Extern Text Mailing - Object Creation And Properties - Leibinger JET3 Series Operating Manual

Group 8
8.7.5.3.3 Extern Text Mailing – Object creation and properties
See figure 180
Basically a <Mailing> object is a special kind of <Extern Text> object.
Please see chapter 8.7.5.1.2 Extern Text: fixed length – Object creation
and properties for details about how to create an object and enter the
global settings for an object.
To create a <Mailing> object you will have to select this option in the <Object settings>
dialog box on the <Extern Text> tab (1). After selecting the <Mailing> option (6) from the
drop-down list <Type> the <Mailing object> parameters are shown on the tab.
Wildcards
There is a display field which shows the current number of wildcards (3). This parameter
can either be changed by using the arrow keys (7) or with the numeric keypad that will be
displayed when you click in the display field (3).
Wildcards are used to determine the number of characters from the content of the
defined field (5) that shall be used. The used character (e.g. "X") will be displayed in the
editor as long as there are no data loaded from the data file. As soon as the first data set
is loaded from the data file the wildcard characters will be replaced by these data.
Example <Wildcards>:
Set wildcards:
X
Display in the print preview of the main window as long as there were no data loaded:
X
Data in field 1
A B
Display of the loaded data in the print preview of the main window:
A
Result
Due to the set wildcards only the first characters of the data in field 1 are took into account.
Fieldnumber
With the parameter <Fieldnumber> (5) you assign the data field to the <Mailing> object.
The current content of the specified data field will be printed. You can enter the parameter
either with the arrow keys (8) or the numeric keypad (9) which is displayed when you click
in the display field.
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