EasyCatalog For InDesign?

[zcole]

Has anyone used or heard of EasyCatalog, the database publising plug-in for Adobe InDesign? I have downloaded the try-out, and it seemed to be everything I need it for. However, it is a little costly, and I was wondering if anyone had a similar suggestion. I have a 200 page catalog that needs updating once every few months. The majority of the data within is taken from a database. Please let me know if any of you have experience with this, or know of a better option. Thanks in advance!

 

[jmgalvin]

Here's a convenient place to search for plugins for ID

http://www.pluginsworld.com

 

[JoergOyen]

Three different Database Publishing solutions, screens how their "workspace" will look, while linking external content to a designed document ...

InCatalog ->

http://www.oyen.de/bild/Screen_InCatalog_oyen_de.jpg

Reuse layout, link and update content in two directions, no pageroboting

Xactuell ->

http://www.oyen.de/bild/Screen_CodeWare_oyen_de.jpg

as before, with own SQL and Scripts, you can define different kind of updates or page making up ways

EasyCatalog ->

http://www.oyen.de/bild/Screen_EasyCatalog_oyen_de.jpg

as InCatalog, completly layout driven, pagination, OBDC and Scripting possible

Typical tasks for them (in addition to the first - structured pages): free driven layouts,

http://www.oyen.de/bild/free_driven_w.jpg

- tables

http://www.oyen.de/bild/table_w.jpg

These are parts of the German Adobe InDesign Konferenz (Bern, CH), Database Publishing Plug-in companies like the three before, but too the new "old" DataMerge function from Adobe InDesign CS2, IQuest.comet, InBetween3, Pagino, uses this benchmark packages too.

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