AutoPrice™ Sales FAQs
AUTOPRICE™ EXPORTER PRO
Q. What is AutoPrice Exporter Pro, and how does it work?
A. Exporter Pro is a separate XTensions module that works in conjunction with AutoPrice. This product allows you to export the content of all AutoPrice tags contained in one or more QuarkXPress documents into a flat-file data structure.
The interface addresses common problems found in most catalog applications, such as multiple SKU’s which all share a common piece of data (e.g. descriptive copy, manufacturer information, etc.). In addition, the product includes sophisticated search-and-replace support that is capable of handling style-sensitive translations (such as translating a fraction in QuarkXPress into an ASCII string representation). The style-sensitive translations are provided by the Search & Replace Pro XTensions module, which is bundled with every copy of AutoPrice for QuarkXPress 4.11 and 5.01 on Macintosh OS 9. The text files produced by Exporter Pro can be imported by virtually any database or spreadsheet application.
At this time only basic Data Export capability is available for AutoPrice for InDesign and AutoPrice for Windows. This includes the ability to export any information tagged in a batch of documents, share common pieces of data, and resolve page number references into an export file that can be read into any database application. Full Exporter Pro and Search and Replace Pro functionality has not at this time been implemented in InDesign.
Q. Can Exporter Pro process multiple QuarkXPress documents?
A. Yes. Exporter Pro takes full advantage of the built-in batch processing features that are provided by AutoPrice.
Q. Who might user a product like Exporter Pro?
A. For many catalogers, the fundamental problem they all share is that their printed catalog is often their most up-to-date source of data. Last minute changes are often made in the printed catalog, and never filter back to the main product database or online catalog system. Most of our customers utilize Exporter Pro to extract content from their QuarkXPress pages for populating some type of external database, be it a full-blown content management system, mainframe-based business system, or a web site or online catalog.