of just a text box, but same result, nothing exports. I restarted both InDesign CC and my computer, same result. I tried a simple file in InDesign CS6, and it exports fine. I know I can export from CC as an idml to CS6, but many times the text reflows. If that happens on this particular job, it will incur a LOT of extra time.

     

    For now, I will have to go the CS6 route and hope for the best. But I would really like to know why CC is not working.

    Calculate number of particular fields

    in Issues, Questions, Etc.

    Posted

    I have a repeating job that is producing sets of contact sheets for images. It is a single page with 8 graphic frames and a hidden text frame, then an overflow page of the same format. One time I will get a set of data that has fields named "Field 1" to "Field 56". This will result in a pdf of 7 pages with 8 images each per record. Next time, I will get data that is "Field 1" to "Field 98", which would need 13 pages per record.

     

    What I am currently doing in my rule that is triggering the activation of my overflow pages is manually entering the quantity for all the rules that start with "Field ". What I am wondering is if it is possible to automate this count so I no longer have to edit this rule every time.

     

    Just wondering....

    Need to speed up external data search

    in Issues, Questions, Etc.

    Posted

    I have a job using an external data source that is a lookup table containing information about taxing authorities for a county. I was initially looping through the data to find the necessary info like this:

     

    numRecsExtDF = externalDF.recordCount;

for (recordWalker=1; recordWalker <= numRecsExtDF; recordWalker++)
{
   if (externalDF.GetFieldValue(recordWalker, 'Taxing Authority') == "Library")
   {       
           info = externalDF.GetFieldValue(recordWalker, 'Contact Number');  
   }
}


return info;

     

    As the build progressed for different information returned, it became inefficient, so I changed it to FindRecord instead, like so:

     

     FoundRecord = externalDF.FindRecord('Taxing Authority', "Library")  

           info = externalDF.GetFieldValue(FoundRecord, 'Contact Number');

return info;

     

    That is working, but I am stuck when I need to find a record based on matching two or more fields in the external data. So, how can I use FindRecord instead of using the following loop?

     

    numRecsExtDF = externalDF.recordCount;

for (recordWalker=1; recordWalker <= numRecsExtDF; recordWalker++)
{
   if ((externalDF.GetFieldValue(recordWalker, 'Taxing Authority') == "Ambulance") && (externalDF.GetFieldValue(recordWalker, 'Sub Category') == "Operating"))
   {       
           info = externalDF.GetFieldValue(recordWalker, '2013 Proj Rate');  
   }
}

     

    Thank you

    Problem with exporting from Quark

    in Issues, Questions, Etc.

    Posted

    It has been a very long time since I've had a variable job come in as QuarkXpress, but now I have one.

     

    I am on my Mac (OS 10.6.8) trying to export from Quark 8.12 into FusionPro VDP Creator 8.2.5. Once the export clears Quark, it tries to open in my Acrobat X (10.1.7), then errors out with "Export Error: An internal error has occurred and processing has stopped." Then it lists the path to where the output file should be and says to read the log file. However, nothing is in that location, no log file is created.

     

    I have also tried exporting on a different Mac from Quark 7.3, with the same results. Thinking it may be the file I have, I found an old, old Quark job that was successfully exported to FusionPro several years ago, and that will not export now, either. I have absolutely zero issues exporting from InDesign.

     

    Any ideas?

    CopyfitLine not working

    in Issues, Questions, Etc.

    Posted

    Alex,

     

    Thank you for your response. However, I am already doing what you are saying to do. I even copied your sample code and put it into my rule, and the text still will not scale. I have even gone to the ridiculous extreme of saying my base font size is 200, my width is 50, and my minimum font is 1, and it forces everything to be 200 pt.

    CopyfitLine not working

    in Issues, Questions, Etc.

    Posted

    I am needing to use the CopyfitLine feature, but it is not working. Here is my code:

     

    var BoxWidth = FindTextFrame("email box").GetSettableTextWidth()

return CopyfitLine("", Field("Email"), "Minion Pro SmBd", 10, BoxWidth, 6, false);

     

    Return strings as tagged text is checked.

     

    I tested the variable "BoxWidth", and it is returning the correct value.

    I deleted the variable "BoxWidth" and entered the point size value directly into the CopyfitLine, and it will not scale.

    I changed this all the way down to values of 100, 50, 10 and even 1, and it still will not scale.

    I thought it might be a problem with the @ symbol in Field("Email"), but it still doesn't work with other data fields that just contain plain text.

     

    Rather stumped.

     

    FusionPro VDP Creator 8.2.5

    Mac OS 10.6.8

    Acrobat 10.1.7

    keeping paragraphs together in linked text boxes

    in Issues, Questions, Etc.

    Posted

    I completed the job in question, and since I have never used FusionPro.Composition.AddVariable() and I already had all my rules built I did not pursue it.

     

    However, now I am intrigued as to how to use it! I looked in the pdf documentation, but there isn't much of anything there. Is there anything you could point me to so I can learn how to utilize this in the future?

     

    Thank you

    keeping paragraphs together in linked text boxes

    in Issues, Questions, Etc.

    Posted

    I have a job that has two text boxes linked together, and they are printing side by side. These boxes are returning up to 9 different paragraphs consisting of a bullet point, title, and 1 to 3 lines of body copy. Each bullet, title, and set of body copy is controlled by their own individual rule, and all 27 rules are placed into the linked text frames.

     

    It is set up this way so I can easily re-color each individual rule as it is used across multiple versions of base art, all requiring different color breaks.

     

    When the returned data flows into the linked text boxes, is there any way to prevent the paragraphs from splitting between the text boxes? I have tried various settings in the "widow" setting within the text frame editor, but that is not working.

    Change font on non-breakable space

    in Issues, Questions, Etc.

    Posted

    I am using the following code to prevent orphans in my project:

     

    return TaggedTextFromRaw("• Get the best value for your " + RTrim(Field("CustomerBoatInfo")) + " and the best price on a new boat").replace(/(.*)(\s)(.+)$/, "$1 $3");

     

    My problem is that the font being used for this line of text renders the non-breakable space as a missing glyph box. If I change the font of the whole line, it renders fine, except for the fact that it is the wrong font.

     

    I need to change the font of the non-breakable space only. I have tried inserting the font tag in various places with no luck. Each time I wind up getting an "unknown entity   error. How can I do this?

     

    FP Creator 8.0.20

    Mac OS 10.6

    Acrobat 9

    Need help to make field multi-line

    in Formatting Text

    Posted

    Steve,

     

    If there are spaces separating the characters in the field, you could do something like this.

     

    TypeSplit = Field("New Field").split(" ");
   TrimType1 = TypeSplit[0];
   TrimType2 = TypeSplit[1];
   TrimType3 = TypeSplit[2];



   return TrimType1 + '<br>' + TrimType2 + '<br>' + TrimType3

     

    Just be sure to replace my field with yours. Also, remember to check Treat returned strings as tagged text.

    OnRecordStart Problem

    in FusionPro® VDP Creator

    Posted

    Why not try this simpler method of driving your versions.

     

    Set all of your versions as unused body pages, but named the exact name that is in your version data field.

     

    Then use this OnRecordStart Rule

     

    FusionPro.Composition.SetBodyPageUsage(Field("VERSION"), true)

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