Teklynx Labelview 9.1 Pro manual

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The informatio n contained in thi s guide is not of a co ntra ctual nature and may be subject to chang e without prior notice. The software descr ibed in this guide is sold under a l i cense agreement. T he software may be used , copied or reproduced only in accordance wi th the terms of the agreement. No part of this guide may be copied, reproduce[...]

TRODUCTION................................................................................................................... .............................. 1 D D ESCRIPTION OF THE MAIN WINDOW .................................................................................................................... 7 S ELECTING A PRINTER .................[...]

LABELVIEW User Guide V ARIABLE OBJECT CREATION ............................................................................................................................. 34 P C OPIES OF EACH LAB EL ............................................................................................................................... ....... 38 RINTING...[...]

About this manual Typographical c onventions This manual dist inguishes bet ween differe nt types of infor mation using the following co nventions:  Terms taken from the interface itself , such as commands , appear in bold .  Key names appear in all caps. Fo r exa mple: ''Press the SHIFT key .''  Numbered lists indica t[...]

1 Introduction Welcome! Congratulations, you hav e just purchased the world’ s leading automatic identifica tion software package! This label design software allows you to quickly create and edi t complex labels, and all ows you to integrate all of the electronic data from across your company, guar anteeing the full integrity of all your syst ems[...]

LABELVIEW User Guide Installation Note : Before installing this software, please sa ve your work and close all other programs. Before running the installatio n program, check the config uration of your PC. 1. Place the CD fo r the installati on in the correct driv e. The Instal lation window appears. If this CD does not start up a utomatically : Go[...]

Introduction License acti vation Your software can be activated using a software key (an activation code) or a hardware key (a dongle). The dongle is a small electr onic device that you plug in to your PC’s parallel or USB port before launching the software. Without the hardware protecti on key, the progra m will run in evaluation mode. You will [...]

LABELVIEW User Guide 2. For Window s XP and Server 2003: Enter C:Program File sTKI9CommonToolsDongle then type the following command: HaspDinst.ex e -i For Windows 7 64-bit machines: Enter C:Program Fil es (x86)Com mon Files TKIDongle t hen type the fo llowing comm and: HaspDinst.ex e -i For 32-bit machines: Enter C:Program Fil esCo[...]

Introduction 2. Enter your in formation in the User Registr ation form. Click Next . 3. Enter the Serial number and the Password provided w ith the product and click Next . 4. Click Finish . If any problems were encoun tered, a message will inform you that the activation has failed and an error message will be displayed. Note : If you do not have a[...]

LABELVIEW User Guide 5. Wh en you receive the Validation code and the Installation code , plea se start the sof tware to launch the wizard. 6. Select Continu e a pending activat ion and click on Next . 7. Enter the Validation code and t he Installation c ode returned by email and click on Nex t . 8. Click on Finish . Reset a pending ema il activati[...]

Discovering the interface Description of the ma in window This section present s a general overview of the ma in inte rface elements as they appe ar in the main window at the beginning of a work session. The Menu Bar The Menu bar contains the fo llowing options : File , Edit , View , Objects , Data Sources , Tools , Window , and Help . To open a me[...]

LABELVIEW User Guide T o select a tool Click the butto n corresponding to the tool. The Title Bar The Title bar displays the name of the softwa re an d the name of the current docu ment, or "document no " if a new document is cr eated. It allow s the work space window to be moved using the mo use. Text formatting toolbar These tools allow[...]

Discovering the interfa ce Desi gn toolba r The Design toolbar comprises a number of butto ns, each on e representing a tool for creating and manipulating objects. Button Name of tool Use Selection tool Selects and manipula tes objects of a ll types. Text generation Creates fixed and variable tex t. Barcode generation Creates fixed and variable bar[...]

LABELVIEW User Guide The up an d down arrow keys on your keyboard allow yo u to move up and down the object tr ee. The + and - symbols allow you to expand or shrink the list and display the list of variable s associated with each data source or the objects available for each ca tegory. About data sources A data source contains a list of variables f[...]

Setting up the work environment Choosing a printer Before starting to create a document, you fi rst need to set up your work environment. The first step co nsists of sel ecting the prin ter on which y ou wish to pr int your lab els. Not a ll printers shar e the same characteristi cs and, as a result, differ ent options are availab le accord ing to [...]

