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data page is 1506. The comparison operator first compares “1” to “1”; since it cannot determine from
this comparison which is greater, it must proceed to a comparison of the next two characters, “3” and
“5”. This comparison permits it to determine which is greater thus it does not proceed with further
comparisons of the string. If you select a location operator, for all except On page, you must specify the
appropriate data page coordinates in the boxes that appear. If you select a comparison operator, you
must specify the line and column numbers that start the string you want to compare with the specified
string.
Page based
A page-based global condition compares the page number of the current data page with a page number
you define, or compares the position of the data page in a set sequence of data pages with a page
position you define.
Type of test: Select the type of test you want the condition to perform. There are five types of tests:
On page, Less than, Greater than, Less than or equal to, Greater than or equal to. For example, if you
know the first data page is always a banner page, you might want to suppress printing it by creating a
condition to test for a page number equal to 1 (an On page test) and associating that condition with the
first page of the document. Or, you might want to insert a separator page before the first page of every
sequence of 9 data pages. In this case, you create a condition to test for the data page being the first in
a sequence of 9, and then create a separator page that prints only if the condition is True.
Page number: Enter the page number or use the spin buttons to adjust the value. This is either the
page number of the data page, or the position of the data page within a set sequence of data pages. In
the latter case, you select Of, and use Sequence to define the number of pages in the sequence.
Of: Select to indicate the test is on a sequence of data pages.
Sequence: Enter the number of data pages in the sequence, or use the spin buttons to adjust the
value.
Advanced
An advanced global condition is a condition that you define using PlanetPress Talk expressions. You can
include existing global conditions in an advanced condition.
Advanced condition: Enter the PlanetPress Talk expression that defines the test you want the
condition to perform.
4. In the Override mode box, select how you want PlanetPress Design to evaluate the condition during
the design phase.
Data: Select to have the value of the condition depend on the contents of the sample data file. This in
effect removes any override, and results in the condition behaving as it will at runtime.
True: Select to have the value of the condition always equal to True.
False: Select to have the value of the condition always equal to False.
5. If necessary, add PlanetPress Talk code to the object.
▪ In the Condition properties dialog box, click PlanetPress Talk before to enter PlanetPress Talk
code that you want the document to execute just before it evaluates the condition, or click
PlanetPress Talk after to enter PlanetPress Talk code that you want the document to execute
just after it evaluates the condition.
6. Click OK.
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