Re: [aclug-L] Document merge/formatting

[tdoubrav@xxxxxxxx]

On 26-Apr-99 John Goerzen wrote:
> tdoubrav@xxxxxxxx writes:
> 
>> What would be the best way to get info from a database or flat file, into a
>> document for printing?  The hard part:  The information would be going into
>> a
>> form with strict layout requirements (membership id card, on card stock
>> paper)
> 
> If you've got Perl knowledge, you can do something very easily with
> Perl.
> 
> With LaTeX, it is probably possible.  It would be fairly easy
> with Postscript, if you know the language.  I don't know *roff myself, 
> so I can't comment there.
> 
> It's also possible to take a document from some program -- ie a word
> processor -- and save it as postscript, with placeholders.  Then a
> shell script can come through, pipe it through sed, and replace the
> placeholders with the actual data.

Thanks, I will look into the placeholder/postscript idea.  If I get around to
(or am forced to get around to :-) )  this, I will let you know how well it
works out.

Tyler