Konica Minolta Darwin VDP Software - Manual (Page 56)

3. Click Add New Rule .
4. In the Name box, type a meaningful name for the rule.
5. (Optional) In the Comments box, type a comment about the rule.
6. In the Type list, select Image.
7. Click OK.
8. In the Rule Editor area, add at least one condition, as follows:
a. In the If list, select the desired field. For example, select Country.
Note: The If list contains a list of all the fields in your Darwin job
and a list of the functions that you have defined.
b. In the list that appears, select the next component of the
condition. For example, select equals.
c. In the box that appears, type the next component of the
condition. For example, type
USA
.
In this example, the If statement reads "If Country is equal to USA".
9. In the Then list, select the desired image result:
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The Use image option indicates that an image should appear and
enables you to select it. Click the browse button, and navigate to
the image file.
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The Don't use image option indicates that no image should appear.
10. In the Or else list, select the image result that Darwin should apply if
none of the conditions for the rule is met.
11. On theTools panel, click Accept .
Your rule is added to the Rules list.
12. From the File menu, select Save.
Your image rule appears on the Tools panel in Darwin Pilot and on
the Variable Elements panel in Darwin CoPilot.
Next:
Apply the image rule to your InDesign CS3 page: On the InDesign CS3
page, select the appropriate image box, and on the Variable Elements
panel, double-click the image rule that you created.
48 Chapter 7—Working with rules