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Help using vb on a control variable from a datafile

May 21, 2012 10:17 AM

I have a rectangle box that I want to make visible or invisible depending on the value from a data file, like binary, 1 or 0.

 

Once I create the rectangle box, and attach the field, how do I create the vb which controls wether the box is visible or not, and how is it applied to the box?

 

I have looked at all the menu options and cannot see anything where I can create or apply vb other than the merge datafile box which has pre-loaded vbscripts.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Ben

335 Views   2 Replies   Latest reply: Peter Spier, Jun 3, 2012 2:40 AM
 
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    1. bjb_jr,
    May 21, 2012 10:43 AM   in reply to bjb_jr
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    Do I even need to use vb, or is there any other way I can do this?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Ben

     
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    2. Peter Spier,
    Jun 3, 2012 2:40 AM   in reply to bjb_jr
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    I'm not sure that there is any way at all that this can be done automatically based on the content of the box.

     

    The folks with bright ideas about doing stuff like this hang oout in the scripting forum, though, so you might wnat to drop in over there: InDesign Scripting

     
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