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omitted,resultinginfile:///<path>,forexample:file:///c:/re-
sources/images/.
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Onlinerequiresyoutogiveaspecificwebaddress(forexample,http://www.mys-
ite.com/images/).
TheDynamicImageScriptWizardcomposesthefilenames(includingthepath)basedonthe
selectedlocation,theprefix,thevalueofadata field,andthesuffix.Thevariablepartofthe
filenamesisthevalueofthedatafield(s)intheFieldcolumn.Theprefixandsuffixaremeantto
containstaticpartsofthefilenames.
ClickthefirstfieldinthecolumnField,andthenclickthedownwardpointingarrow.Selectthe
datafieldtobeevaluated.
Ifyouwantthefilenametobecomposedofthevalueofseveraldatafields,simplyclickinthe
nextroworclicktheAddbutton.Thisaddsarow.Notethattherowswillbeconcatenatedtocom-
poseonefilename.Onlythelastsuffixshouldcontainthefileextension.
4. Theresultingfilename,includingthepathandfileextension,isassignedtothesrc(source)
attributeoftheimage.YoucanclickOptionstoverifythis.
5. ClickApplyorOK.NowclickthePreviewtabandbrowsethroughtherecordstoverifythatthe
scriptworksasexpected.
Thedynamicimagesfeaturecanbeusedtoinsert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.
Note: Animagewithanunknownfileextensionisrepresentedbyaredcrossintheoutput,but
noerrorisloggedunlesstheimagereferstoalocalfilethatdoesnotexistondisk.
Imagefileextensionsthatthesoftwarerecognizesare:AFP,BMP,EPS,GIF,JPG/JPEG,PCL,
PDF,PNG,PS,SVG,andTIF/TIFF.
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.
Alternativelyyoumaydouble-clicktherespectivescriptontheScriptspane.
Dynamic Print section backgrounds
PrintsectionscanhaveaPDFbackgroundimage(see"UsingaPDFfileorotherimageasback-
ground"onpage130).ThisfeatureisoftenusedtocreateaPrinttemplatefromaPDFfilewhilemaking
someminimalchangestoit.Ofcourse,thePDFfileitselfcan'tbeeditedinaDesignertemplate,but
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