We have a form that needs to have 2 message areas.

One will be static for 2-4 weeks and the other will change to be about 4-6 different text messages.

We would like an enduser to be able to edit a simple Text file that can be included on a form. There might be paragraph spacing (CrLf) in the text stream.

Is it possible to dynamically import text that is in a text file on a form, similar to the way Images can be included dynamically?

Hi,
this is feasible but would necessitate a fair amount of coding and some of it in Postscript.
I would recommend page overlays to get the functionality you need. You could also use the add text action to add the information at the beginning of the data file each time it is submitted to PPW and then store the messages in arrays or variables to then apply them on the page for each printoutput. You could also transform the text into an image and pick them up with the picture object.

Hope this helps.
Thanks

Greg,

We have a dynamic text form here that does something like what you're describing. Basically, I've written a PPTalk object that reads pseudo-HTML codes in the data file (containing the variable text) and formats the data appropriately. The method is that it loops through each line individually (thereby giving us CRLF functionality without the postscript coding). This method doesn't require PPWatch, but it did take a fair bit of coding and testing.