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l On the Scripts pane, right-click Control and select New > Dynamic Background
Script.
2. Select the desired section from the Section drop-down. You may also change the name
of the script.
3. Select the location of the files:
l Select Resources if the PDFs reside in the Images folder on the Resources pane.
l Folder on disk refers to a folder on a hard drive that is accessible from your
computer. Click the Browse button to select a folder.
As an alternative it is possible to enter the path manually. You can give a local path
(e.g. C:\Images\) or use the "file" protocol. The complete syntax of a fully qualified
URL with the "file" protocol is:file://<host>/<path>. Note: if the host
is"localhost", it can be omitted, resulting infile:///<path>, for example:
file:///c:/resources/images/.
l Online requires you to give a specific web address (for example,
http://www.mysite.com/images/).
4. The Dynamic Section Background Script Wizard composes the file names (including the
path) based on the selected location, the prefix, the value of a data field, and the suffix.
The variable part of the file names is the value of the data field(s) in the Field column. The
prefix and suffix are meant to contain static parts of the file names.
Click the first field in the column Field, and then click the downward pointing arrow.
Select the data field to be evaluated.
If you want the file name to be composed of the value of several data fields, simply click in
the next row or click the Add button. This adds a row. Note that the rows will be
concatenated to compose one file name. Only the last suffix should contain the file
extension (.pdf).
5. Click Apply or OK.
The script assigns the resulting file name, including the path and file extension, to the
URL of the section's background.
6. Now click the Preview tab and browse through the records to verify that the script works
as expected.
Tip
If you want to see the underlying script, reopen the script and click the Expand button.
For more information on this type of script, see "Control Script: Setting a Print section's
background" on page922).
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