You defiantly want Quark, and to add to the confusion, you might look at
Meadows Information's offerings (www.meadowsinfo.com). I reviewed the three
and decided on Meadows because they seemed like they would be more
responsive to tech questions (and price was less). When I used it, they were
planning on an ODBC link (they could only use text data files output from
DBs). There are also a few other higher end tools. If I remember, LinkUP is
AppleScript compatible, a strong plus.
Can you export the data into a flat file and import it into Quark (like a
one time import), or do you want to establish a "data flow?"
Most printers cringe at the thought of Pagemaker. If you have generated PDF
from CF, you might send a sample to your print shop and see if they can use
the PDF generated from CF.
Let me know if you need any other advice.
Paul Sizemore
Finish Line
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Indianapolis, IN 46235
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jamie Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 12:57 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: PageMaker/Quark document generated from Database?
I've got an Access database full of information to list in in a
directory which is to be printed at a print shop. So I need the
database to populate my directory pages. I'll probably need to use
Quark or PageMaker. Is one or the other better suited for this
endeavor?
I'm also a ColdFusion programmer, so I could conceivably script them
myself, though that seems difficult, and I don't know anything about
Quark or PageMaker markup.
I've heard of McResearch.com's "LinkUP" and EMSoftware.com's
"Xcatalog", for Quark but I haven't heard any reviews or comparisons.
Could anyone give me any advice or pointers?
Any tips/pointers are appreciated.
Thanks, Jamie
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