QuickLabel Designer Pro - Manual (Page 67)

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Using Contents Mask
Contents mask is very useful when you must display the input data differently on the label. With con-
tents mask you can simply reformat the data to suit your needs.
For example, you must use differently formatted human interpretation text below bar code than the
data is formatted in the bar code. You do not want to define two variables for this purpose and enter
the similar data twice.
The mask character will be replaced by the actual data and any other used character will be used as-
is. If the current bar code value is
"AD951"
and the contents mask is
"**C - ** /*/"
the resulting output will be
"ADC - 95 /1/"
Powerful formatting structures can be defined using Contents mask, but it is only available with bar
codes that allow custom formatting of the human interpretation. You should also make sure to print
bar codes as graphics, otherwise the contents mask is not available.
Note:
If your data contains the asterisk "*" character, then you will have to change the default mask char-
acter to something else. It should be a unique value, not appearing anywhere in the data.
The contents mask functionality is available with Text and Bar code objects.
Using Expression Builder
The labeling software has a simple text editor built-in. You can use it to design your own simple VB
Scripts or .JOB batch files with
NiceCommands .
The Expression builder is a programming text editor with constant access to command reference of
the script language you are currently using. The Expression Builder can be used with Visual Basic
Script and with NiceCommands.
The Expression Builder lets you edit your scripts and expressions with ease. The Load and Save but-
tons allow you to import / export Visual Basic scripts from / to external text files.
Note: The expression editor understand the syntax highlighting. The editor will highlight the Nice-
Command and VB Script commands for easier understanding of the code.
Available Keybord Shortcuts
Shortcut Description
Cursors Standard positioning of the cursor.
Ctrl + F Find some text.
Ctrl + R Find & replace some text.
Ctrl +
Space Code completion. When typing the command press this shortcut to
display all commands that match the partially entered name.
Ctrl +
Shift +
digit Define the bookmark at the current cursor position. Next to the
row number you will see a bookmark number. You can use up to 10
bookmarks simultaneously.
To remove the bookmark go to the row where the bookmark is