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PlanetPress Talk Basics
PlanetPress Talk is a complete scripting language that opens the door to more powerful
and sophisticated documents.
Summary
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Key Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Detailed Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Code Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Overview
This section introduces the PlanetPress Talk scripting language, describes where and how you can enter
PlanetPress Talk code in PlanetPress Design, explains its syntax and each of its elements, and offers some
tips and tricks for writing PlanetPress Talk scripts.
In this section, you learn to:
• “Learn PlanetPress Talk” on page 18
• “Integrate PlanetPress Talk into Documents” on page 19
• “Define and Assign Values to Variables” on page 20
• “Select Data” on page 20