Variables of text for other file Formats?

Hey,.

I was wondering if there was a way to load text variables of, say, a text file or XML file instead of an InDesign file.

What I want to accomplish is to create 5 versions of a catalog, with the only difference being the setting of prices for each product.

Ideally, I would like to have a text, Excel or XML file containing a price for each product, and I just load different files with variables for different catalogs.

I thought I could use for this text Variables, but it seems to me that the only way to load them into InDesign is manually, each of them; and with 600 + products in the catalogue, it's doesn't sound too pleasant.

Is there a way to accomplish what I want?

Thank you.

as far as I know, there is no way of actually importing text variables - they must be entered manually.

need to learn more about the catalog and how it is set up for the moment.

have you considered using diapers for the base and 5 different sets of prices? his lazy, but once the prices are set up for a variety (over the course of a text that flows over data that refers to) the layer could be duplicated and the second price variety is inserted, etc.?

for me, it would depend on how the project is at the moment (e.g. all finished but now go anywhere as text variables don't work; or still on the drawing board) because if the doc does not for the moment, implementation of the document using XML data may be the way to go If you are familiar with the long documents and XML I found that it is learning steep curve that, it all works takes me forever to make it work.

have you thought to other plug-ins that make the catalogs using indesign, like emcatalog, cacidi livemerge, easycatalogCS or other?

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