Quicklabel Designer Express User Manual

- 1 -Designer Express User GuideEnglishEditionRev-1112©2012EuroPlusd.o.o.Allrightsreserved.EuroPlusd.o.o.Poslovn

- 10 -Youhavetoactivatethesoftwareifyouwanttouseit.Ifyoudonotcompletetheactivationprocess,thesoftwarewillrunindemomode.T

- 11 -Nevertrytoconnectthekeytoaserialportonthecomputerordirectlytoaprinter.Youcanper-manentlydamagethehardwarekeyaswell

- 12 -1. Aftertheinstallationiscomplete,runthelabelingsoftware.TheWarningwindowwillopen.2. ClickonManage License.TheManage

- 13 -1. Followthestepsone(1)tofour(4)fromtheprevioussection.2. WritedowntheKeynumberandtheRegistrationnumber.3. Writedo

- 14 -Move the Software License to Another Com-puterThelabelingsoftwarewillruninunlimitedmodeoneachcomputer,whereyouhaveactivatedthe

- 15 -Install Minor Version UpgradeInasoftwareminorversionupgrade,youupgradeanolderminorversion,forexample3.0.0,tothelatestversion

- 16 -3. Installthenewedition(ProorSuite)onyourcomputer.Followthesameinstructionsasforfirst-timeinstallation.Refertothechap

- 17 -3. SelectSingle User Software KeyandclickonNext.AnewManageLicensewindowwillopenshowingthekeylicenseinformationofyour

- 18 -Registering the SoftwareAttheendoftheactivationprocess,pleasefillouttheregistrationforminthelaststepoftheProd-uctActivatio

- 19 -Setting Up the SoftwareUser InterfaceMain WindowThisislabelingapplicationmainwindow.Mouse Wheel supportIfyouhavemouse,thathasawheel

- 2 -Table of ContentsTable of Contents 2Introduction 6Welcome to NiceLabel 6About this Manual 6About this Manual 6Typographical Conventions 6Instal

- 20 -+ (on numeric pad)Zoom In- (on numeric pad)Zoom OutAlt + Shift + Back-spaceRedoCtrl + T Rotate 90°Ctrl + A AlignCtrl + Z UndoCtrl + Y RedoCtrl +

- 21 -Youcanquicklymoveobjectsfromoneopenlabeltoanotherbysimplydraggingdesiredobjecttoanotherwindowwhileholding<ALT>.If

- 22 -other existing labelappropriate label file.Use Project FoldersYoushouldalwaysdesigntheappropriatefolderlayoutondiskforyourlabelp

- 23 -Designing LabelsUsing Label Setup WizardUsing Label Setup WizardLabelSetupWizardoffersdefiningdimensionsofthelabelandchangingprinte

- 24 -StockLabelsetupWizard-selectingLabelStockIfyouuseoneofthestandardpredefinedlabelformats,youcanspecifyithere.Stock Type:Se

- 25 -Defining the Page SizeLabelsetupWizard-choosingLabelDimensionsSelectthepagesizeforyourlabels.Thisstepisonlynecessaryforthe

- 26 -Selecting Label OrientationSelectinglabellayoutOrientation:Selectthelabelorientation.Lookatthescreenandprinterlayoutsforsuggest

- 27 -LabelsetupWizard-definingthelabelformatWidth, height:Definethelabeldimensions.Margins:Definethelabelmargins.Rows, columns:De

- 28 -BasiclabelCreate a Basic LabelCreate a New LabelTocreateabasiclabel,dothefollowing:1. Openthelabelingsoftware.2.SelectNew label

- 29 -Selectingaprinter2. ClickontheNextbutton.Define Label and Page Dimensions1. Ifyouwanttousethelabelstock,selectyourchoic

- 3 -Stock 24Defining the Page Size 25Selecting Label Orientation 26Defining Label Dimensions 26Designing a Basic Label 27Overview 27Create a Basic La

