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1. Specification Description Field type Type of field Text Barcode Graphic Line Box or Raw Color Screen Foreground Field foreground color for on screen display Screen Background Field background color for on screen display Send Data Selection of when the content of the raw data field is to be sent to the printer After label is sent At beginning of label data At end of label data Send field origin When checked the coordinates of the raw data will be sent to the printer Legitronic User Manual v3 4 60 4 Designing Labels Data Types This section describes the controls for the various data types available on the Data tab of the Field Properties dialog box Constant Constant data remains unchanged every time the label is printed Field Properties Settings Options Font Data Seria Expression Type Constant y Padding None PadLeft Pad Right Fill Character y Fill Length fo Constant I a Cancel Apply Help Specification Description Padding Type of padding desired when the field content is shorter than the length specified in the Fill Length field none pad left or pad right Fill Character Character to be used to pad the field Fill Length The maximum allowable length of the field Constant For text fields the text that will print on each label F
2. Expression Type identifies the type of data the field will contain Constant Reference Field Database Text File Date or Time String Builder or Supplied Input The control fields that appear below vary according to the type of data selected The types of data and their respective control fields are described in Data Types beginning on page 61 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 44 4 Designing Labels Text Fields Serial Tab Field Properties Settings Options Font Data Serial Serial Number Stat Value fo Increment fo 3 Tracking se al Number eme E Leading Fill Character Character lengt p Automatic Label Counts Tracking I This field determines number of identical labels printed J This field determines number of labels serialized Cancel Apply Help Specification Description Serial Number No Yes Tracking keep track of last number used for this serial number Start Value Beginning serial number value Increment The number to be used to increment the serial number Tracking Serial Number Name Name of serial number to be used Leading Fill Character Character Character to be used to pad the serial number Length Length in characters of serial number Automatic Label Counts This field determines number of When checked the value of this field identical labels printed det
3. Result ABCDEFGHIJK See also cat left len mid pad_left right Legitronic User Manual v3 4 165 Appendix A Data Expressions precision number places zeros_flag right string len Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Returns the number specified with the number of decimals specified Includes zeroes if specified This function does not round Parameters Number number of decimal places zero flag Zero flag values 0 Do not remove the zeroes zero suppression false 1 Remove the zeroes zero suppression true Example precision 55 3 0 Result 55 000 See also abs sen Returns characters specified beginning from the right of the string Parameters String number of characters Example right ABCDEFGHIJK 5 Result GHIJK See also cat left len mid pad_left pad_right 166 Appendix A Data Expressions serial base increment length fill persistant Equivalent to the serial Yes radio button on the Data Expression dialog box Creates a serial number field based on the parameters entered Parameters Starting number increment number optional length optional fill character optional The increment defaults to 1 the length defaults to zero all and the fill defaults to spaces Example serial 25 5 10 0 Result The serial number will begin at 25 will increment by 5 and will be 10 characters long If it is not 10 characters long the 0 symbol will fill in the extr
4. Add Graphic Procedure l 2 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Display the property pages of the Legi driver you are using and select the Graphics tab Enter the name of the graphic as it is used by Legi in the Filename edit control NOTE Do not include the drive letter or path For example In a Legi graphic field the name might be C Graphics Logo pcx Enter only Logo pcx in this edit control Choose the memory card slot that was used when you downloaded the graphic using the Sato Memory Card Manager Select it in the Memory Card list Enter the graphic ID in the Storage Area edit control NOTE This is the value that was assigned by the printer when you downloaded the graphic using the Sato Memory Card Manager Press the Add To Downloaded List button The graphic will be added to the Downloaded Printer Graphics list Press OK when you are done adding graphics 229 Appendix E Graphics Support Delete Graphic Procedure l 2 Select the graphic from the Downloaded Printer Graphics list Press the Remove From List button You will see the graphic disappear from the list Press OK when you are done removing graphics The graphic must also be deleted from the printer using the Sato Memory Card Manager Weber Series 40 Printer Properties 2 x General Sharing Ports Advanced Security Device Settings Fonts Graphics Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Downloaded Printer Graphics p n m Gra
