On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 11:44, Gregory Pittman wrote: > Wayne Maeda wrote: > > >What's the best way to import a multi-page database report into Scribus? > >I've > >tried exporting from database to postscript file but was not successful in > >importing it into Scribus; it only loaded the first page, if any at all. > >Most > >of the databases I've tried either print the reports directly to the printer > >or to a postscript file. Is there a way to convert a postscript file to text? > > > > > > > I don't have the answer to this, yet I think it's a feature request in > the making. > Some kinds of software treat database files as a table, and since > Scribus has tables, it would seem possible to develop something here. I > use postgres, and it has a facility to export to html as well as a plain > text file. It might be possible to edit the html output from it without > a lot of work. AFAIK it's not especially good at importing from other > formats. I don't know what sorts of things OOffice Calc can do. > > The more expansive idea here might be for Scribus to have a table in > which the elements are an array or hash which point to filenames, which > might be text, images, svg, whatever. It might be a whole new way of > doing a repetitive structured DTP file such as a newsletter.
If you can get it into CSV format, just import it into Scribus. The new text importer has a csv filter. As for DB stuff.. its all planned.. :) Time time time > From its own perspective, Scribus may turn out to be quite the killer app. And you question this? :=) Craig -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20040820/acbf9bdb/attachment.pgp
