I. DATAformXTension
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Developer handbook DATAformXTension © 1992-2004 www.gassenhuber.de
Overview – Functions
General functions
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Creating new documents and pages in QuarkXPress.
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Applying master pages on new pages.
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Creating text boxes, picture boxes, polygons and lines.
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Creating QuarkXPress- and CoolBlends-colour blends
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Marking all boxes through one object and one group number.
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Semi-automatic assignment of box ID numbers for importing “handmade” documents
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Importing from the clipboard, from a file in the QuarkXPress folder, a file in the document
folder or via the “open file” dialogue.
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Updating the contents of existing text and picture boxes.
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Grouping the imported article modules.
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Background control of QuarkXPress documents via an internal message interface.
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Mutual conversion of Mac and ASCII character sets.
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Export of a complete QuarkXPress document or a selection of boxes into a database com-
patible text with DATAformTags.
Import and export of text boxes
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Import and export of text boxes with text, with or without XPressTags.
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Import and export of text boxes with over 70 properties (such as size, colour, frame style,
flipping, trapping, box shape etc.)
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Automatic adjustment of the box height in relation to the quantity of text.
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Creating chained text boxes
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Anchoring of text and picture boxes within texts.
Import and export of lines
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Import and export of all line properties corresponding to the line dialogue, the trapping
palette and the runaround dialogue.
Import and export of picture boxes
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Placement of pictures, with the help of a picture path, or part of a path, export of the pic-
ture.
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Automatic scaling of the pictures in the boxes.
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Import and export of picture boxes with over 70 properties
Independence of the generated QuarkXPress-Documents
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QuarkXPress boxes or documents generated or transformed with DATAformXTension,
remain independent from DATAformXTension for further editing
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Boxes that are generated or transformed by XTension, can be further edited like other
QuarkXPress boxes.
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XTension edited documents can, without limitation, be further edited, printed or exposed on
QuarkXPress desktops without DATAformXTension.
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Pictures placed with DATAform can be printed and used just like other pictures placed
manually.
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