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LABELVIEW User Guide

The Advanced data source

Command: Data sources > Advanced > Add

The Advanced data source contains a list of data sources you have created. These data sources are populated

by data that is not specified upon creation. An Advanced data source can be used to create intermediate data

sources.

Defining the properties of a Advanced data source

1. In the Input tab, select one of the following options: Local, Shared, or From a file.

If you have chosen the Local option, enter the variable value in the box. This is the initial value of the

variable, and will be printed first.

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If you have chosen the Shared option, enter the variable value in the box. Click OK.

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If you have chosen the From a file option, select the required file.

2. In the Output tab, you can define an output format, maximum length, suffix, and prefix.

3. Click OK.

Exercise: Creating an Advanced data source

1. Open label.

2. Create a Advanced data source and name it ''ref''.

3. Insert the data source into the label in text format.

4. If this data source does not appear when printing, select it and click in the Object toolbar.

Variable object creation

A variable object is a text, barcode, or image type object, composed of elements whose the value is not defined

at the moment of creation. Several objects can be associated with a single variable.

The value of these elements is supplied by different data sources at the time of printing:

 Direct keyboard entry in the form (When Printed data source)

 Imported from an external file or database (Table lookup or Database data sources)

 Field calculated by the computer (Formula, Counter, and Date data sources)

Note: In the Data Sources view, a red arrow indicates the variable associated with the selected object.

Creating a variable object linked to an existing data source

You can quickly and simply create a variable object in your document (bar code, image, text, drawing, or other

objects.) using:

 The Create toolbar

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