Is asp.net the solution?

[Craig Deelsnyder]

Web services/XML based communication is the wave of the future (and now!).
It is here to stay, as it is not a technology-centric idea (Java has been
running web services for awhile)....anyone talking the correct protocol can
communicate with each other...

That said, I'd find some InDesign specific help, newsgroups, etc. and ask
what XML integration options there are. I guess I'm a little confused on
the use of ASP.NET, is that just for publishing content via web, etc.? I
was curious as my wife's a graphic designer, and was wondering the
connection with InDesign, etc.

I definitely think you're on the right track, in my opinion....

--
Craig Deelsnyder
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET


"David" <djaeger22@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I am spending too much time getting the same publications out to print
> and web. I develop many ASP pages for our website and we have sql
> server 2000. I have 6 months to find a "write once-use anywhere"
> solution before we begin development on our next major publication.
>
> Will ASP.Net running XML Services allow me to pull data (from various
> Oracle and SQL databases) into Quark or InDesign as well as websites?
>
> Has anyone done this? Can someone outline for me the steps I need to
> take to learn how to do this?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave

[David Jaeger]

Right. Asp.net is for the web portion of the publication display. I was
thinking that since ASP.Net could be used for the web part, it might
also make it easier to get the data from the various databases to an xml
format for import into Quark or InDesign. It's that portion of the
puzzle that I don't know where to begin my training: SQL Database to XML
using ASP.net. I don't want to begin down one path and end up finding
out later that I could have reduced my learning curve by taking another
path.

I will check the InDesign and Quark groups. Good idea.




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[Craig Deelsnyder]

I think your biggest area of need for knowledge is some .NET server
programming language, with an emphasis also on building web services. Most
VB.NET/C# courses include this AFAIK...

I assume you're already familiar with how to display the XML, etc. ASP.NET
training comes in play when you need to do more 'tweaking' of the XML/HTML
or data going to the user. Say you wanted a search function, which would
display a list of results with little snippets of text, etc. (just like at
Amazon)...then you'd pry want to use a DataList or Repeater control from
ASP.NET. This is where you'd need some ASP.NET training.

I'd say get a good VB.NET/C# course that covers web services, database
interaction and hopefully some XML exploration (normal XML, not the XML the
web services use). At the same time, if you're an experienced ASP
programmer, you could train yourself in ASP.NET with a good book and the
examples that are out there; it was a big change, but not as much as the
languages themselves. ASP.NET itself is not the biggest hurdle I think
you'd face out of all the pieces.....

--
Craig Deelsnyder
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET


"David Jaeger" <djaeger22@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Right. Asp.net is for the web portion of the publication display. I was
> thinking that since ASP.Net could be used for the web part, it might
> also make it easier to get the data from the various databases to an xml
> format for import into Quark or InDesign. It's that portion of the
> puzzle that I don't know where to begin my training: SQL Database to XML
> using ASP.net. I don't want to begin down one path and end up finding
> out later that I could have reduced my learning curve by taking another
> path.
>
> I will check the InDesign and Quark groups. Good idea.
>
>
>
>
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