- 30 -Selectinglabellayout6. ClickontheNextbutton.Anewwindowwillopen.Enter10forlabelwidthand7forlabelheight.Note:Dialogbo

- 31 -DefininglabeldimensionsNote:Tochangetheunitofmeasurefromcentimeterstoinchesorothersupportedunits,clickonthebut-tonwithun

- 32 -Enteringcontentfortextobject4. Clickonthetextobjecttoselecttheobject.5. ChangethefontforthetextobjectusingtheTexttoo

- 33 -ThetextobjectisplacedonthelabelInsert Bar CodesNowyouwilladdanon-changeableCode128barcodeonthelabel.1.Toinsertthebarcode

- 34 -9. Changetheobjectsizebydraggingtheobjecthandles.Thehandlesaresmallrectanglessurroundingtheobjectwhenitisselected.The

- 35 -Use Alignment ToolsYouhaveplacedtheobjectsonthelabel.Nowyouwanttomakesuretheyarealignedonthehor-izontalcenterofthelabel

- 36 -5. Tochangethethicknessoftheverticalandhorizontalline,double-clickontherectangleobjecttoopenitsproperties.Selecttheth

- 37 -2. SelectNew Keyboard Inputfromthelistandclickonthelabelwhereyouwanttoposi-tiontheobject.AdialogboxwiththeVariable

- 38 -Note:Typically,thecounterwillincreaseby1oneachlabel.Forexample,1,2,3,4,5,etc.Youcanalsodefinedifferentincrementalstep

- 39 -Definingthevariablesuffix6. ClickontheFinishbutton.7. Clickonthelabelwhereyouwanttopositionthepromptedfield.Thetext

- 4 -Bar Code Wizard - Date Field 54Bar Code Wizard - Time Field 54Bar Code Wizard - Database 54Bar Code Wizard - Prefix and Suffix 54Bar Code Wizard

- 40 -Change Dithering OptionsDitheringisaprocessofconvertingcolororgrayscalepicturestoblackandwhitepicturesthatcanbeprintedont

- 41 -Open the help file.Using ToolboxTousethetoolbox,dothefollowing:1. Clickontheiconinthetoolboxtoselecttheobject.2. Movethe

- 42 -Using Design ToolbarThedesigntoolbarisusedfor:l Changingcoloroftheobjects.l Aligningobjects.l Rotatingobjects.l Arrangingobj

- 43 -1. ClickonthePictureobjectintheToolbox.2. Clickonthelabel,whereyouwanttoplacethepicture.TheOpendialogboxopens.3.

- 44 -4. TheothermethodofpositioningtheobjectonthelabelissimplyselectingtheEllipsetoolandthenclickingthelabel.Adefault-siz

- 45 -FirstscreenofTextWizardTextWizardguidesyoutodefineallparametersforthetextobject.Fixed text:Selectthisoptionifyouwouldlik

- 46 -Text Wizard - Keyboard InputUsethisvariabletypewhenyouwanttheoperatortoenteravalueofthevariablefromthekeyboardbeforeprinti

- 47 -DialogboxforTextWizardwhenCounteroptionischosenStarting Value:Setthestartingvalueforthecounter.Thecounterwillincremento

- 48 -DialogboxforTextWizardwhenDatefieldoptionischosenFormat:Selecttheformatforyourdatefromthelist.Youcanalsoenterthec

- 49 -DialogboxforTextWizardwhenTimefieldoptionischosenFormat: Selecttheformatforthetimefromthelist.Youcanalsoenterthecust

- 5 -Formatting the Fields 85Available Date Formats 86Available Time Formats 86Using Contents Mask 87Work with Visual Basic Expressions 87Using Expres

- 50 -DialogboxforTextWizardwhenDatabaseoptionischosenDefine:Clickonthisbuttontoopenthedatabasewizardthatwillhelpyoudefine

