EasyCatalog CS2 2.1.4 Now Available

The latest version of EasyCatalog CS2 2.1.4 for Adobe InDesign CS2 is now available from our download page.

Upgrading from EasyCatalog 2.0.3

The format of the EasyCatalog workspace folder has changed: workspaces created using 2.0.3 will be upgraded to the 2.1 format. As such, once your workspace folder has been converted to the new format it will not open in version 2.0.3.

Due to the addition of additional attributes, documents created or edited using version 2.1 or later of EasyCatalog will not open on machines with EasyCatalog 2.0.3 is loaded.

As with any software upgrade, backup your EasyCatalog Workspace folder and documents prior to installing the latest version.

EasyCatalog CS2 2.1.4 for InDesign CS2

Localizations

English

French

German

New Features:

EasyCatalog

Added 'HTML' Alphanumeric field format option to provide support for:
- Character entities, such as '¨' in text content will now be converted to an appropriate glyph.
- Insertion of numbered listed when <OL> </OL> tags are used within the text
- Insertion of bulletted lists when <UL> </UL> tags are used within the text
- <BR> tags now insert a carriage-return
- <P> and </P> tags can now be used to specify text that should appear in it's own paragraph.
- <FONT> tags are now interpreted to apply the specified font
- Unrecognized tags will be stripped from the source text prior to placement in the document. Tags other than the defaults should be configured using the Field Formatting Tags dialog.
Multiple file extensions can now be specified in the Picture Content 'Extension' field. Separate each file extension with a semi-colon: e.g.
jpg;gif;tiff
The 'Content Location' can now include functions to dynamically build the path to an image based on the content -- or part of the content -- of any of the fields for a record: e.g.
Macintosh HD:Images:SUBSTR(code, 4,2):
The order of groups in the panel can now be defined by specifying a field to sort by. The field content of the specified field will be used to determine the order of the groups.
The reports generated from the 'Reports' menu now use the fields' formatted content, not the raw data-source content.
The number of panels that can be open at any one time has now been increased to 256.
When using the 'Adopt Fields' menu option, the user can now hold down the Alt key to ensure EasyCatalog only adopts fields that exist in the data source being adopted to.
Group rows in the panel no longer scroll horizontally with the rest of the panel content.
Columns can now be fixed in the panel to prevent them scrolling horizontally with the rest of the panel content.
Empty columns are now only removed when the 'First record contains field names' options is set
Added import button for to import directly into the Cleansing Options from a text file.
When a workspace folder has not been configured, holding the shift key during start-up will ask the user whether the default should be set.

Pagination

Guide-based and Flow-based pagination only
A new Pagination Rule - 'Usage' - is now available that determines when, within the parent group, the Product Style should be used.
Guide-based pagination only
Added new pagination attribute - 'Continuation'. This allows Product Styles to be defined that will be used when pagination of a group continues onto a new page and can be used, for example, for styles that contain a continuation header.
Added 'positioningroup' field to actions, which returns a 1-based index number of the record/group within the parent group. For example {positioningroup} can now be used as a field in the action statement to determine a record or group's position within its parent group.
Added new fitting option - 'Frame Depth to Field Depth'. This allows the contents of another field for the record to be used to adjust the depth of the image frame. Specify the field to use in the 'Field Name' attribute. The measurement system to use can also appear in the content of the field, and can be specified in the 'Suffix' field option if necessary.
Guide-based pagination only
Added new fitting option - 'Grow and Flow'. This attribute will resize a text box vertically, constrained to the bottom margin of the page. If text in the box is still overset, a new Product Style will be placed at the start of the following page with the 'Grow and Flow' box from the first page linked to the 'Grow and Flow' box on the second page.

Bug Fixes:

EasyCatalog

Fixes problem where drop shadows applied to picture content would be randomly offset when field marker/field specifier was applied to a frame.
Fixes bug where 'character style sheets missing' message would appear when inserting into an existing table using a table selection
German Localization only:
Fixes problem where some messages would appear with '\n' instead of a new-line character.
Fixes bug in 'Ignore White Space' changes. White space at the end of the data field would cause fields to be shown as 'in error' after a Synchronize with Document operation.
Windows only:
Fixes euro symbol not displaying correctly in Field Options.
Fixes Copy and Repeat problem where anchored images would not be populated within tables
When updating pictures on the document using 'Update Document'All' or 'Update Document'With Panel Selection', only pictures for the selected data source will be updated.

Pagination Module

Guide-based Pagination
Fixes bug that would allow Product Styles to be placed within other Product Styles if the design contained large gaps.
Fixes crash when ungroup was applied to the outermost group-box in a Product Style.
Fixes problem where 'Fit Content to Frame' for text would ignore the maximum and minimum and settings specified in the Pagination Rules panel. These settings specify percentages relative to the point size of the text in the box. For example, if the box contains a 12pt Field Specifier with a minumum percentage of 50% and a maximum percentage of 200%, the text would be allowed to scale between 6pt and 24pt.
Positional Pagination Only
- Fixes problem where positional pagination would place first item in group multiple times.
- Fixes a problem where group library item would not be chosen when paginating groups.
Guide-based pagination only
Fixes potential crash when all product styles are excluded due to ignore actions.