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Wasp Labeler User Manual
Basic Source
This section lets you choose the data that will be encoded into your barcode. Click on a source type to
bind it to your object (barcode, graphic or textbox).
Source options for barcodes are:
Database
Date/Time
Serial Alpha
Another Object
User Defined List
Serial Number
Prompt at Print
String Builder
To add more than one data source to the barcode, use the String Builder. Substrings concatenate, or
join, different values to build what appears to be a single text or barcode object on the label from
multiple data sources. This option can be for the following:
1. To customize, or build, the caption of a barcode by combining two or more data sources (static
plus date/time, for example).
2. To compress two or more text or barcode values of different lengths from an external data
source.
3. To compress multi-line text values to remove blank lines.
For example, if you want your barcode to have a serialized number followed by a space, you would use
the String Builder to accomplish this.
Click here for a detailed example of using String Builder to concatenate two different data
sources in your barcode.
Click here for detailed instructions on using the String Builder screen.
Formatting
The Formatting section on the Properties box > Data Source tab allows you to add formatting to your
barcode caption or to the value encoded in your barcode. To do this you will create a Format
Expression using the Format Value and Format Caption buttons in this section.
Click here for detailed instructions on formatting barcode values and captions and for a list of
standard characters used to create Format Expressions.