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Although the Web context can contain multiple Web pages, only one of them can be merged
with each record. Which one is used, depends on a setting; see "Web output settings in the
Web context and sections" on page1134.
Optimizing a template
Scripts
In the process of output generation, the execution of scripts may take up more time than
necessary. To optimize a template, it helps to disable scripts that don't have an effect on the
context that you're generating output from; see "Managing scripts" on page694.
Other ways to speed up script execution are described in another topic: "Optimizing scripts" on
page701.
Images
When a template that contains lots of images is merged with a large record set, the many file
requests may slow down the process of output generation. The solution is simple: combine the
images into a single image file and display the part that holds the image. This reduces the
number of file requests and can improve the output speed significantly.
Step 1. Create a file that contains a collection of images.
Static images may go in any type of image file. Store images that need be added dynamically to
the template, in one PDFfile, one image per page.
There are several tools to combine image files into a singe PDF. ImageMagick is one of them.
You could use the convert command of the ImageMagick library:
convert C:/myimages/*.jpg C:/myimages/image-collection.pdf
You could also use Connect Designer itself: create a print template with the size of your
images and set the page margins to 0. Create a script that loops over your images and adds
them to the text flow of the template. Subsequently generate PDF output and use the resulting
file as your collection file.
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