two questions on mail merging

two questions on mail merging

[Pablo Rodriguez]

Dear list,

I have the following sample kindly provided to me by Jaroslav:

\unexpanded\def\lineaction{
\Name\crlf
\Address\crlf
\Postcode--\City\crlf
\page
}

Well, how can I put this (or a similar) structure inside a layer?

A minimal layer would be:

\definelayer[MyLayer][state=start]
\setlayerframed[MyLayer][frame=off]{merge fields}
\setupbackgrounds[page][background={MyLayer}]
\starttext
a
\stoptext

Many thanks for your help,


Pablo
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Re: two questions on mail merging

[Wolfgang Schuster]

> Am 12.11.2014 um 17:05 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez <oinos@gmx.es>:
> 
> Dear list,
> 
> I have the following sample kindly provided to me by Jaroslav:
> 
> \unexpanded\def\lineaction{
> \Name\crlf
> \Address\crlf
> \Postcode--\City\crlf
> \page
> }
> 
> Well, how can I put this (or a similar) structure inside a layer?
> 
> A minimal layer would be:
> 
> \definelayer[MyLayer][state=start]
> \setlayerframed[MyLayer][frame=off]{merge fields}
> \setupbackgrounds[page][background={MyLayer}]
> \starttext
> a
> \stoptext
> 
> Many thanks for your help,


Move the \setlayer… command after \starttext or load a font with \setupbodyfont before you set the content.

\setvariables
  [address]
  [name=John Doe,
   street=21 Jumpstreet,
   zip=12345,
   town=TeX-City]

\definelayer[MyLayer][state=start]
\setupbackgrounds[page][background={MyLayer}]

\starttext

\setlayerframed[MyLayer][frame=off,align=right]
  {\getvariable{address}{name}\\
   \getvariable{address}{street}\\
   \getvariable{address}{zip} – \getvariable{address}{town}}

a

\stoptext

Wolfgang
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