LABELVIEW User Guide To se lect a printer 1. Choose File > Se lect printe r. You can also click the button or press F5 . 2. Select the printer from the list. 3. Click OK. Note: The drivers provided by the applicat ion are identified by icon. Adding a prin ter You can access the Add a printer window using th rough the File > Sele ct printer &g[...]

Setting up the work environment 4. Select the LPT1 port, clear the Direct access box and click OK . Note : Direct access transfe rs control over the port to th e softwa re. Allows the software to ma nage the port, providing faster data transfer an d closer control of the printer. Customizing the work env ironment Your software offers a number of op[...]

LABELVIEW User Guide 3. In the Di splay font field, click . 4. Select the font. 5. Click OK . To modify th e grid s cale The grid scale, whic h is used to align objects, ca n be modified or disabled. 1. Choose Tools > C onfi guratio n. 2. Click the Grid tab. - or - Double-click on the vertical ruler to access the Grid tab direct ly. 3. Select th[...]

Setting up the work environment Document page setup Formatting a document Document templat es are created and modifi ed in the Label/Page Setup dialog box. Formatting a document consis ts of setting the page siz e, its orie ntatio n, the numb er of labels per row and per column, docum ent size, margi ns, and distan ce betwee n labels. You can cre a[...]

LABELVIEW User Guide 5. Click the Page tab and select the following values:  Page sizing : Automatic 6. Click on the Margi ns tab and enter the following values:  Margins :  Left : 10  Top : 10  Gap :  Between r ows : 5  Between col umns : 5 7. Click the St ock tab and ente r the following value s:  Type : Family  Name : [...]

Setting up the work environment Note : The printer used in this examp le is a Windows print er. If you want to use a ther mal printer , it is possible for error messages to appear during page setup when the printer does not support the size of lab el defined in this exercise. Y ou will need to modify the values sugg ested in the ex ercise. Deleting[...]

19 Creating a document using fixed object Creating and manipulating fixe d objects Creating fixed objects involve s inserting objects s uch as text, barcod es, images, line s, rectangles , and circles into your docu ment. Creating objects You can quickly and si mply create a n object in your document (bar cod e, image, text, drawing, e tc.) using: [...]

LABELVIEW User Guide butt on down, drag the item to the d esired location. Release the lef t mouse butto n to place the ite m on the label. To create a text object A Text object can be one character, one word, or an entire paragraph. Character style and paragraph fo rmat can be defined using the Text formatting toolbar or the Text dialog box. To cr[...]

Creating a document using fixed object 1. Using t he mouse, open the br anch of the tree marked with a (pointing to the obj ect selected in the document). For the Text object... Select Press the F2 key, t hen enter... ''Volume:'' the x coordinate: the y coordinate: ''10'' ''40'' '&apo[...]

LABELVIEW User Guide 5. If nece ssary, specify the char acteristics of t he barcode (height, narrow bar width, ratio, check character). 6. Enter the data to be cod ed in the Data field. 7. Click OK . Note: Certain printers do not ha ve resident barcodes. The Graphic option allows barcodes to be printed despite this. This will slow printi ng down as[...]

Creating a document using fixed object  Width and Height : 20 6. Click OK 7. Go to Object > Layout > Horizont ally Center ed in Do cument then Vertically Centered in Document to align th e circle with th e center o f the sleeve. 8. Select the ci rcle then click the Lock button. To import an image Your software allows you to insert images a[...]

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Creating a document using variable objects About data sources A data source contains a lis t of variables populated w ith data of the sam e origin. Data sources can be divided into categories and sub-ca tegories except Database data source. When you select a data sourc e, you are indicating where t h e data you are interested in is located and what[...]

LABELVIEW User Guide For each of these creation mo des:  The data source crea ted is automati cally displayed under the selected data source.  The application gives th e data source a defa ult name. Note: Brackets {} cannot be us ed in a variable name. This procedure applies to all data sources, except variables from th e Database data source[...]

Creating a document using v ariable objects Note : C lick to select all fields. Tip: We recommend that you only select the fields that will be used in the label. This reduce s the a mount of communication with the databa se , increasing processing speed. 5. Click to view the result. Advanced SQL creation mode 2. Select SQL mode. 3. Enter your query[...]

