Importing Database files into InDesign and having existing styles

[cubsdude]

I'm trying to get database files to flow in Indesign and have InDesign recognize the Line codes and convert those to the Styles that exist in the InDesign document.

PageMaker did this really well, Quark got better with later version, but I've been tearing my hair out trying to get InDesign (CS2) to read the database files "tagged" with the <ASCII-MAC>
<pstyle:A1> etc, etc., The file format is .txt but, converting it to .doc didn't help either.

But InDesign is not recognizing the codes at all. Does anyone know how to fix this?
Or how to get InDesign to recognize the codes?

 

[Kliot]

InDesign should have no problem reading the file my guess is that you are missing something in the header or there is a problem with the tags.

I would start by working backwards, take your InDesign document select the text and export it as "Adobe Indesign Tagged Text.txt" (You must have the text highlighted for this export option to be visible), export it as "Verbose". Once the text is exported open it in a text editor and compare the tags that InDesign exported with the tags you are trying to import. This should quickly help you narrow down and correct the problem.

Hope this helps
Perrin