daliborkrz Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Hi, I´m absolutely surprised of this software. So quick, smooth and powerfull. There is only one reason why I can not change Indesign for Publisher :( It´s database publishing. I use "easycatalog" plug-in from 65bit for catalogue production. Implement database publishing like this plug-in and I will immediately change bugy, slow and extremely expansive InDesign change for Publisher :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 1.9 (now in beta) has implemented a data merge function. Perhaps you could export your database to a format supported by data merge, and work with it that way? Quote -- Walt Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Affinity Photo 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0. beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 betaiPad Pro M1, 12.9", iPadOS 16.6.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Affinity Photo 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Publisher 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-c Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Hi, We are in the same situation, currently we use Easy Catalog to automate processes on InDesign (via XML / URL import). This is the only reason why we cannot yet consider replacing InDesign. Is this type of automation available in your application (and in what form), or is it planned in the short / medium term? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 2 hours ago, a-c said: Hi, We are in the same situation, currently we use Easy Catalog to automate processes on InDesign (via XML / URL import). This is the only reason why we cannot yet consider replacing InDesign. Is this type of automation available in your application (and in what form), or is it planned in the short / medium term? Thanks Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. Data Merge in Publisher can use CSV or XLSX files. It cannot use databases directly, and you would have to unload the database into one of the supported flat formats. Serif generally does not comment on their future plans, so there's no way to know if support for databases will ever be added. My guess is: not anytime soon. However, there is also talk of adding automation capabilities, and if that happens, perhaps there would be some possibilities then for a script that could read a database and pass the data inward to a Data Merge function. Again, we don't know a timeframe or what capabilities will be provided. a-c 1 Quote -- Walt Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Affinity Photo 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0. beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 betaiPad Pro M1, 12.9", iPadOS 16.6.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Affinity Photo 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Publisher 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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