From agrant at Artcraft.com Thu Aug 2 15:34:21 2007 From: agrant at Artcraft.com (Ariana Grant) Date: Thu Aug 2 15:37:03 2007 Subject: [EmData] Skipping Excel Columns Message-ID: <888A3CE1E931C945A313D6C5FAEB600C3226F9@EXCHANGE1.Artcraft2007.com> Hi All, I am using XData for a large amount of excel sheets. Each sheet has about 12 field columns of data, I only need to use about 5 of the fields for my layouts, and sometimes in different orders than excel has them. Is it possible to get InData to use only the coulmns I need, and in the order I want, without editing the excel files individually? It seems so far using the trim function works only half of the time. thanks for any help in this matter, Ariana Grant agrant@artcraft.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://emsoftware.com/pipermail/data-users/attachments/20070802/f4d48c36/attachment.html From support at emsoftware.com Fri Aug 3 00:17:21 2007 From: support at emsoftware.com (Coletta Perry) Date: Fri Aug 3 00:18:05 2007 Subject: [EmData] Skipping Excel Columns In-Reply-To: <888A3CE1E931C945A313D6C5FAEB600C3226F9@EXCHANGE1.Artcraft2007.com> Message-ID: Ariana, Thank you for your interest in Xdata. The answer to your question is Yes and Yes. Lets say you have an excel sheet with the following columns: lastName firstName employer title spouse nbrChildren hmPHone wrkPhone Fax address city st zip And all you are interested in is FirstName, LastName, address, zip, home phone. You would use the field statement to start your prototype and it would appear as follows: ?fields lastName, firstName, employer, title, spouse, nbrChildren, hmPhone, wrkPhone, fax, address, city, st, zip? Using a field statement you can choose to ?call? or ?place? any field in any order so you could then do the following: ?firstName? ?lastName?? ?address?, ?zip?? ?if hmPhone? res: ?hmPhone?? ?endif? In this case the ?res: ? would print out before every home phone AND this line would only print when home phone contains a value. I hope this small demonstration helps to clarify your questions. Please let us know if we can be of any additional service. Regards, Coletta Perry Em Software Support / support@emsoftware.com / www.emsoftware.com (+1) 740 284 1010, fax (+1) 740 284 1210 on 8/2/07 3:34 PM, Ariana Grant at agrant@Artcraft.com wrote: > Hi All, > I am using XData for a large amount of excel sheets. > Each sheet has about 12 field columns of data, > I only need to use about 5 of the fields for my layouts, > and sometimes in different orders than excel has them. > Is it possible to get InData to use only the coulmns I need, and in the order > I want, > without editing the excel files individually? > It seems so far using the trim function works only half of the time. > thanks for any help in this matter, > Ariana Grant > agrant@artcraft.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Data-users mailing list > Data-users@emsoftware.com > http://mail.emsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/data-users -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://emsoftware.com/pipermail/data-users/attachments/20070803/b9898e23/attachment.html From sean.morgan at affiniongroup.com Mon Aug 13 15:32:32 2007 From: sean.morgan at affiniongroup.com (sean morgan) Date: Mon Aug 13 15:31:52 2007 Subject: [EmData] Xdata Preference Issue Message-ID: When opening some documents in Quark 7.3 that were previously saved in Quark 6.5, the Xdata preferences seem corrupt. For example Xdata preferences in Quark 6.5 are the following: Data Tab Basic Format: ?Comma-delimited? Field delimiter: ?, comma? Subfield delimiter: ?29 (group separator)? Record delimiter: ?13 (carriage return)? Quote character: ?" (double quote)? First record is header (ignore): ?unchecked? FoxPro/Fox-based style quoting (not doubled)? ?unchecked? Carriage return in data becomes: ?Return? Vertical tab in data becomes: ?Shift-Return? Character set: ?Mac Roman? Open same document in Quark 7.3 and the Xdata preferences are the following: Data Tab Basic Format: ?Custom? Field delimiter: ? (disabled)? Subfield delimiter: ? (disabled)? Record delimiter: ? (disabled)? Quote character: ? (disabled)? First record is header (ignore): ?unchecked? FoxPro/Fox-based style quoting (not doubled)? ?unchecked? Carriage return in data becomes: ?Nothing? Vertical tab in data becomes: ?Nothing? Character set: ?Mac Roman? Does anyone know why this is happening? It?s only some Quark documents and not all. Thanks, Sean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://emsoftware.com/pipermail/data-users/attachments/20070813/c34f4b9e/attachment.html From agrant at Artcraft.com Fri Aug 24 15:34:48 2007 From: agrant at Artcraft.com (Ariana Grant) Date: Fri Aug 24 15:39:20 2007 Subject: [EmData] register trademark Message-ID: <888A3CE1E931C945A313D6C5FAEB600C32289C@EXCHANGE1.Artcraft2007.com> I am using InData when my data from excel is converted to a tab delimited text file to import from I loose the "?" symbol in the text file sometimes it appears as an AE symbol or some other character is there away to keep that formatting from the excel data? or is it something else? thanks for any help, Ariana Grant agrant@artcraft.