5. auto_tracking serial 144 automated print control 180 217 how to use 180 rules 189 sample file 214 Automation Server 138 AUTO REPEAT 181 barcode fields 47 batch print control 180 commands 181 BEGIN 182 blank 144 box fields 58 c128fnc 145 cat 144 Changes to Automation Interface 136 changing group names 89 user names 91 user passwords 91 check boxes how to use 12 checksum 145 chr 145 CLEAR BUFFER 182 closing Legi 27 windows 11 combo boxes how to use 12 command buttons selecting 10 standard 15 commands Application Designer 189 conditional GOTO 190 database input output 208 file input output 202 GOTO 190 IF 191 math 194 miscellaneous 212 port input output 205 screen input output 195 string 192 communication port parameters setting 112 conditionalGOTO commands 190 configuration 234 file locations 109 options 108 procedure 107 remote input 111 settings 106 system tables 113 Configuration dialog box 96 101 107 configuring printer drivers 175 configuring Legi 106 file locations 109 options 108 procedure 107 remote input 111 system tables 113 Configuring Legi Print Drivers 230 233 constant data 62 data expression functions abort 142 abs 142 asc 143 auto_identical 143 auto_serial 143 auto_tracking serial 144 blank 144 c128fne 145 checksum 145 chr 145 dll 145 false 146 fld 146 format time 147 get_cu
6. The Configuration dialog box opens Configuration 2 On each relevant tab of the Configuration dialog box make new selections or modify existing selections as necessary The selections on each tab are described in the following sections 3 When you have completed your configuration selections click OK Y our selections are saved to the appropriate files local registry file configuration file or both Legitronic User Manual v3 4 105 Options Legitronic User Manual v3 4 9 Configuration Configuration X Options Fie Locations Remote Input System Tables Update system print log Update label print logs Unit of Measure Inches Millimeters Points Dots Application Designer J Bon Application Designer when printing labels Application Designer Filename e Use default printer at print time if driver does not exist Cancel Appl Help Specification Description System Tables Update label stock When checked the number of labels printed is tracked in the label stock table Notify low stock at print When checked the user is alerted at print time time when the number of labels in stock fall below a certain level Update system print log When checked the labels printed user name and other information is tracked in the system print log Update label print logs When checked the user specified print lo
7. This function returns the day of the week based on the algorithm outlined in ISO 8601 Day number one of any week is Monday and day number seven is Sunday Please note This function is not compatible with Legi 220 For compatibility with Legi 220 use the function get day of week Returns the hour of the day between 0 and 23 for a specified internal time value Parameters Time value Example get_hour get_current_time Result 12 Note The current time is 12 01 pm See also format_time get_current_time get_job_start_time get_job_submit_time get_minute get_second get_time_value isam ispm Legitronic User Manual v3 4 149 get_identical_count get_job_start_date Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Appendix A Data Expressions Returns the current settings for the number of identical labels executed at print time This function cannot be used in conjunction with auto_ identical Parameters None See also auto_identical get_serial_count get_query_count Returns the date value for the job start date This function can be used in conjunction with format_date to make the date value human readable The job start date or time is the time that the print job actually began printing The job submit date or time is the time when the print job was submitted to the print manager Parameters None See also format_date get_current_date get_date_value get_day get_day_of_week get_job_start_time ge
8. Tile Vertically Rearranges open windows in a vertical tile pattern from left to right 25 3 Getting Started Designing Labels Legitronic User Manual v3 4 26 4 Designing Labels Label design requires advance planning It is a good idea to finalize the label content and format before you begin creating the design in Legi When you are ready to use Legi you can create an entirely new label format or use the format for an existing label as the basis for your design This chapter provides the detailed information you need to perform each of the label design steps BW N e Opening the Label Design window Specifying the label properties Specifying the label fields Saving the label 5 Printing a test label This chapter also discusses object linking and embedding OLE a feature that allows you to link a file created in another application to a specific field Opening the Label Design Window When you open the Label Design window you must indicate whether you are creating a new label design or using an existing label as the basis for your design Legitronic User Manual v3 40 27 4 Designing Labels Creating a New Label Design To create a new label design click in the tool bar or select File New from the menu bar to open a blank Label Design window it Legitronic Label Printing Software 3 4 0 Label1 Ele Edt Mew Field Tools Window Help aP Label DAR Legitronic User Ma
