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Subject:Re: Creating books on the fly from a database? From:Peter Gold <pgold -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 9 Oct 1996 07:27:42 -0700
[snipped database publishing question and reply]
Check the Frame online manual for Maker Markup Language (MML);
Help>Contents (same as main menu)>Online Manuals>MML reference
It describes how to output from a programmable database. Commands output
each field mixed with appropriate FM MML statements into text files that
FM can open as complete FM documents.
On the PC/Windows for FM4, Brio Publish (I have no interest in this
company) is one product that works. Not sure if they have an FM5 version.
It embeds iteself into the FM4 menu bar.
