Teklynx Codesoft 9.1 Enterprise manuel d'utilisation

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The informat ion contained in this guid e is not of a co ntractual nature and may be subject to change without prior notice. The software descr ibed in thi s guide is sold under a lice nse agreement. The softwar e may be used, copied or reproduced only in accordance with the terms of theagreemen t. No part of this guide may be copied, reproduced or[...]

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About this manual Typographical c onventions This manual dist inguishes be tween differe nt types of info rmation using the following co nventions:  Terms taken from the interface itself , such as commands , appear in bold .  Keys appear in small caps . For example: ''Press the SHIFT key''.  Numbered lists indi cates th[...]

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Introduction Welcome! Congratulations, you hav e just acqu ired the world’s leading automatic identification software package! Presentation This label design software allows you to quickly crea te and edit complex labels, fast, and is c apable of integrating all the elec tronic data from across your compa ny, guaranteeing the full int egrity of a[...]

User Guide Installation Note: Before installing this software please save 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 drive. T he Installat ion window appears. If this CD does not start up a utomatically : 2. Go to Start [...]

Introduction License protection Your software can be protected using a software key (an activation code) or a hardware key (a dongle). The dongle is a sma ll electr onic device tha t 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’ mod e. Y[...]

User Guide USB hard ware keys are not supported using Wi ndows 95 and Windows NT4 operating systems. Error messages when launching the software If you are prompted with an error message when laun ching the software, please check the following items:  The administrative rights . You must have local administrative rights on your PC so that the key[...]

Introduction  Fax activation method 1. Select the Fax activation method. 2. Input your info rmation in the User Registration form. Remember that all fields marked by an asterisk (*) are require d. Click Next . 3. Enter the activatio n code provided w ith the product a nd click OK . 4. Click the Create Form ... button. An Activation Request Form [...]

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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, Objec t, Data Sources, Too ls, Window, and Help. To open a menu 1. S[...]

User Guide The Ti tle 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 you to modify text and/or paragraph fo rmatting, that is, chang e the [...]

Discovering the interfa ce Des ign toolbar The creation toolbar comprise s a number of buttons, each one representing a tool for cr eating and manipulating objects. Button Name of tool Use Selection tool Selects and manipula tes objects of all types. Text generation Creates fixed and variable tex t. Barcode generation Creates fixed and variable bar[...]

User Guide The up arrow a nd down arrow keys on your keyboard allow you to move up and down the tree. The + a nd - 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 fed by data f[...]

Discovering the interfa ce To change the color of an obj ect: 1. Select the required object. 2. Click on a colo r in the palette with the left mous e button to apply t ext, line or o utline color. 3. Click on a colo r in the palette with the ri ght mouse butto n to appl y background color. Note: This button X removes the background color from an ob[...]

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Setting up the work environment Choice of 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 pri nt your lab els. Not all pr inters share the same characteristi cs and, as a result, differ ent options are availab le accord ing to th[...]

User Guide The driv ers for native and nat ive transfer printers are s upplied with the label design software. Pr inting o n these printers is managed dire ctly by the software. To select a printe r 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[...]

Setting up the work environment Dem onstration Adding a Zebra 140 on LPT1 1. Choose File > Select pr inter . 2. Click Add . 3. In the Mode l list, select the Zebra group, then the model. 4. Select the LPT1 com munication port, clear the Direct access box then click OK . Customizing the work env ironment Your software offers a number of option s [...]

User Guide T o change th e dialog b ox display font 1. Choose Tools > Options. 2. Click the Display tab. 3. In the Display 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 disable d. 1. Choose Tools > Options. 2. Click the Grid tab. - or - Dou[...]

Setting up the work environment Document page setup Formatting a document Document temp lates are created and mod i fied in the 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 dist ance bet ween labels. You can create you[...]

User Guide 5. Click th e 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 Stock tab and enter the follow ing values:  Type: Family,  Name: Layout1[...]

Setting up the work environment 8. Click on the St ock tab and enter the following values :  Type : Jaquette,  Name : CDx2. 9. Click OK . Note : The printer used in this examp le is a Windows™ printer. If you wish to use a native printer, it is possible for error messages to appear during page setup. You will therefore need to modify th e v[...]

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Creating a document using fixed object Creating and manipulating objec ts Creating fixed objects involve s inserting objects s uch as text, barcodes , 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 co de, image, text, drawing , etc.) using :  The C[...]

User Guide To create a text object A Text object can be one character, on e 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 create a Text object: 1. On the Creation toolbar, click the Writing tool . - or - Choose Object > Text. 2. Click inside the work[...]

Creating a document using fixed object 4. Sel ect the two text obj ects and click on the Lock button. Unicode can be used to create labels u sing a variety of linguistic characters. To use Unicode, just sel ect a Unicode font for your text by going to the Character tab available in the Properties of your text objec t. To create a barcode o bject Yo[...]

User Guide Creating a shape obj ect Example: Drawin g a line Your software comes complete with a rang e of tools to help you de sign perfect labels . You can draw a line, a circl e, a rectangle, etc. u sing the same proces s described below. To draw a lin e: 1. Click the Line drawing tool. - or - Choose Object > Shape > Line. 2. Click inside [...]

