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Tip
The dynamic images feature can be used to insert dynamic signatures, as described in
this how-to: Dynamic signatures.
How to insert dynamic images if there are no data fields with the actual names of the
images is described in another how-to: Dynamic image that doesn't contain the data field
value.
Editing a Dynamic Image
To edit dynamic images added to the template earlier, right-click the image, or the space
reserved for the dynamic images. Then click Dynamic Image to open the Dynamic Image
Script Wizard again.
Writing your own scripts
Personalization can be taken a lot further than just inserting names and addresses, and hiding
or showing text or images. Every bit of information in your communications can be made
entirely personal, using scripts.
A script is a small set of instructions to the program, written in JavaScript.
When Connect generates the actual output – letters or emails -, it opens a record set and
merges it with the template. It takes each record, one by one, and runs all scripts for it (in a
specific order, see "The script flow: when scripts run" on page295).
This topic explains how scripts work and how you can create and write a script.
Most scripts can be made using one of the Script Wizards. For a block of variable data, such as
an address, the Text Script Wizard is a perfect fit. Paragraphs can be made conditional with a
Conditional Script Wizard. For dynamic images, you can use the Dynamic Image Script Wizard.
In an Email context, you are provided with a number of Script Wizards to set the sender, the
recipients and the subject of the email.
However, when you want to do something that goes beyond what you can do with a Wizard,
like creating a conditional paragraph with a condition that is based on a combination of data
fields, you have to write the script yourself.
Script types
There are generally two types of scripts in the Designer: Control Scripts and template scripts.
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