II. DATAformTags
Developer handbook DATAformXTension © 1992-2004 www.gassenhuber.de
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{1} *$ Text/Path
Text [unlimited]/Path [1–255 characters]
This Tag defines the end of a series of DATAformTags and the beginning of the boxes text or
the picture path. The text or the path to a picture file starts immediately after the Tag marker.
The Tag *$ must be present in every DATAform object description and be the last one. The
shortest object is:
¶*T3*$¶
The text or path after the Tag *$ is closed with the object end character ¶. The character ¶ can
not be included in the text or path itself. (see under Syntax rules 4, page: 29.)
DATAformXTension interprets the text or path depending on the box type definition, either as
text for a text box, or as a picture path for a picture box. The box type is defined by the Tag
{5} *T Box type. Text and picture paths are written without inverted commas.
*$ with text boxes
If a text box is created, the text will be transferred after *$
¶*T3*$My box¶
creates a text box with the text “My box”
When exporting text boxes with DATAformXTension the boxes´ text is once again exported
after the Tag *$. Depending on the “Preferences...”, the text will be exported with or without
XPressTags. (For more details, look under “Text with XPressTags”, page: 132.)
With chained boxes, the text of the complete chain is transferred with the first box.
*$ with picture boxes
If a picture box is created, the picture path will be transferred after *$.
To transfer a picture path into DATAformXTension there are three options:
1) Complete picture path
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If a complete picture path is transferred, it will first be looked for at this location, then
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in the QuarkXPress documents folder and finally, if it hasn’t yet been found,
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in the QuarkXPress folder.
¶*T12*$HD320:PictureFolder:MyPicture¶
creates a picture box and looks for the picture “MyPicture” in the folder “PictureFolder”.
2) Picture name preceded by colon
If only the picture name preceded by a colon is given as the path, the picture will be looked for
first
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in the QuarkXPress documents folder and then, if not found,
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in the QuarkXPress folder.
¶*T12*$:MyPicture¶
creates a picture box and looks for the picture “MyPicture” first in the QuarkXPress documents
folder and then in the QuarkXPress folder.
To look for the picture in the folder of the QuarkXPress document, the QuarkXPress document
has to have been saved previously; the search will be skipped otherwise.
My box
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