• 7.1

2013-01-30

User Input vs Database Upload

The difference between a User Input and a Database Input document in PrintShop Mail Web is the following:

• User Input documents will always have the same data on each page. The price and number of records printed will depend on how the pricing is setup for the document.
• Database Upload documents require a database matching what the document was designed with to be uploaded. The number of records produced will equal the number of records in the database itself.

While the setting that determines whether user input or a database will be needed can be made from PrintShop Mail Web in the Document's properties in the Publication type, your designer can also set it up beforehand in the PrintShop Mail Design document. In the datafield's properties, you can change the Source option from Database to User Input and vice-versa as required.

Note that you can both User Input and Database fields in the same document. When this happens, you will be presented with the user inputs first, then with the database upload.