Database Publishing Editions & Prices

Create static Database Publishing designs directly in a layout application such as VivaDesigner or InDesign. Or choose a Database Publishing Edition that also lets you create static and dynamic designs with far more capabilities.

Database Publishing Editions

VivaDesigner and InDesign

VivaDesigner, short “VD”, or InDesign, short “ID”, are not a regular Database Publishing edition, but you can convert your design in a Database Publishing “Creative Publishing” template/form in a few minutes. Simply replace your text with freely definable names for variables and then convert the document fully automatically into a database publishing form for your website or web application.

“Easy Publishing” Edition

With the Database Publishing Edition “Easy Publishing”, short “EP”, you can fill any design with data by drag & drop. Simply create a design template and assign variables. Then drag and drop text and images from the data source onto the page. This edition is great for very flexible designs that are created semi-automatically and visually decide what data to place where.

“Creative Publishing” Edition

With the Database Publishing Edition “Creative Publishing”, short “CP”, you create design templates/forms with all the freedom of a layout program. In these templates, text and image objects as well as codes can be filled with content from the data source semi-automatically on the desktop or fully automatically via a server. “CP” templates/forms are what we call “static” templates, because the objects have a fixed position, height and width, just like in a layout program, and a template always describes a whole page. This output is very suitable for relatively simple designs like business papers, cards, posters etc..

“Intelligent Publishing” Edition

With the Database Publishing Edition “Intelligent Publishing”, in short “IP”, you create highly dynamic design templates. In these templates, text, image, table objects as well as codes or diagrams can be filled with content from the data source semi-automatically on the desktop or fully automatically via a server. We call “IP” templates/forms “dynamic” templates, because the objects can have a predefined or variable height, width and position and a template can also describe only a part of a page. This output is very suitable for complex simple designs like catalogs, price lists, packaging, reports, brochures, etc.

“Creative/Intelligent Publishing” Edition

With the Database Publishing Edition “Creative/Intelligent Publishing”, in short “CP/IP”, you can combine both editions in one license.

Database Publishing Comparison

This table compares the features of the different database publishing editions.
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	VD/ID	EP
Production type
Manual via Desktop
Semi-automatic via Desktop
Fully automatic via Server
Automatable Elements
Text objects
Picture objects
Graphic objects
Table objects
Chart objects
QR, EAN, Barcodes
XML object
Alias Pages
Typography	(static)
Layouts
Static layouts
Dynamic layouts
Define forms	(page)	(partly)
Steering
Rules
Scripts
Text Fitting

Database Publishing Editions & Prices