RE: Query: DataBase Publishing on MAC

[Dina Davidson <DinaD@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

One could certainly do the Win-part of this running Virtual PC instead of
setting up another box!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Emory [mailto:danemory@primenet.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 1998 3:09 PM
> To: lsmalley@inf2.infocon.com; framers@omsys.com
> Subject: Re: Query: DataBase Publishing on MAC
> 
> 
> At 04:57 PM 10/15/98 -0400, Lester C. Smalley wrote:
> >
> >I looking for information about publishing options for FrameMaker on 
> >the Mac platform to pull info from a database.
> >
> *******************************************************************
> If you have a Windows platform available, UniMerge from 
> Refined Reports is
> IMHO the best solution (price $695 on Windows). Here's how 
> you could use it:
> 
> 1. Output the database extract as character-delimited or 
> fixed-column ASCII,
> and transfer it to the WIN platform.
> 
> 2. The only FrameMaker file you need on the Windows platform 
> is the report
> template you develop for use with UniMerge.
> 
> 3. UniMerge executes from the MS-DOS command line. When it 
> executes, it
> merges the report template with the data extract to produce a 
> MIF file in
> which all paragraphs/strings within paragraphs are tagged, 
> and all records
> are structured as specified in the report template. It can 
> merge up to 5000
> records per minute.
> 
> 4. Move the MIF file produced in step 3 back to the MAC, open 
> it, and import
> into it the formats from the FrameMaker template that 
> contains the final
> page layouts and and MAC-compatible formats and fonts. It's 
> then ready to print.
> 
> Dan Emory
> Dan Emory & Associates
> FrameMaker/FrameMaker+SGML Document Design
> and Database Publishing Specialists
> 
> Voice/Fax: 949-722-8971
> E-Mail: danemory@primenet.com
> 10044 Adams Ave. #208
> Huntington Beach, CA 92646
> 
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