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    Frame color change if !Copyfit

    in Issues, Questions, Etc.

    Posted · Edited by Alex Marshall

    After a brief discussion with our development team, here is how one can do it.

    I recommend creating the color in the OnRecordStart rule rather than as needed so it can be shared among rules, but it would also work to do it as needed within any rule.

    Just to clarify, you can indeed call “new FusionProColor” to create a color. The signature is:

    new FusionProColor(name [,cyan] [,magenta] [,yellow] [,black] [,isSpot])

    Where the CYMK values are percentages. You can find this in the Building Blocks dialog, on the Objects tab, under the “Resources” node.

    An example is:

    new FusionProColor("Brown", 0, 3, 5, 62);

    FindTextFrame("Title").fillColorName = "Brown";

    Also, you don’t need to explicitly add the new color to the FusionPro.Colors object; simply calling “new FusionProColor” adds the named color to the list automatically. Note also that you can’t change the values of existing colors defined in the Colors dialog.

    The feature was first added to FP 8.1. Using the data below in the OnRecordStart Rule, we can create new colors and apply them to frames in the job or inside text without changing the template.

    FusionPro.Colors["Fleshtone"] = new FusionProColor("Fleshtone",10,20,30,40,false);

    FusionPro.Colors["Zentone"] = new FusionProColor("Zentone",100,50,25,10,false);

    FusionPro.Colors["Ultraviolet"] = new FusionProColor("Ultraviolet",45,90,0,0,false);

    The parameters to the FusionProColor constructor are the color name, C, M, Y, K components and the last parameter is a flag whether or not it is a spot color.

    Hopefully that helps.

    Variable Images not previewing

    in Issues, Questions, Etc.

    Posted

    Did you use the "Insert Picture Rule" graphic rule template where you can specify the path to the graphics in the Rule Editor? Or are you simply specifying a field name in the graphic properties palette? You can also add the UNC path to the job folder in the "Advanced" tab "Search Path" window of the "Composition Settings Menu" before composing as well as preview to view the graphic resources as well..

    Selecting images in Image Collections

    in MarcomCentral®

    Posted

    You will have to create an overflow page that will flow the additional pages.

    See the User Guide topic “ It’s got to go somewhere”.

    First, you need to create the Rule and do the following: (Don't panic, this can be used in future jobs like this :-)

    Add the multipage PDF as a graphic resource.

    Start out with a 2 page blank pdf .

    Draw TEXT frame on each page as needed.

    Select FusionPro>>Manage Pages>>Page Usage

    Highlight page 2.

    Click Edit

    Specify "Type" as "OVerflow"

    Give it name "Back_Page"

    Click "Ok", "Ok"

    Go to the first page of the template.

    Click on the text frame to bring up the "Text Frame" palette

    Click on "Overflow". Check the option for "Overflow Text To New Pages"

    Under "New Left Page", click the drop arrow for "Back_Page"

    Leave New Right Page as "None".

    Under "Add Pages", select "As Few Added As Possible"

    Click "Ok"

    Go into the Variable Text Editor, and insert the Rule name

    Go to the second page in the template

    Click on the text frame to bring up the "Text Frame" palette

     

    In the lower left, check the box for "OverFlow To"

    Click “Create Rules>>>New(Text)>>>Empty”.

     

    Check the box for “Treat Return Strings As Tagged Text”.

    Here is the Rule:

    var pathName = "..\\RESOURCES\\";

    var FullResourcePath = pathName + Field("Store Message"); //change to match your data file field

    var x = new FusionProResource(FullResourcePath, "graphic", 1);

    if (!x.exists)

    ReportError("Graphic not found: " + FullResourcePath);

    var pdfString = '';

    for (var pgnbr = 1; pgnbr <= x.countPages; pgnbr++)

    {

    x.pagenumber = pgnbr;

    pdfString += x.value + '<p>\n';

    }

    Print("Result is: " + pdfString);

    return pdfString;

    Click “OK’, ‘OK’.

    Now if you “Preview”, you will only see the first page on the “Overflow” page.

     

    You will need compose a small record range to verify everything works correctly.

    Mac OS X Mavericks Support

    in Issues, Questions, Etc.

    Posted

    Unfortunately, you will continue to have these issues as OSX 10.9 Maverick is not supported in Fusionpro at this time. A build is currently in the development stages at this time. We will notify our customers as soon as a release candidate becomes available. Thank you for your patience.

    Mac OS X Mavericks Support

    in Issues, Questions, Etc.

    Posted

    Sorry for the trouble you are encountering with the software. The second issue you encountered, specifically on your OSX system is a result of Fusionpro encountering corrupt fonts. The following solution should resolve this issue.

    Your system needs the font Cache cleaned due to bad fonts. The following should help.

    Please perform the detailed steps to resolve this problem.

    The solution is to do the following.

    Locate the "FusionPro Configuration" file in "/Library/Application Support/PTI/FusionPro", open it

    in TextEdit (or another editor), and add this line at the end:

    LogAllLoadedFonts=Yes

    Then save the file, and go back to FusionPro and load all fonts.

    Fusionpro Load Fonts utility will crash on a font with the message, "Fusionpro quit unexpectedly".

    Now, navigate the hard drive to:

    Mac HD / Library / Preferences / PTI / Fusionpro / Fonts

    In this folder, locate the 'Fonts.err" file and open with Text Editor.

    Look at the very last line in this log file. It will indicate the last font that cause it to crash.

    Delete or remove this font completely from the system.

    Rerun "Load Fonts" "Load All"

    You will repeat these steps until the Load Fonts utility completes without crashing.

    Once completed, restart the machine and rerun Fusionpro to see if this helps.

    You can also utilize third party font software to isolate corrupt fonts on the Mac OSX.

    sales order# on template page

    in MarcomCentral®

    Posted · Edited by Alex Marshall

    Beginning with Fusionpro VDP Creator / Desktop version 8, there was an enhancement feature which added the ability to move slug/job information on imposed sheet to any location.

     

    For more information about creating a slug line that allows for variable content, please see the Rules Reference Guide or the Imposition Guide. To view the guides in Acrobat, select "Fusionpro>Documentation>" to access the manuals. Please see the Rules Guide section called “Imposition SlugLine.”

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