Questions:

1. What are the objects you have worked on the dialogue?

2. Draw a Dialogue flow diagram?
3. What is data file? And why it is used in dialogue?
Datafile is an object and it will instruct the Exstream engine about the below details of the datasource

1) The format of information at the data source (File Format)

2) How record begin and end at the datasource(Record type)
3) When the engine access the datasource(IO time)
4) Where the data source is found (Data Source tabs)
5) How to process data from/to datasource (FileMapping)

4. What is the order of the datafiles to be followed in Dialogue?

Initialization file
Customer Driver File
Reference file
Auxiliary file
Report file

5. What is the difference between Initiation file and reference file?

6. What is Auxiliary Layout file?

7. How to identify customers in Datafile?

1) Each customer has same number of records
2) A new customer occurs on specific record types
3) A customer ID is every record.

8. How do you define section in data file?

9. What is the I/O time for data files?
10. What is the difference between Manual mapping and auto mapping in Xml file?

While use manual mapping the variable names that are different from your XML tag names
While use Auto mapping the variable names must be the same as XML tag name

11. How to suppress tags when there is an empty tag or the vale is zero or blank?

By Default, Design manager adds all mapped tags in the output. You can suppress tags from the
output when there is empty tag or zero or null values

In the Xml AutoMap dialog box Select a tag from XML hierarchy tree.

Suppress a specific tag from the output – Select Suppress tag on missing value check box

Suppress all tags from the output- Select All

Suppress a specific tag from the output when the value is zero or null – Select Suppress tag on zero
or null values check box.

12. What is group mapping?

13. How can you control mapping records in Edit panel?
14. Can we have more than one reference file in an application?
15. What is the use of data section?
16. What are the types of Variables?
17. What are the data types available in Dialogue?
18. What are the reset time for variables?
Automatically
Before each customer
Named Section
Never Reset
19. What is the difference between reset time Automatically and Before each customer?
- Automatically gets reset even for Section based data.
- Before each customer does not get reset for section.
20. What are the Compute times available for Variable?
21. What is string Lookup?
22. How do we setup a table to use section data?

We can setup a table to use section data by selecting the option “Enable data section processing” .
This option we need to check in the Table tab.

23. What is placeholder variable and how will it be used?

24. What are the types of documents?
1) Normal document
2) Placeholder document

25. What is placeholder document?

26. How do we control the page numbers for a customer?

27. How do we reorder the documents for a customer?

We can reorder the document for specific customer by creating a variable. The variable must be in
integer array variable.

To reorder the documents, follow the below steps

1) Drag the application which contains the document that you want to reorder
2) Click the documents tab
3) In the Document reordering box select an array integer variable that orders the documents.

28. What are the triggering methods for document?

1) Rule
2) Named Section
3) Document assembly variable, check rule
4) Document assembly variable, ignore rule
29. What are the minimum thing required to set for a page?
30. How can you control the page flow?
31. How to change the page type dynamically?
32. What is the difference between “Waring, issue message and continue “and” Error, issue message
and stop”?
33. What are the types of frames available in Dialogue?
1) Message Frames
2) Content Flow Frames
3) Placeholder Frames
34. How can we control the objects flow into multiple flow frames page?
35. What is flow target?
 If multiple frames exist in the design, you can use flow targets to ensure that content flows to the
correct frame.

To use flow target first, we need to setup an application allows to targeted flow.

From the Application properties select “Document” tab in that select “Enable flow frame targeting”
checkbox

36. What is circular-flow error?

37. How to display an object always at last flow page?
38. What is the difference between Output and Output queue?
39. What are the properties we set in output?
40. What is the difference between Simplex and Duplex?
41. How do you control duplex page counting?
42. What is inserter?
43. What are the types of Barcodes?
44. Can we create a barcode in Designer without having a barcode created in Manager?
45. How can you restrict a barcode to be used in different object like page, Message, template and
Inserter?
46. What is Banner page and how do we create and will be displayed?
47. How can you break an output?
48. What is sorting and bundling?
49. What is multiple-ups?
50. What is Design layer?
51. What is Language Layer?
52. What is Locale?
53. What is color table?
54. What is Tag set?
55. What is search key and how do you define search keys?
56. What is TLE and NOP? Distinguish the differences?
57. What is section and Paragraph? How do you create them and Use?
58. What is message and how do you define and use?
59. What the difference between Section, Paragraph and Message?

1) Section and paragraph will work in embedded objects, but message will not work on embedded
object

60. What are target frame types for Sections?

1) Flow Frame
2) Content Frame
3) Content and Flow frame
61. What is the use of component and elaborate?
62. What is Library rule?
63. *What is the difference between Function and Formula variable?

Function don’t have reset time, but formula variable has reset time

64. What is the difference between Function and Sub routine?

65. How do you control the relativity of the objects in the designer?
66. How to make an object to flow to new page?
67. What are the types of Tables?
Simple table
Basic Automated table
Automated table with sections
Automated table with levels
 Basic Automated table with Automated column
User table
68. What is the difference between “Table with section” and “Table with Levels”?

Table with section does not have the table with levels.
Table with levels it’s have both table with section and table with levels.