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://emsoftware.com/pipermail/data-users/attachments/20070824/a7bf2f69/attachment.html From support at emsoftware.com Fri Aug 24 15:53:45 2007 From: support at emsoftware.com (Em Software Support) Date: Fri Aug 24 15:55:49 2007 Subject: [EmData] register trademark In-Reply-To: <888A3CE1E931C945A313D6C5FAEB600C32289C@EXCHANGE1.Artcraft2007.com> Message-ID: Hi Ariana, It sounds like a character set issue. Try adjusting the character set setting under InData>>Preferences>>Data. Does this help? Regards, Joe Mathia Em Software Support / support@emsoftware.com / www.emsoftware.com (+1) 740 284 1010, fax (+1) 740 284 1210 On 8/24/07 2:34 PM, "Ariana Grant" wrote: > I am using InData > when my data from excel is converted to a tab delimited text file to import > from > I loose the "?" symbol in the text file sometimes it appears as an AE symbol > or some other character > is there away to keep that formatting from the excel data? > or is it something else? > thanks for any help, > Ariana Grant > agrant@artcraft.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Data-users mailing list > Data-users@emsoftware.com > http://mail.emsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/data-users -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://emsoftware.com/pipermail/data-users/attachments/20070824/28821375/attachment-0001.html From kent at sgotek.com Thu Aug 30 09:07:24 2007 From: kent at sgotek.com (Kent Greniewicki) Date: Thu Aug 30 09:09:53 2007 Subject: [EmData] Printing Two Cards at a Time on One Doc Message-ID: We are setting up a card that has imported information on both sides. Each card is 8.5 x 5.5 and we need to print two on a page 8.5 x 11. My InDesign doc is therefore two pages 8.5 x 11 with two cards on each page. Page one has the front of the cards with imported address and page two has additional imported information specific to each record. Question: How do we link the front and back of each card importing two records at a time? Thanks Kent Greniewicki Project Director Sales Growth Technology, LLC Office: 734-641-9659 Cell: 734-377-2019 Fax: 734-641-9657 Email: kent@sgotek.com www.SGOTEK.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://emsoftware.com/pipermail/data-users/attachments/20070830/2eedc1d3/attachment.html From support at emsoftware.com Thu Aug 30 11:50:33 2007 From: support at emsoftware.com (Em Software Support) Date: Thu Aug 30 11:52:58 2007 Subject: [EmData] Printing Two Cards at a Time on One Doc In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Kent, The trick is to set up a duplex document with frames for card fronts and backs, and then read in two records at a time. You would start by setting up a facing pages, master text frame document (by checking the appropriate boxes in the new document dialog). On the master spread, re-size the master text frame on each page and position it so that it will be the first card on that page. Then draw frames for the second card on each page, and thread the frames on each page from the first, master text frame to the second, manually drawn frame. In your prototype, you?ll want to set the fields onto the front of the first card from the first record, then store the fields for the back of the first card from the first card in variables (e.g., ?put nameLast into nameLastStored1?, ?put nameFirst into nameFirstStored1?, etc.). Then use a ?read? statement to go to the next record in the data, jump to the second frame on the first page and set the fields for the front of the second card, and store the fields for the back of the second card in variables (e.g., ?put nameLast into nameLastStored2?, ?put nameFirst into nameFirstStored2?, etc.). (Technically, you shouldn?t have to store the card back fields for this second record, as the prototype will still be processing the second record and you could access them directly, but I did this for clarity.) Then jump to the next frame, which should be the top card?s back, and set the stored fields (nameLastStored1, nameFirstStored1, etc.) onto that card, and jump to the next frame (the back of the second card) and set the second