9. Media tracking Label stock type continuous or non continuous Print mode Print mode selection Tear off labels will be torn off manually Peel off printer will separate the backing from the label Backing only rewind assembly must be installed External rewind Label stock winds onto the external rewind spool Optional external rewind assembly must be installed Cutter cutter will cut between labels A cutter must be installed Installed graphics module Location and size of installed graphics module Select edge sensor Select to use die cut stock with a reflective label edge sensor Legitronic User Manual v3 4 176 Appendix B Printer Driver Installation and Configuration Status Checking Follow these steps to set status checking on or off 1 Click the Details tab of the Print Driver Properties dialog box Weber Series 23 Print Driver Properties General Options Settings Weber Series 23 Print Driver Print to the following port fcom Communications Port y Add Port Delete Port Print using the following driver Weber Series 23 Print Driver y New Driver Capture Printer Port End Capture Timeout settings Not selected fi 5 seconds Transmission retry g seconds Spool Settings Port Settings Cancel Apply 2 Click Spool Settings to open the Spool Settings dia
10. New Password Corcel Legitronic User Manual v3 4 88 XD PM E 6 Security Administration Type the name of the new user in the New User Name field Type the new user s password in the New Password field Type the new user s password again in the Verify Password field Click OK The Add Modify User dialog box closes The user name you added now appears in the Users list box of the Security Administrator dialog box If you have no other Security Administrator functions to perform click Save and Exit to save all your changes to the security database and exit the Security Administrator application Modifying a User Name and or Password Follow these steps to modify an existing user name and or password in the Legi security database l In the Security Administrator dialog box select the user s group from the Groups list box Select the appropriate user name Click the Users radio button Click Modify The Add Modify User dialog box opens New User Name fu ohn Doe New Password Carcel If modifying the user name type the new name in the New User Name field If modifying the user password type the new password in the New Password field Then type the password again in the Verify Password field Click OK Legitronic User Manual v3 4 89 6 Security Administration The Add Modify User dialog box closes If changed the modified user name now replaces the old user name in th
11. See also format_date get_current_date get_date_value get_day get_day_of_week get_job_start_date get_job_submit_date get_julian_day get_month get_year 157 Appendix A Data Expressions get_week_of year_iso value This function returns the year number based on the algorithm outlined in ISO 8601 Week number one of any year is defined as the first week of the year where the majority of its days four or more are in that year Also weeks are defined as starting on Monday Please note This function is not compatible with Legi 220 For compatibility with Legi 220 use the function get week of year The year 2000 breaks down as follows 52 of 1999 Jan 1 Saturday 52 of 1999 Jan 2 Sunday 1 Jan 3 9 Monday Sunday 2 Jan 10 16 Monday Sunday 51 Dec 18 24 Monday Sunday 52 Dec 25 31 Monday Sunday get_year date_value Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Returns the year for a specified internal date value Parameters Date value Example get_year get_current_date Result 1993 Note The current date is June 11 1999 See also format_date get_current_date get_date_value get_day get_day_of_week get_job_start_date get_job_submit_date get_julian_day get_month get_week_of_year 158 Appendix A Data Expressions if test_value true_value false_value Returns a value based on the test value entered True is not equal to zero and false is equal to zero
12. Using the Label Stock Log Legitronic User Manual v3 4 The label stock log is an ODBC connected database table maintained by Legi and displayed within the parent database application For selected label stock Legi tracks the number of labels printed the quantity in stock and when stock should be reordered Legi updates this information in the label stock log after successful completion of every print job including print jobs that print to a file You can maintain the log by adding label stock names and updating quantities as necessary _ Stock Name Start Date Labels Printed Current Qty Reorder Qty Reorder Now Comments 7 31 98 8 12 98 9 17 98 Record 14 4 1 va gt of 3 Note Legi does not update the label stock log unless the label stock log option is activated in the Configuration dialog box Refer to Activating Audit Options on page 99 To use the label stock log create a table containing the following fields Field Name Description Stock Name Label stock name All stock names in this column appear as label stock selections elsewhere in Legi You can add stock names but Legi does not update this field Start Date State date this can be the date that the stock was received or ordered or some other date Legi does not update this field Labels Printed Total number of labels printed on this label stock to date Current Qty Quantity currently in stock Legi u