- 51 -SettingPrefixandSuffixstringforthevariabletextelementNote:Ifyouleavetheeditfieldsempty,theprefix/suffixwillnotbeused.Pre

- 52 -Text Wizard - Visual Basic ExpressionSelectthistypeoffieldtomanipulateyourvariablefieldswiththeVisualBasicfunction.Theresulto

- 53 -Fixed bar code data:Selectthisoptionifyouwouldliketohaveafixednon-changeablecontentoftheobject.Ifyouselectthisoption,y

- 54 -Text Wizard - Counter ContinuationStep:Definethestepforyourcounter.Thecounterwillincreasebythisnumberoneverylabel.Change value

- 55 -Bar Code Wizard - Linked FieldSelectthistypeoffieldtomergethecontentsoftheselectedvariablefieldsintoonefield.Theselectedinp

- 56 -Step 1: Choosing the application identifierGS1-128Wizard:ChoosingapplicationidentifierThedialoginthefirststepofWizardallowsyouto

- 57 -GS1-128Wizard:HowcheckdigitshouldbeappliedIfyouhaveselectedtheApplicationIdentifierwhichdataincludesacheckdigit(forexam

- 58 -Step 2: Application Identifier Input TypeGS1-128Wizard:WherethedataforAIisobtainedfromWhentheApplicationIdentifierisselected,yo

- 59 -EnteringfixedvaluefortheapplicationidentifierIfyouhaveselectedfixedvalueinthepreviousdialogbox,youshouldentervaluefort

- 6 -IntroductionWelcome to NiceLabelNiceLabelisafamilyofprofessionallabelingsoftwareproductsthatbringsacompletebarcodeprintingsolut

- 60 -CreatingnewvariablefortheapplicationidentifierIfyouhaveselectednewvariablevalueinpreviousdialogbox,anewvariablefieldwil

- 61 -Step 4: List of selected application identifiersListingtheselectedapplicationidentifiersThisisthelaststepoftheGS1-128Wizard.Hereyo

- 62 -WhentheGS1-128barcodeisselected,theBarcodedatafieldintheBar code Wizarddialogboxisdisabled.Todefinethecontentsofthe

- 63 -l Full128ASCIIcharactersetl All128ExtendedASCIIcharactersl 8-bitbinarydataDataMatrix Bar CodeGeneral tabY expansion factorThis

- 64 -Edit Bar Code Dialog BoxThisdialogboxisdisplayedwhenyouclicktheDefinebuttonontheBarCodedialogbox.Inthisdialogboxyouspecif

- 65 -Narrow bar width:Thewidthofthenarrowestbarinthebarcode.Thisisthebasebarwidth.Thewidthsforallwiderbarsarecalculatedbyth

- 66 -Youcanchoosewhetheryouwanttoinputthecheckdigitvalue,orlettheprogramcalculateitforyou:Auto-generate check digit:Checkdig

- 67 -Details TabOnthistabyoucandefineadvancedsettingsforthebarcode.Note:Notalloftheseoptionsareavailableforallbarcodesandpri

- 68 -EAN-13, EAN-13 + 2-digit supplement, EAN-13 + 5-digit sup-plement, EAN-14, DUN-14, UPC Case Code, UPC-A, UPC-A + 2-digit supplement, UPC-A +

- 69 -4. Movethepositionofthecursoronthescreen.Theobjectwillmovewiththecursor.Aligning ObjectsFirstyouhavetoselectobjectsthat

- 7 -Installation and ActivationSystem and Software RequirementsSingle User EditionToruntheprogramyouneedatleastthefollowing:l Pentiumbase

- 70 -1.Clickonthe iconinthetopleftcorneroflabeldesignarea(whereverticalandhor-izontalrulercollide).2. Thelabelwillrotat

- 71 -Working with PicturesPlace pictures on the labelImagescanbevarioussizes.Iftheoriginalsizeofthegraphicsisnotvalidforyourlabel,

