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PlanetPress Talk Basics
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• “Use Functions as Arguments” on page 21
• “Debug Scripts” on page 21
• “Tips and Tricks” on page 22
In this section, you find examples of how you can use PlanetPress Talk to do the following:
• “Print a variable number of copies of a page based on a value in the datastream” on page 23
• “Store two lines of input data on one line of the data page” on page 24
• “Print a page n-up” on page 25
• “Print a line of text on odd-numbered pages” on page 26
• “Determine the proper page to print based on the width of the data in the data page” on page 27
In this section you will be able to answer the following questions:
• “What background does the PlanetPress Talk Language Reference assume?” on page 2
• “What is PlanetPress Talk and where can I use it in the documents I create?” on page 3
• “What terms does the PlanetPress Talk Language Reference use?” on page 4
• “What are the elements of the PlanetPress Talk scripting language?” on page 5
• “What are the rules for creating PlanetPress Talk scripts?” on page 6
• “What data types are available in PlanetPress Talk?” on page 8
• “What are variables?” on page 13
• “What is a runpage?” on page 14
• “Can PlanetPress Talk let me use foreign language text in PlanetPress Design?” on page 14
Key Concepts
Assumed Knowledge
The PlanetPress Talk Language Reference does not provide information on the art and science of computer
programming. It assumes readers already have a solid grasp of programming concepts and techniques.
What background does the PlanetPress Talk Language Reference assume?