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ownscripts"onpage368).Butbecareful:oncethescripthasbeenaltered,thereisnogoingbackto
thewizard.
TakealookattheResourcespane:oneachPrintsectionthatisaffectedbyaConditionalPrintSec-
tionscriptasmalldecoratorappearsifitisskippedwiththecurrentdatarecord.
Dynamic images
Dynamicimagesarecalleddynamicbecausetheyareswitched,dependingonthevalueofadatafield.
Thisway,atemplatecanbeadjustedtodifferentcustomers.
ThispagedescribeshowtoinsertdynamicimagesusingtheDynamicImageScriptWizard.
Otherwise,addingdynamicimagesrequiresaself-madescript(see"Writingyourownscripts"on
page368,"template"onpage835and"ImageResource"onpage839).
Addingdynamicimages
DynamicimagescanbeaddedtothetemplateusingtheDynamicImageScriptWizardonlyifyouhave:
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Oneormoredatafieldsthatcontainvaluesonthebasisofwhichtheimagescanbeswitched.
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Anappropriateimageforeachcase.Allfilesshouldbeofthesametypeandtheyneedtobe
storedinthesamelocation(theImagesfolderontheResourcespane,afolderondisk,or
online).Itisimportantthattheyarenamedafterthevariouspossiblevaluesoftherelateddata
field.
TousetheDynamicImageScriptWizard:
1. Addoneimagetothetemplate.See"Addingimages"onpage240.
2. Right-clicktheimageandclickDynamic Image.OrselecttheimageandclickSource(notthe
field,butthelabelbeforethefield)intheAttributespane.
TheDynamicImageScriptWizardopens.Theimage'sIDisusedasthescript'sselector.Ifthe
imagedidnothaveanID,itisautomaticallygenerated.
3. Selectthelocationofthefiles:
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SelectResourcesiftheimagesresideintheImagesfolderontheResourcespane.
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Folder on diskreferstoafolderonaharddrivethatisaccessiblefromyourcomputer.
ClicktheBrowsebuttontoselectafolder.
Asanalternativeitispossibletoenterthepathmanually.Youcangivealocalpath(e.g.
C:\Images\)orusethe"file"protocol.ThecompletesyntaxofafullyqualifiedURLwiththe
"file"protocolis:file://<host>/<path>.Note:ifthehostis"localhost",itcanbe
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