13. 1 Failure Legitronic User Manual v3 4 209 Appendix C Automated Print Control SET TIME Sets the system time Syntax SET TIME hour min sec hund Notes hund hundredths of seconds SERRORCODE 0 Success 1 Failure SLEEP Suspends the batch for an interval specified in milliseconds Syntax SLEEP msecs Notes msecs number of milliseconds The limit is 4294967296 or 49 50 days WIN EXEC Runs a specified application Syntax WIN EXEC CmdLine Notes CmaLine is a string containing the command line filename and optional parameter for the application to run If the string does not contain a path Windows searches the directories in this order Directory that contains the executable file for the current task Current directory Windows system directory Windows directory Directories listed in the PATH environment variable ERRORCODE 0 Success 1 Failure Legitronic User Manual v3 4 210 Sample File Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Appendix C Automated Print Control Select the bolts label for printing FORMAT bolts Ibl IDENTICAL COUNT 10 SERIAL COUNT 2 Set data values into the fields BEGIN 0001 Special Bolt design A230 yt1 0015 Expiration Date 6 30 95 END Print this format PRINT 211 Legitronic User Manual v3 40 212 Appendix D True Type Font Overview Legitronic User Manual v3 40 Support Legi version 3 4 supports recalling
14. 1 if the time is a PM time returns false 0 if the time entered is not a PM time Parameters Time value Example isom get_current_time Result 1 Note The current time is 12 01 pm 160 isstring value label_version Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Appendix A Data Expressions See also format_time get_current_time get_hour get_job_start_time get_job_submit_time get_minute get_second get_time_value if isam Returns true 1 or false 0 based whether the value of the parameter is numeric 0 or alpha 1 Parameters Value Example isstring abc Result 1 See also if isblank isnumber Returns the number of times the label has been saved Each time you save the label a counter is increased in the label format Parameters None See also get_label_name get_label_stock get_user_name last_label Indicates whether a label is the last label in the print job Returns 1 if the label is the last label in the print job Returns 0 if not the last label Parameters None See also first_label 161 left string len len string Appendix A Data Expressions Returns characters specified beginning from the left of the string Parameters String number of characters Example left ABCDEFGHIJK 5 Result ABCDE See also cat len mid pad_left pad_right right Returns the number of characters in a string Parameters String Example len ABCDEFGHIJK Result 1
15. Inc part were not enclosed in quotes the comma would be interpreted as part of the command and generate an error Legitronic User Manual v3 40 139 abort abs number Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Appendix A Data Expressions In an expression like format_time value format separator am pm the parameters that appear between the brackets are optional If you include them do not type the brackets as part of the expression They only indicate that the parameters are not required in this particular data expression function The operator precedence is Multiple division and modulo arithmetic Addition and subtraction Relational operations equal to greater than gt less than lt not equal to lt gt equal to or less than lt and equal to or greater than gt Returns message at print time that the printing has been aborted Use in conjunction with computer repetition and if statement to conditionally stop the print job Parameters None See also if Returns absolute value of number Parameters Number Example abs 100 Result 100 See also precision sen 140 asc char Appendix A Data Expressions Returns numeric equivalent of ASCII character Parameters ASCII character Note If a character string is given for the parameter only the first character is used Example asc Result 33 See also chr auto_identical identical_co
16. Label Properties Settings Add Field Text Direct Edit Textl Apply Properties Font T Add Field Barcode Apply Properties Data Apply Properties Symbol Apply Properties Options This screen can display all records currently contained in the audit trail table or some filtered subset of that data Here are the filters Show All Records shows both application and security records this is the default You can filter these by User ID and or Date Range Show Application Records shows only application records what you have added deleted and edited You can filter these by any combination of Label ID e g within the application what has been done with Label 1 User ID and Date Range Show Security Records shows only security records successful and failed login results You can filter these by any combination of Login Status success or failure User ID and Date Range 121 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 To filter data select the desired filter s and click Refresh Every time you change filtering criteria click Refresh clicking Enter does the same thing Click Export Displayed Data to export any currently displayed records whether all audit trail records or some filtered subset to a tab delimited text file The user must be able to display data or to print it but not do both A print option is provided without formatting constrain
