Re: mailmerge
I use the mailmerge feature in Word to import variables such as the date of the report, the name of the product on which the report is based, the final score that the product achieved and so on... Is this something that I can do better using Framemaker? Out-of-the-box, No. But, I've already written a FrameScript that assigns variable values based on an ini file. It would be relatively simple to work with a database, excel, or tab delimited file. I had started, but have not yet completed, a script to do something similar to Word's mail merge, creating a new document for each set of defined variables. With FrameScript, virtually anything is possible. Eric L. Dunn Senior Technical Writer ___ This e-mail communication (and any attachment/s) may contain confidential or privileged information and is intended only for the individual(s) or entity named above and to others who have been specifically authorized to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose the contents of this communication to others. Please notify the sender that you have received this e-mail in error by reply e-mail, and delete the e-mail subsequently. Please note that in order to protect the security of our information systems an AntiSPAM solution is in use and will browse through incoming emails. Thank you. _ Ce message (ainsi que le(s) fichier/s), transmis par courriel, peut contenir des renseignements confidentiels ou protégés et est destiné à l?usage exclusif du destinataire ci-dessus. Toute autre personne est par les présentes avisée qu?il est strictement interdit de le diffuser, le distribuer ou le reproduire. Si vous l?avez reçu par inadvertance, veuillez nous en aviser et détruire ce message. Veuillez prendre note qu'une solution antipollupostage (AntiSPAM) est utilisée afin d'assurer la sécurité de nos systems d'information et qu'elle furètera les courriels entrant. Merci. _ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
mailmerge
"I use the mailmerge feature in Word to import variables such as the date of the report, the name of the product on which the report is based, the final score that the product achieved and so on... Is this something that I can do better using Framemaker?" Out-of-the-box, No. But, I've already written a FrameScript that assigns variable values based on an ini file. It would be relatively simple to work with a database, excel, or tab delimited file. I had started, but have not yet completed, a script to do something similar to Word's mail merge, creating a new document for each set of defined variables. With FrameScript, virtually anything is possible. Eric L. Dunn Senior Technical Writer ___ This e-mail communication (and any attachment/s) may contain confidential or privileged information and is intended only for the individual(s) or entity named above and to others who have been specifically authorized to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose the contents of this communication to others. Please notify the sender that you have received this e-mail in error by reply e-mail, and delete the e-mail subsequently. Please note that in order to protect the security of our information systems an AntiSPAM solution is in use and will browse through incoming emails. Thank you. _ Ce message (ainsi que le(s) fichier/s), transmis par courriel, peut contenir des renseignements confidentiels ou prot?g?s et est destin? ? l?usage exclusif du destinataire ci-dessus. Toute autre personne est par les pr?sentes avis?e qu?il est strictement interdit de le diffuser, le distribuer ou le reproduire. Si vous l?avez re?u par inadvertance, veuillez nous en aviser et d?truire ce message. Veuillez prendre note qu'une solution antipollupostage (AntiSPAM) est utilis?e afin d'assurer la s?curit? de nos systems d'information et qu'elle fur?tera les courriels entrant. Merci. _
mailmerge
I use the mailmerge feature in Word to import variables such as the date of the report, the name of the product on which the report is based, the final score that the product achieved and so on... Is this something that I can do better using Framemaker? Mark, FM doesn't come with a mail merge facility, so your choices are, fake one with the program's other capacities, or find an add-on. On the Mac, I've heard of people getting the effect of mailmerge using Publish and Subscribe. No doubt there's a Windows equivalent of this. But thinking about how you might do it suggests it would be a huge hassle. An add-on would be a better way to go, perhaps. But the results of googling mail merge for FrameMaker are not reassuring. Taking values out of a document belonging to another application and pasting them into an FM doc in the right place is something that's not hard to script, tho'. If you don't want to try it yourself there are people on this list who sell such a service. What you're talking about seems to be a kind of database publishing. You could check Adobe's site for this -- I believe there are some heavyweight apps which do this working with FM. But they might well be overkill for your needs. Graeme Forbes ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
mailmerge
"I use the mailmerge feature in Word to import variables such as the date of the report, the name of the product on which the report is based, the final score that the product achieved and so on... Is this something that I can do better using Framemaker?" Mark, FM doesn't come with a mail merge facility, so your choices are, fake one with the program's other capacities, or find an add-on. On the Mac, I've heard of people getting the effect of mailmerge using Publish and Subscribe. No doubt there's a Windows equivalent of this. But thinking about how you might do it suggests it would be a huge hassle. An add-on would be a better way to go, perhaps. But the results of googling "mail merge for FrameMaker" are not reassuring. Taking values out of a document belonging to another application and pasting them into an FM doc in the right place is something that's not hard to script, tho'. If you don't want to try it yourself there are people on this list who sell such a service. What you're talking about seems to be a kind of database publishing. You could check Adobe's site for this -- I believe there are some heavyweight apps which do this working with FM. But they might well be overkill for your needs. Graeme Forbes