Creating a document using variable objects About data sources A data source contains a list of variables fed by data of the same orig in. When you select a data source, you are indicating where t h e data you are interested in is found, and what type of data you require. The data can be of internal origin (formula, date, co unter) or external to th[...]

User Guide  The data source created is displayed auto matical ly under the sele cted data source.  The application gives th e data source a default 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. To crea te a database variable, you need to[...]

Creating a document using v ariable objects Click SQL Qu ery Builder to access the Query Builder . This pr ovides an easy-to-use interface for building SQL database queries. You can create n ew re quests graphically or repr esent existi ng requests graphically in your applicati ons. 4. Click to view the result. The data sources cr eated carry the f[...]

User Guide Note : To create a new data source, c lick the New data sour ce button. Th is gives you th e option of using the Wizard or choosing between an ODBC or OLEDB data source. 2. By default, Standard creation mode is activated. However to carry out a table lookup, you can use Advanced creation mode: SQL. Standard creat ion mode 3. In the Selec[...]

Creating a document using v ariable objects 5. Click th e Test button to disp lay the result in the Query dialog bo x. The Date data source Command: Data source > Date > Add The Date data source contains a list of data sources crea ted. These data sources ar e fed by the co mputer's date system or by the printer. It allows you to display[...]

User Guide Dem onstration: Creating the counter 1. Open a label. 2. Create a counter and nam e it namcd. 3. Select it, then choose Properties in the context menu. 4. Select Decimal as the type of coun ter. 5. Enter ''1'' in the Increment box. 6. Enter ''1'' in the Initial value box. 7. Click OK . 8. Select th[...]

Creating a document using v ariable objects Dem onstration: Creating a simple formula Displaying the price of a prod uct T 1 2. For the WEIGHT variable: Enter 788 (the wei ght of the product being 788 ''Please enter the weigh t in g'' in the Prefix box, th en click OK. 3. For the PRICEPERKG variable: ente r 15.70 (the pri ce/kg [...]

User Guide Comma nd: Data source > Form > Add riables you ha ve created. These data sour ces are populated by entering data directly into the Form The Form data source contai ns a list of va using the keyboard. r data during design or, most commonly, before pr inting. ining a For m variable. To display th e form The Form lets you ente To disp[...]

Creating a document using v ariable objects 4. Cl ick the number of the field you want to appear first in the form. The number c hanges to green wh en validated. 4 to continue ordering. and select Validate tab ordering . The order of the fields will be automatically validated wh en the first f ield is vali dated. The nu mbering then disappears from[...]

User Guide - o r - If you have chosen the From a file , select the required fil e. 2. In the 3. Click OK . Output tab, you can d efine an output format, maximum leng th, suffix and prefix . reating a Free data source . Create a Free data source and name it ''ref''. ta source in to the label in text format. se lect it and click o[...]

Creating a document using v ariable objects 5. Select the variabl e you want to assign to your object. Guided mode creation (accord i ng to your requirements): owing the actions you can take. 2. To create a variable object using an exis ting data source, you have the option of : t creation process. he location where you want to place the label. - o[...]

User Guide - o r - - Select Wizard : This will gu 3. Click th ide you step-by-step through t he variable object crea tion process. e location where you want to place the label. Note : The creation wizard is enab led by default. To disable it, select Tools > Options > Wizards .[...]

Printing A po werful print engine Your software is both a powerful, user-friendly crea tion tool and a print engine, br inging together the widest possible range o f printers (native, thermal tr ansfer and inkjet), which were never b efore available on the automatic identif ication market. Whether printing a single label, s eries of labels, or mu l[...]

User Guide  Type  Increment +1  Min value 0 The first counter, called NumLabel , id entifies a par ticular label, w h ereas the ISO coun ter counts the total number of label s printe d. Labels in the series In this example, we ar e going to print a series of 10 labels: 1. Enter the following values in the Print dialog box:  Labels : 10.[...]

Printing 5. Go to Fi le > Page setup or click . The Page setup dialog box appears. 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: Practical Wor kshop 2 - Print Merg e [...]

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

Printing Optimizing printing speed As we have already seen in the i ntroduction, there is no univer sal configur ation fo r optimiz ing printing speed, but rather a range of different settings that come into pl ay. In the next e xample we will look at ea ch of these in turn, hopefully giving yo u a better understanding of your own conf iguration, a[...]

User Guide Fo r printing images For example, your company logo, not a printer object , must be transferr ed to the printer. The more images you send to the printer, the s lower printing become s, especia lly if you are using a serial connec tion. The s olution is to send the image in que stion just once, when prin ting of the label series is f irst[...]

Printing 43 print media has been inser ted the wrong way (the print head is heating the wrong side of th e paper). For thermal transfer print ing: The ribbon has not been inserted, or was inserted in correctly. Check the ribbon and refit if necessary (refer to the manufacturer’s handbook). The required print mode has not been selected on the pr i[...]