Re: PageMaker/Quark to db
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1999
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 23004
interpreted = N
texte = If the document is uniformly structured (as I guess it should be if it isdatabaseable) then you could get your clients to construct their documentsusing only style sheets for text formatting. You can then run a script or amanual search-and-replace on the tagged text file to structure it as adatabase.If you find a Quark to database utility, please tell us.Julian Clayton---------->From: Tim Taylor
>To: WebDNA-Talk@smithmicro.com>Subject: PageMaker/Quark to db>Date: Wed, Jan 27, 1999, 12:58 am>>Hi all>I know this is a little off topic, but we've noticed that most clients want>to present us with a quark or page-maker files to build their prodjects.>Extrating that info and dropping into a db is takeing 4 times longer than>building the actual catalog. Does anyone know of a utility that can>capture these files and convert them into something thats easier to drop>into filemaker or excell. I've had some success with requesting pdf's,>cutting and pasting into text files text files and cutting pasteing from>there, but it is still a bear. Anyone with any creative solutions?>>Tim Taylor>Webmaster>http://www.growzone.com>Tim@versa.com>t h e s i t e f o r t h e>g r e e n i n d u s t r y>1.888.800.5904>>>>>
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If the document is uniformly structured (as I guess it should be if it isdatabaseable) then you could get your clients to construct their documentsusing only style sheets for text formatting. You can then run a script or amanual search-and-replace on the tagged text file to structure it as adatabase.If you find a Quark to database utility, please tell us.Julian Clayton---------->From: Tim Taylor >To: WebDNA-Talk@smithmicro.com>Subject: PageMaker/Quark to db>Date: Wed, Jan 27, 1999, 12:58 am>>Hi all>I know this is a little off topic, but we've noticed that most clients want>to present us with a quark or page-maker files to build their prodjects.>Extrating that info and dropping into a db is takeing 4 times longer than>building the actual catalog. Does anyone know of a utility that can>capture these files and convert them into something thats easier to drop>into filemaker or excell. I've had some success with requesting pdf's,>cutting and pasting into text files text files and cutting pasteing from>there, but it is still a bear. Anyone with any creative solutions?>>Tim Taylor>Webmaster>http://www.growzone.com>Tim@versa.com>t h e s i t e f o r t h e>g r e e n i n d u s t r y>1.888.800.5904>>>>>
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