LABELVIEW User Guide The Table loo kup data sour ce Command: Data sources > Table lookup > Add The Table lookup data source contains a li st of data sources you have created. The da ta source values are the result of searches carried out in databases ot her than those linked to the current document. Searches are carried out in o ne or mo re d[...]

Creating a document using v ariable objects The Date data source Command: Da ta sources > Date > A dd The Date data source contains a list of data sources. Thes e data sources are fed by the computer's date system or by the printer. It allows you to display the date an d time in the for mat previously defined. The val ues are updated aut[...]

LABELVIEW User Guide 1. Open a label. 2. Create a counter and name it namecd . 3. Select the counter , then choose Properties from the co ntext m enu. 4. Select Decimal as the type of counter. 5. Enter ''1'' in the Increment field. 6. Enter ''1'' in the Initial value field. 7. Click OK . 8. Select the counter[...]

Creating a document using v ariable objects Exercise: Creating a simple formula Displaying the price of a prod uct In this example, the produ ction label must show t he pr ice of the product as a function of its weight and the price per kilogr am. 1. Open a label. Two variables have to be created: WEIGHT and PRICEPERKG. 2. For the WEIGHT variable, [...]

LABELVIEW User Guide The When Printed data source Command: Da ta sources > When Printed > Add The When Printed data source conta ins a list of variables you have creat ed. These data sources are p opulated by entering data directly into the form using the keyboard. To display th e form The form lets you enter data during design or, most commo[...]

Creating a document using v ariable objects Modi fy the or der in wh ich data is enter ed into th e form You can change the order in which data is entered into the form. Proceed as follows: 1. Select the form us ing the mouse. 2. Right-cli ck. 3. Select Start tab ordering . The default numbering app ears. 4. Click the number of the field you want t[...]

LABELVIEW User Guide The Advanced da ta source Command: Da ta sources > Advanced > Add The Advance d data source contains a list o f data sources yo u have created. Thes e data sources are popula ted by data that is not sp ecified upon crea tion. An Advanced data sour ce can be used to create intermediate data sources. Defining th e propertie[...]

Creating a document using v ariable objects  The Object menu You can create an object usin g one of the following optio ns:  Direct mode creat ion: 1. Click the object you want to insert into your document. 2. Click the location where you want to place the object. The Creation wizard will r un by default. If the wizar d does not au tomatica l[...]

LABELVIEW User Guide The Creatio n Wizard will run by default. If wizards ar e disabled , double-click th e object to bring up the Properties dialog box. 3. Click the Data sources ta b. 4. Select Variable . 5. Select the variable you want to assign to your object, right-click and select Add. - or - Click New , then select the variable you want to a[...]

Printing A po werful print engine Your software is a powerful, user-frien dly creation tool and a print engine, br inging together the widest possible range of printers (thermal, t hermal transfer and inkj et). Whether printing a single label, a series of labels, or mu ltiple copie s of the same la bel, all pr int comman ds are grouped together in [...]

LABELVIEW User Guide  Type: Decimal  Increment: + 1  Min value: 0 The first counter identifies a particul ar label, whereas the ISO counter counts the to tal number of labe ls printed. Labels in the series In this example, we ar e going to print a series of 10 lab els: 1. Enter the following values in the Print dialog box:  Labels : 10.[...]

Printing 5. Go to File > Page Setup or clic k . The Page Setup dialog box opens. The preview giv es you an idea of how the p age will look w hen it is pr inted. 6. Close the dialog box. 7. Click . 8. Enter the following values:  Labels : 8  Copies of each page : 2 9. Click Print . The result will be: Exercise: Pr int Merge Print Merge is o[...]

LABELVIEW User Guide Printing using the form 1. Go to File > Prin t or press the F6 key. 2. Enter ''2'' in the Labels field. 3. Launch printing. The form is displayed, and you can enter the data to be printed. 4. Enter '' Smith '' and '' 51 '', then click OK . After the first label is p[...]

Printing 41 specifications of your print er (refer to the printer manufactur er’s manual). In both cases (serial or parallel):The cable is conn ected to the wrong port. Check the connection. In both cases (serial or parallel):The cable is conn ected to the wrong port. Check the connection. A page is not printed For direct thermal printing: The pr[...]