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whenitisusedasasection'sbackground,textandotherelements,suchasabarcode,canbelaidon
topofit.
Dynamic backgroundsareswitchedautomaticallydependingonthevalueofadatafield.
Addingadynamicbackground
DynamicbackgroundPDFscanbeaddedtoaPrintsectionusingtheDynamicSectionBackground
ScriptWizardif:
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OneormoredatafieldscontainvaluesonthebasisofwhichthePDFscanbeswitched.
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ThereisanappropriatePDFforeachcase.ItisimportantthatthePDFsarenamedafterthevari-
ouspossiblevaluesoftherelateddatafield.
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AllPDFsarestoredinonefolder(theImagesfolderontheResourcespane,oranexternal
folder).
Otherwise,addingadynamicbackgroundrequiresaself-madescript(forhelponthis,see"Control
Script:SettingaPrintsection'sbackground"onpage404).
TousetheDynamicSectionBackgroundScriptWizard:
1. OpentheWizard.Therearethreewaystodothat:
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Right-clickthePrintsectionontheResourcespaneandclickDynamic Background.
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OntheScriptspane,clickthearrownexttotheNewbuttonandselectDynamic Back-
ground Script.Double-clickthescripttoopenit.
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OntheScriptspane,right-clickControlandselectNew > Dynamic Background Script.
2. SelectthedesiredsectionfromtheSectiondrop-down.Youmayalsochangethenameofthe
script.
3. Selectthelocationofthefiles:
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SelectResourcesifthePDFs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omit-
ted,resultinginfile:///<path>,forexample:file:///c:/resources/images/.
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Onlinerequiresyoutogiveaspecificwebaddress(forexample,http://www.mys-
ite.com/images/).
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