- 72 -editor(e.g.Notepad),itcanbealsoexportedfromotherapplications(e.g.MicrosoftWord.YoucanalsouseMicrosoftExceltoedityourd

- 73 -Selecting Database FileDatabasewizard–SelectingdatabasefileEnterthefullpathnameofthedatabasefileineditboxoruseBrowsebutton

- 74 -Selecting Desired FieldsDatabasewizard–SelectingfieldsOnthispageyoucanselectthefieldsyouwanttouseonthelabel.Allfieldsina

- 75 -Selecting Which Records will be PrintedDatabasewizard–SelectingwhichrecordswillbeprintedSelectthedesiredoptionhowyouwanttouse

- 76 -Selecting Variable Quantity from the Database FieldSelectafieldinthedatabasethatcontainsthelabelquantityinformation.Thedatabaser

- 77 -Thelabelindesignmode(ontheleft)andpreviewofthefivelabelswithdatafromthedatabaseConnect to a DatabaseThelabelingsoftwareof

- 78 -3. ClickontheNextbutton.Note:Ifyouconnecttothedatabaseforthefirsttime,youneedtodefinethedatabasestructure.Continuewi

- 79 -Definingthetypeofthetextdatabase2. ClickontheNextbutton.3. Definethewidthsoftheindividualcolumnsbyplacingabreakline

- 8 -Close All Software ApplicationsToensurecompleteinstallationofthelabelingsoftware,closeallopensoftwareapplicationsbeforeyoustart

- 80 -Place Database Fields on a LabelThenextstepintheDatabaseWizardopensthedialogboxwiththelistofavailablefieldsfromthedatabase.

- 81 -Thelabelwillshowseveraltextobjects.Everyfieldfromthedatabaseislinkedwiththetextobjectonthelabel.Use Print Preview to Selec

- 82 -Previewofthesecondlabelintheseries7. ClickontheNextbuttoninthecommandwindowtoadvancetothenextlabelintheseries.Aft

- 83 -Using Text File WizardText File WizardWhentheinputdatabasefileisaplainASCIItextfileorformattedCSV(CommaSeparatedValues),Text

- 84 -Start import at rowoptionisuseful,whenyoudonotwanttoimportsomerowsatthetopofthefile.Mostusualsituation,whenyouwould

- 85 -DatabaseWizard–SettingcolumnbreaksIfyouhaveselectedthatyourdataisformattedwithfixedwidths,thesecondstepoftheWizardwillb

- 86 -DatabaseWizard–FormattingthefieldsInthisstepoftheWizardyoucanreviewthefields'namesandlengthsandmodifythem,ifnec-ess

- 87 -followingnotationisused:h Hours in 12-hour format (AM/PM will be added if they follow the time). Can occupy one or two characters.hh Hour

- 88 -Theexpressionisaone-lineVisualBasicscript.Youcanuseupto100charactersforyourexpres-sion.Note: Themulti-linecommandslike&

- 89 -to write and modify the script you are working on.Description This section displays the name, sample use and description of the currently sele

- 9 -Note:ThistypeofprinterinstallationisavailableonlywhenrunninginstallationfromtheproductCD.Printer Installation Using the Printer

- 90 -Printing and Previewing LabelsPreviewing PicturesWhenyouplaceapictureonthelabel,indesignmodeitisalwaysshownincolor-depthasde

- 91 -l Useprinter'sinternalfontsinsteadofWindows'true-typefonts.True-typefontsmustbesenttoprinterasgraphicsandther

- 92 -Technical SupportOnline SupportYoucanfindthelatestbuilds,updates,workaroundsforproblemsandFrequentlyAskedQuestions(FAQ)onthep

- 93 -Glossary of TermsAuto translationBarcodeinterpretationinhumanreadablecharacters.DarknessTheprint-headtemperaturedefinestheprintdarkn