On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 01:35, Luis Hurtiz wrote: > I want to automate the publication of a > newspaper with a script in python
Me too :-) but our paper is just a tad too complex for scripted layout. I'm looking at automating our classifieds layout though. > I have seen it is > quite possible but I am stuck with one problem how do > I create text frames and link them with a script > command ?, i have read the documentation and haven 't > found a command that will do this, does this exist at > all?.. CreateText() and LinkTextFrames(frameName1,frameName2) > this is weird to form because the linking of text will > be on another page and because the text "MUST" flow > thru the entire publication, the text will be captured > and save in separate files and extrated via the python > script (no problem with this). It is possible you will run into performance issues with this (bug 1036). I certainly did. I also ran into some really weird issues with setting paragraph styles automatically on text frames with linked text (haven't filed a bug on that yet). > I repeat my question: is it possible to link text > boxes from a python script?... Definitely, as above. -- Craig Ringer
