QuickLabel Designer Pro - Manual (Page 130)

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hh Hours in 12-hour format (AM/PM will be added if they follow the time). Always
occupies two characters. (leading zeros will be added as necessary).
H Hours in 24-hour format. Can occupy one or two characters.
HH Hours in 24-hour format. Always occupies two characters.
mm Used for minutes.
ss Used for seconds.
The examples:
Format How the time will look
h:mm {AM/PM} 8:25PM
H:mm 20:25
hh:mm:ss 08:25:36
Changing the Order of Entering Prompted Variables
When you are using variables, value has to be assigned to them before printing. And one way of
doing this is by using prompted variables (other are counters, functions, databases, ...). You are
asked for the value of every prompted variable before every printing. Then you fill in the values. The
order in which you are entering the values may or may not be the order you want. If it is not it's prob-
ably the best solution, to change it.
The order can be changed in Variables dialog box.
1. Click Variables in Data menu to display a dialog box. All variables you are using are
listed here alphabetically.
2. Click the button 1, 2, 3, ... in the lower right part of the dialog box.
3. Prompt order dialog box pops up. This is where you can change the order in which
you are entering values to variables. Select the variable from the list on the left and roll it
to appropriate position using buttons Up and Down. Repeat the procedure for every var-
iable, that needs its position changed.
Creating a Prompted Variable
1. Create a new variable. Instructions for this step can be found in how-to topic Create a
serial number, counter .
2. Name the variable "Prompted". Set the length of the variable.
3. Go to the Prompting tab.
4. Type in the Display this text to the print operator field the content "Please enter a
value".
5. If you want to be prompted for every label that is printed, change setting to Every to 1.
6. If you want the variable to have a default value, go to the Prompting tab. If you do not
want to be prompted for value at print time, change the mode to Do not prompt for
value. The variable will behave like a constant.
7. Press theon OK button and link the variable with text or bar code.
Creating a Serial Number, Counter
The easiest way of creating new variable is using Variable Wizard.