Expression Image Swap

[rsager]

We are creating a personalized calendar for our customers and we would like the end user to be able to select the Expression Image they want for each of the months. Can I create a rule that will do this?

[Dan Korn]

Sure, just add all the Expression templates as resources, and call out the one you want in a rule with the Resource function. The Frodo Travel tutorial has an example of this.

[biggestbossfan]

Hello Dan

Looking for the Frodo Travel tutorial

Cheers

[Dan Korn]

Looking for the Frodo Travel tutorial

You can find the Tutorials from the menu in Acrobat: FusionPro -> Documentation -> Tutorials.

[rsager]

Dan the Frodo Travel tutorial's example has the user picking the expression from a drop down list. I would like my users to choose a jpg file so they can see a preview of the expression first. Can I reference a jpg file in my rule that when picked will select the correct FPX expression file?

My images are; Kenya.jpg, Ireland.jpg and Kenya.jpg

 

PI Rule:

 

var FPA=Field("City");

var FPB=ReplaceSubstring(FPA, " ","");

var FPX=(FPB+"FPX");

var myPI = Resource(FPX);

 

var Var1="Name";

var Var2=ReplaceSubstring(Field(Var1)," ","#");

 

if (FPA=="Kenya")

{

myPI.AddData(Var2 + "#Was#Here!");

}

if (FPA=="Ireland")

{

myPI.AddData(Var2);

}

if (FPA=="Italy")

{

myPI.AddData(Var2);

}

else

{

myPI.AddData(Field(Var1));

}

 

return myPI;

[Dan Korn]

How exactly do your users "choose a jpg file?" Is this in MarcomCentral? And does the selection go into the "City" field as the first line in your example suggests?

 

If so, you can probably just change the first line to this:

var FPA=GetFileName(Field("City")).replace(".jpg", "");

[rsager]

Thanks Dan. This is exactly what we are looking for.

We are creating an Expression Calendar. All the jpg and fpx files are uploaded into MarcomCentral. We want the users to choose the expression for each month but wanted a way for the user to see a preview of the expression first.

 

Bob