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PC, where some functions can be used, because the appli-

cation that will eventually print these files knows how to

process them.

All counters

have to be incre-

mented by

printer

As PC labeling software is not available at print time, the

printer must be capable of using internal counters. Make

sure you defined the counter variable on the label as the

printer internal hardware counter, not software counter.

Variable graph-

ics are not sup-

ported

Because PC labeling software is not available at print-time,

it cannot handle the variable graphics. Any image on the

label has to be static.

LabelExportisonemethodoflabelprintingfromoutsideoflabelingapplication.Itrequiressome

otherapplicationtobeabletoopenexportedlabelformat,parseitandthenprintit.Therearenumer-

ousotherpossibilitiestointegratelabelprintingtoexistingsystems.Moreinformationisavailableon

theproductwebsite.

NiceCommands

Theprintingwiththesoftwarecanbeautomatic.Therearetwowaysforautomation.Thefirstoneis

withtheuseofthecommandfiles(JOBfile)whichisusedwithAutomaticprintcommandfromFile

menu.ThesecondwayiswiththehelpofanyotherWindowsapplication,whichenablesDDEcom-

municationbetweentheprograms.

Inthebothwaysyoucanusethesamecommands.Whenyouareusingtheautomaticprint,thecom-

mandsmustbewrittenoneperlineinthecommandfile(JOBfile).WiththeDDEcommunication

thecommandsaresendthroughtheDDEchannel.

COMMENT

;

Whendevelopingprogramcodeorscriptsitisverywisetowelldocumentyourcommands.Thiswill

helpyoudecodewhatthescriptreallyperforms,whenyouwilllookatthecodeaftersometime.

Usesemicolon(;)onthebeginningoftheline.Everythingfollowingitwillbetreatedasscriptcom-

mentandwillnotbeprocessedbyapplication.

CREATEFILE

CREATEFILE<name_of_the_file>

ThiscommandwillcreateaplainASCIItextfile.Thefilewillcontainonlyonelineoftext.

Thepurposeofcreatingsuchfileistosignalsomeexternalapplicationthatthelabelprocessingor

printinghasbeganorhasended.

TheexampleoftheCREATEFILEusageisprintinglabelswiththedatafromsometextfile.First

theexternalapplicationpreparesvariabledataforthelabelsandstoresthedataintothetextfile.

Thenlabelingsoftwareisactivatedandprintingstarts.ACREATEFILEcommandisusedtocreate

afileonthedisk.Theappearanceofthefilerepresentsasignaltotheapplicationthatthecurrent

printingprocessisfinished.

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