feragstring

feragstring is a Go package for creating a FERAG string file programmatically. If you don't know what FERAG (the company) or a FERAG string is you probably don't need this package ;-)

The shortest possible FERAG string

According to FERAG's documentation this is the shortest possible FERAG string:

%2440+40DEMO2009!
%2401+11E1_ROUTE_100 !
%2402+11E1_ROUTE_100 +590+91000000+20E1                            !
%2403+12R100RE001 +1300123!
%2406+11E1_ROUTE_100 !
%2441+40DEMO2009!

The variable values are:

• the title is 'DEMO2009'
• a route named 'E1_ROUTE_100'
• an edition called 'E1'
• a production drop 'R100RE001' with 123 copies

Usage

// create a FERAG string object
fs := feragstring.NewFeragString()
fs.SetTitleName("EDITION1")

// set title parameters
fs.TitleInfo.SetPrintObjectName("EDITION1A")
fs.TitleInfo.SetPublicationDate("2020-05-31")
fs.TitleInfo.SetCountryCode("13")
fs.TitleInfo.SetPrintObjectColor("00000000")

// add a product
pr1 := feragstring.NewProductReference()
pr1.SetProductName("MAIN")
pr1.SetCopiesAssigned(25000)
pr1.SetSupervision(1)
pr1.SetOverlap(5)
mp := feragstring.NewMissingParameter(1, 1)
pr1.SetMissingParameter(mp)
pr1.SetIssueReference("MAIN01")
fs.AddProductReference(pr1)

// add a route
rt := feragstring.NewRoute()
rt.SetRouteName("ROUTE001")
rt.SetRouteCode(fs.NextRouteCode())
rt.SetRampNumber(0)
rt.SetCopiesInRoute(1500)
rt.SetLimit(1)
rt.SetMaxStack(13)
rt.SetStandard(40)
rt.SetParameterN(4)
rt.SetMaxBundle(40)
rt.SetTopsheetMarker(5)
rt.SetEaMarker(0)
rt.SetTopsheetTemplateDirectory(20)
rt.AddProductReferenceNumber(1)
fs.AddRoute(rt)

// get the FERAG string (the write it to a file...) 
feragString := fs.PrintOut()

Supported messages

• Title Info (%2440)
• Title End (%2441)
• Product Reference (%2450)
• Route List Entry (%2401)
• Route Info (%2402)
• Production Drop (%2403)
• Topsheet Data for TSL (%2414)
• Route End (%2406)

Installation

go get -u github.com/jakoubek/feragstring

Need commercial support?

I offer commercial support for newspaper companies who want to setup their own FERAG string generation.

See https://www.jakoubek.net/ferag-string-erzeugen (German) or write an email to info@jakoubek.net.