17. Sato allows graphics to be rotated after they are downloaded You download the fonts using the Sato Memory Card Manager NOTE Make sure that the printer is powered on and attached to the computer before starting this procedure Me A E Start the Memory Card Manager application Select Options Settings Choose Slot number 1 or 2 from the list depending on which slot your memory card is using Press OK Select Graphics Add Select PCX files in the List files of type list box Select the graphic you want to download and press OK Select the graphic name from the Graphics column on the main screen Select Graphics Download NOTE This downloads the PCX graphic to the printer The D next to the graphic indicates this graphic has been downloaded Use the Test Print feature to verify the download operation Select Graphics Test Print NOTE This prints the graphic along with its assigned ID This ID is the location in the printer where the graphic is stored Record this ID for later use 228 Appendix E Graphics Support Configuring Legi Print Drivers You must tell Legi what graphics are downloaded and resident in the printer Do this by using the Graphics property page of the Legi print driver Note that the graphics you want to use must have previously been downloaded to the printer using the Sato Memory Card Manager You will need administrative access to the computer to perform the following procedures
18. Settings Options Font Data Serial Field Type Text Alignment Paragraph Horz Left le Auto Wrap ic Fit Dynamic Wert Top ni Object Wrap Variable Y Variable Line Spacing 2 100 Color Screen Foreground Designator 01 99 2 a A E Max chars po 10 Auto Cale Background Printed Foreground Background Specification Description Field Type Type of field Text Barcode Graphic Line Box or Raw Alignment Horz Horizontal justification to be used Left Right Center or Justify left and right justification Vert Vertical justification to be used Top Bottom Center or Justify top and bottom justification Paragraph Auto Wrap When checked text is automatically separated into lines based on the width of the field Dynamic Fit When checked the font size is automatically adjusted so that the text fills the entire field Object Wrap When checked the paragraph field is wrapped around another field known as the object field when it is dragged against any side of the object field Line Spacing Line spacing to be used single 1 double 2 and so on Color Screen Foreground Field text color for on screen display Screen Background Field background color for on screen display Printed Foreground Field text color for printed labels Printed Backgrou
19. Using Dialog Boxes and Command Buttons in Chapter 3 34 4 Designing Labels Label Properties Queried Tab Label Properties User Name User Password M Use SOL Expression SU Eyoression Cancel Settings Options Size Summary Queried m Data Source o SC Table Name o Search Field o tst i S SY Start Value End Value O I Reevaluate Auto Counts Specification Description User Name User ID User Password User password required for some data sources Data Source Drop down list of data sources defined using the ODBC Administrator When you a select a data source a dialog box displays so that you can locate and select the appropriate database from that data source Table Name Name of the table that contains the data you want to use Search Field The field in the table to search for particular values Start Value The first value for which a label should be printed End Value The last value for which a label should be printed Use SQL Expression When checked the SQL expression entered in the SQL Expression box is used to select labels for printing If this field is checked when start and end values have been specified those values are converted to an SQL expression Reevaluate Auto Counts When checked the field value is re evaluated for every database record Otherwise the
20. click inside the field to insert the object Legitronic User Manual v3 4 73 4 Designing Labels Editing an Object To edit an object embedded in a field just double click the object The application it was created in activates so that you can edit it Dragging File Names From Explorer or Your Desktop You can also insert a file as an object in a label field by dragging the file name to the field from Explorer or from your desktop The file contents is inserted into the field and linked Saving the Label When saving the label under the same name simply click ll in the tool bar or select from File gt Save from the menu bar Note When you have not made any changes to a label the Save function is inactive Follow these steps to save the label under a different name 1 Select File Save As from the menu bar The Save As dialog box opens Save in O Labels y O e Ed Hfi Labe bl File name Label2 Ibl Save as type Label Files Ibl Cancel 2 Enter a file name for the label 3 Click the Save button Legitronic User Manual v3 4 74 4 Designing Labels Printing a Test Label You can print a test label in one of three ways 1 Select File gt Test Print from the menu bar 2 Right click the label and select Test Print from the menu that displays 3 Click in the tool bar Printing a Draft of the Label The draft print feature allows the user to print a copy of the label to any