set of stored variables (nameLastStored2, nameFirstStored2, etc.). Then jump to the next frame, and let the prototype start all over again. Does this help? Regards, Joe Mathia Em Software Support / support@emsoftware.com / www.emsoftware.com (+1) 740 284 1010, fax (+1) 740 284 1210 On 8/30/07 8:07 AM, "Kent Greniewicki" wrote: > We are setting up a card that has imported information on both sides. Each > card is 8.5 x 5.5 and we need to print two on a page 8.5 x 11. > My InDesign doc is therefore two pages 8.5 x 11 with two cards on each page. > Page one has the front of the cards with imported address and page two has > additional imported information specific to each record. > > Question: > > How do we link the front and back of each card importing two records at a > time? > > Thanks > Kent Greniewicki > Project Director > Sales Growth Technology, LLC > Office: 734-641-9659 > Cell: 734-377-2019 > Fax: 734-641-9657 > Email: kent@sgotek.com > www.SGOTEK.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Data-users mailing list > Data-users@emsoftware.com > http://mail.emsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/data-users -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://emsoftware.com/pipermail/data-users/attachments/20070830/116d8d14/attachment.html From kent at sgotek.com Thu Aug 30 12:01:42 2007 From: kent at sgotek.com (Kent Greniewicki) Date: Thu Aug 30 12:46:24 2007 Subject: [EmData] Printing Two Cards at a Time on One Doc In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This is perfect! Thanks so much! Kent Greniewicki Project Director Sales Growth Technology, LLC Office: 734-641-9659 Cell: 734-377-2019 Fax: 734-641-9657 Email: kent@sgotek.com www.SGOTEK.com _____ From: Em Software Support [mailto:support@emsoftware.com] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 11:51 AM To: Kent Greniewicki; data-users@emsoftware.com Cc: Em Software Support Subject: Re: [EmData] Printing Two Cards at a Time on One Doc Hi Kent, The trick is to set up a duplex document with frames for card fronts and backs, and then read in two records at a time. You would start by setting up a facing pages, master text frame document (by checking the appropriate boxes in the new document dialog). On the master spread, re-size the master text frame on each page and position it so that it will be the first card on that page. Then draw frames for the second card on each page, and thread the frames on each page from the first, master text frame to the second, manually drawn frame. In your prototype, you'll want to set the fields onto the front of the first card from the first record, then store the fields for the back of the first card from the first card in variables (e.g., , , etc.). Then use a statement to go to the next record in the data, jump to the second frame on the first page and set the fields for the front of the second card, and store the fields for the back of the second card in variables (e.g., , , etc.). (Technically, you shouldn't have to store the card back fields for this second record, as the prototype will still be processing the second record and you could access them directly, but I did this for clarity.) Then jump to the next frame, which should be the top card's back, and set the stored fields (nameLastStored1, nameFirstStored1, etc.) onto that card, and jump to the next frame (the back of the second card) and set the second set of stored variables (nameLastStored2, nameFirstStored2, etc.). Then jump to the next frame, and let the prototype start all over again. Does this help? Regards, Joe Mathia Em Software Support / support@emsoftware.com / www.emsoftware.com (+1) 740 284 1010, fax (+1) 740 284 1210 On 8/30/07 8:07 AM, "Kent Greniewicki" wrote: We are setting up a card that has imported information on both sides. Each card is 8.5 x 5.5 and we need to print two on a page 8.5 x 11. My InDesign doc is therefore two pages 8.5 x 11 with two cards on each page. Page one has the front of the cards with imported address and page two has additional imported information specific to each record. Question: How do we link the front and back of each card importing two records at a time? Thanks Kent Greniewicki Project Director Sales Growth Technology, LLC Office: 734-641-9659 Cell: 734-377-2019 Fax: 734-641-9657 Email: kent@sgotek.com www.SGOTEK.com _____ _______________________________________________ Data-users mailing list Data-users@emsoftware.com http://mail.emsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/data-users -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://emsoftware.com/pipermail/data-users/attachments/20070830/b0ba8ec7/attachment-0001.html