On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 02:48 -0800, andre at pixelplexus.co.za wrote: > Hello > > I hope someone can tell me weather or not Scribus would be appropriate for > the following project. > > My client generates labels that go onto shelves, based on data they > receive in spreadsheet format. Of course the designer has created > templates in Photoshop or Corel Draw, copies and pastes the info in, > massages the lay-out and and saves print ready 8-up files. This takes > around 5 mins per label x a couple of houndred every month. > > I would like to automate most of this process (will have to be on Windows > platform). > > I?ve considered using Flash, and a print to file driver (and/or a > swf2exe), but flash only supports RGB colour space as far as I can tell, I > need to work in CMYK. I?ve started looking at the option of scripting it > in Corel Draw?s VBA, but VBA still looks a bit greek to me, and if I?m > going to learn something new I?d rather it not be a dead-end MS technology > :-) > > Esentailly I need to import & parse text and based on values of specific > fields auto-format graphic elements (possibly also import certain graphic > ellements) ? preferably have the user double check layout - and export > something print ready. > > Could I do this with Scribus? (my Coding background is thin, mostly some > PHP hacking and Actionscript) > > Any advice/pointers much appreciated! > > Thanx > > Andr? SC > pixelplexus.co.za > Have a look at DataPower2
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