In the "Placeholders" tab, you define the dynamic placeholders that you wish to use in the "Text" or "Barcode" tab.
The "Counter", "Date" and "Time" placeholders are defaults. You can define your own placeholders by clicking the "New" button or import some using a setup CSV file. You can delete the placeholders by clicking the "Remove" button.
Click the button with the three dots to open a file selection dialog. You can now select a table file in CSV format, containing the placeholders. The CSV file must be located in a share (user access: Everyone). This is important especially when creating an iVDP because the Barcode & VDP Editor and the Prinect server must both access the CSV file.
Use the check box to define whether the placeholders of the CSV file will display.
Encoding
Select the encoding of the CSV file from the list box. The following encodings are supported: ASCII, UTF-8, MacRoman, ISO Latin-1 and DOS Latin-1.
Placeholder table:
All existing placeholders are listed in this table. Placeholders imported from a CSV file display in italics for a better overview.
Click a placeholder if you wish to change its properties.
ID
This is the name of the placeholder that is listed in the "Placeholders" list box in the "Text" tab. If you wish to create a new placeholder, enter a new name for the ID.
This is where you select the type of placeholder. The following options are available:
•Counter
The counter consists of a digit that is increased by a certain value for every new data record. This lets you number the data records, for example.
You can set the following properties for this type of placeholder:
·No. Digits
This is where you set how many digits the placeholder will have. When the counter reaches the last value, it begins again at "0".
·Start Value
Enter the first value for the counter in this box.
·Increment
This is where you enter the value by which the counter will be increased with every step.
·Delimiter
If wanted, you can set the delimiter that will display after every three digits. For example, 000,000,133
·Substitute Rule
See Substitute Rule (only for iVDP).
•Random Number
This placeholder contains a number that is generated by random.
You can set the following properties for this type of placeholder:
·No. Digits
This is where you set how many digits the placeholder will have.
·Delimiter
If wanted, you can set the delimiter that will display after every three digits.
•Date
This type of placeholder contains the current date at the time the PDF file is generated.
You can set the following properties for this type of placeholder:
·Format
You can set various notations for the date in this box. In the input box, you can design the format as you wish using codes.
There are the following codes:
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Y |
Year |
YYYY = 2019; YY= 19 |
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M |
Month |
MM = 07, M = 7 |
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w |
Calendar week |
w = 27 |
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d |
Day |
d = 10 |
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u |
Day in week |
u = 3 (1=Mon bis 7= Sun) |
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H |
Hour (0-23) |
H = 21 |
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h |
Hour am/pm (1-12) |
h = 09 |
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m |
Minute |
m = 30 |
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s |
Second |
s = 55 |
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a |
AM/PM marker |
PM |
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Example with delimiter: |
yy.MM.dd - HH:mm:ss = 19.07.10 - 21:30:55 |
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Free text in apostrophes |
'hour' |
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·Offset
If the placeholder is not to contain the current date, you can set the offset in days. Both positive and negative values are possible.
•Time
This type of placeholder contains the current time at the time the PDF file is generated.
You can set the following properties for this type of placeholder:
·Format
This lets you choose between a 12-hour and 24-hour display and set whether seconds will also display.
·Offset
If the placeholder is not to contain the current time, you can set the offset in seconds. Both positive and negative values are possible.
New
Click this button to create a new placeholder. "_01" is added to the name if a placeholder with the same ID already exists.
Remove
To delete a placeholder, select it in the table and click this button.
Substitute Rule (only for iVDP)
If you wish to create an iVDP file instead of a PDF/VT, checkmark the "iVDP Labelfire" box in the toolbar at the top.
In this case, you can use the substitute rule to control how all placeholders will be incremented during output to the print cylinder.
The following substitute rules are available:
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