66 Difference between user table and table with levels

In user table we can do automated column

In table with levels we cannot do automated column

69. What is the difference between the” late rule” and “End of the customer”?

70. What is table sort Key?

When we will use table sort to customize the order of the tables you must create a table sort key
variable that indicates the order in which table should appear.

The table sort key variable must be an array integer variable

After creating table sort key variable, we need to map in the data file. Each element in the data file is
associated with an index. The index specifies the order in which table appear in the data file.

Every element in the array specifies the placement of the table. Placement can vary from every
customer.

71. What are the rows types?

72. What is divider row?
73. What are the row repeat methods?

74. What is serpentine row?

It is a unique type of table row that repeats group of cells across the row rather than placing a
variable in a row twice.

75. How do we define levels to a row?

76. What is widows/orphan?
77. How to search a variable in designer?

78. What is campaign and types of Campaigns?

Campaign is a container which holds the marketing materials and to avoid the white space in the
customer output.

Filler Campaign:

Filler campaigns are campaign that are allowed to be removed from the customer output if there is
not enough space to fit for it.

A Campaign is considered as filler campaign the campaign is set to “Do not create page for this
campaign” from the Campaign driven pages’ dropdown list on the targeting tab.
 These filler campaign is always selected at the last and moved to end of the priority list regardless of
the priority settings you apply at the application level.

79. How can we count the number of messages inserted into an application?

Using Message Count function count the number of campaign messages that are inserted into the
application.

Message Count(Message Type, Count type)

80. What are the types of messages?

 Text Message
 Graphic Message
 Insert message
 Graphic/Insert Message
81. What is ghost script?

82. What are the control switches?

83. How do you exclude/skip first 5 customers in the output?
- Use “start” control switch
84. How do we allow empty reference file?
85. What is the switch used to log the different data into Message file?
86. What is the switch used to stop the execution when warnings encountered?
87. Elaborate on objects version control?
88. What is the limitation of placeholder frame using on a page?
1) Only one placeholder frame per page
2) The contents of this frame cannot split and flow to another page
3) This frame cannot be placed into table cell.
89. How to include a specified pdf pass through page?
90. Elaborate the embedded object?
91. Difference between text message and Graphic Message

Text message does not require message template

Graphic message requires Message template

92. How do we get multiple copies for the single customer?

IF(1=1) THEN
INCLUDE 3
93. Can we place messages into content flow frame?

Yes we can place messages into content flow frame by selecting the option “Messages can be
placed into unused area at bottom of the frame in frame properties
89 Difference between document message and campaign message?
90 Difference between Message frame and content frame?

Message Frame:

Message Frame can accept only messages and message content. Generally you will use this frame
for required messages that must be included in the customer output.

Content Flow Frame:

Content flow frame can accept flowing content from different objects.Generally you will use this frame to
allow optional messages to fill white space.
91) Types of rules

1) Unnamed rule ( apply rule with logic with single object)

2) Named rule ( Create a reusable rule with logic and apply multiple objects)
3) Priority rule(Create a rule to control the priority order in which compaigns are selected in the
customer output. These types or rule only used in compaigns.

92) How to send campaigns to specific list of customer?

If you want to send campaigns to specific list of customers for that we need to create a reference file
and specify the list of customers who will receives the campaign.

From the Campaign property panel select Targeting tab in that select the check box “Send to customer
listed in the reference file” then select the reference file which you have created.

94) what is document assembly variable?

It is an array variable and it is used to control the inclusion of documents for specific customer.

95) Difference between OR Barcode and 2D barcode?

QR Code can hold the 4296 alphanumeric characters whereas 2D barcode can hold only 2335 alpha
numeric characters hence QR barcode is more capacity than 2D Barcode.

96) Difference between AFP and PS output?

In AFP output we cannot specify the custom output resolution

In PS output we can specify the custom output resolution. The minimum valid resolution value is 72 and
maximum resolution value is 2400.

We can use Adobe distiller to convert the PS into PDF output.

98) when will you create a campaign package?

1) New messages added in the existing campaigns

2) Changes have been made to existing messages within campaigns
3) Changes have been made to existing campaigns

99) when will you create a document package?

1) New messages have been added to the existing document

2) Changes have been made into existing documents

102) Envelope Banner page:

Envelope banner page is a sub customer level banner page that can be placed after a specific number of
pages.
They can be used to split the customer document into multiple envelopes.

For ex: If you include nine pages per envelope but your customer has 12 pages, you can create an
envelope banner page

103)What is meant by Last flow page and its types?

If your design includes a text box or table that must always appear at the end of the document after all
pages have flowed, you must place it in a special type of page called “Last Flow page”

Last Flow page contains the two different types

1) Last flow page in document (if flows): The page is included in the document only if there is
enough flow to warrant it use. If no content flows to it, the page (Contains the static content) do
not appear in the output.

2) Last flow page (even if no flows): This page is always including in the document, regardless of
whether the content flows to it. If no content flows to the page white space might include in the
document.

104) What is the drawback of using last flow page?

Last flow pages are designed for a specific use in your design. It will have some limitation on the below

1) We cannot use section/paragraph in last flow page

2) We can include only one last flow page per document. If we include multiple pages specified as
last flow pages in the document only the first page is used.