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Looking for software to populate variables with data inside an InDesign document

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    • September 18, 2013 at 7:15 pm #65386
      Mr Davo
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      Hi Everyone,

      When designing my next products catalogue for work I want to include a “place holder” variable for each product, and at the time that I “assemble” the InDesign document into a PDF I want to populate the variable with prices. Ideally I would like to draw the prices directly from our business software (SAP Business One) using a database connection. However if a direct connection to our database (Microsoft SQL) isn’t possible then I would like to draw the data from an XML document.

      If anybody has any suggestions regarding good software to achieve my outcomes they will be greatly appreciated.

      Kind Regards,

      David

    • September 19, 2013 at 6:50 am #65399
      David Blatner
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      Do a search for “database” here at indesignsecrets and you’ll find a wide range of possibilities. If you want a direct connection, you might look at DataLinker from Teacup Software, InCatalog from Em Software, or EasyCatalog from 65bit.

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