21. explains the basic concepts and terms required to use Legi It provides a brief review of Windows conventions used in Legi describes the Legi application window and explains the use of dialog boxes and command buttons Chapter 4 Designing Labels explains how to design label formats using text barcode graphic line box and raw data fields Chapter 5 Printing Labels explains how to print labels Chapter 6 Security Administration explains how to select establish and maintain the level of system security you require Chapter 7 Serial Number Tracking Support explains how to use Legi s Serial Number Tracking feature Chapter 8 Audit Support explains how to establish an audit trail of label stock usage and print activity Chapter 9 Configuration explains how to configure Legi for your use Chapter 10 Security Administration Legitronic Secure Series Labeling Software explains administrator and user features to assist in be 21 CFR Part 11 compliance Chapter 11 Visual Basics for Applications discusses the development facilities of an integrated development environment Appendix A Data Expressions lists and describes the functions available for use in data expressions Appendix B Printer Driver Installation and Configuration explains how to install and configure printer drivers for use with Legi Appendix C Automated Print Control lists and describes the automated print control commands used in Legi Ap
22. get_time_value isam ispm Returns the current setting for the number of times the serial number will increment during a serial run This function cannot be used in conjunction with auto_serial Parameters None See also auto_serial get_identical_count get_query_count serial get_time_value hour min sec Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Returns the internal time value for a specified time Parameters Hour minute second Example get_time_value 12 01 00 See also format_time get_current_time get_date_value get_hour get_job_start_time get_job_submit_time get_minute get_second isam ispm 156 get_user_name Appendix A Data Expressions Returns the current user name logged into the system Parameters None See also get_label_name get_label_stock label_version get_week_of_year value Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Returns the number of the current week in the year Note that the first day of the year starts week 1 The function now returns the correct week of year number with a week defined as Sunday through Saturday The year 2000 has 54 weeks per standard week calculation techniques therefore year 2000 has 54 weeks as follows Jan 1 Saturday Jan 2 8 Sunday Saturday Jan 9 15 Sunday Saturday Dec 24 30 Sunday Saturday Dec 31 Sunday Parameters Date value Example get_week_of_year get_current_date Result 24 Note The current date is June 11 1999
23. installed printer Generally the feature is used to print copies of the label to an office type laser or ink jet printer for review A Draft Print is initiated by clicking File gt Draft Print See below TAE Ele Edit View Field Tools Window Help New Ctrl N Open Label for Design Ctrl D Open Label for Printing Ctrl O l Close j Save Ctrl S Seve s Configuration Printer Setup Test Print Pintlesel Reno 1 Label Jbl Exit Test print for review to any printer Legitronic User Manual v3 4 75 5 Printing Labels This chapter provides the detailed information you need to perform each of the printing steps 1 Opening a label for printing 2 Specifying the print properties 3 Printing the labels Opening a Label for Printing Follow these steps to open a label for printing 1 Click E in the tool bar or select File Open Label for Printing from the menu bar The Open Label for Printing dialog box opens Open Label for Printing Look in Labels j e ck En l a i Files of type Label Files IbI 7 Cancel 2 Locate and select the file name for the label you want to print 3 Click Open 4 The print properties dialog box opens with the label name displayed in the title bar Legitronic User Manual v3 40 76 5 Printing Labels Label Ibl Job Settings Query Ports Print Job pose Label
24. perform the following procedures Add Font Procedure Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Display the property pages of the Legi driver you are using and select the Fonts tab Select the TrueType font you want to access in the printer from the list Installed Computer Fonts Enter the font filename in the Download Filename edit control NOTE This is the name that was used when you downloaded the font to the printer using the Zebra Universal Print Driver You do not need to enter the FNT extension Select the memory location that was used when you downloaded the font usually B NOTE Check that R was not used R is used for label data and is cleared at the beginning of every label printed Press the Add To Downloaded List button The font will be added to the Downloaded Printer Fonts list Press OK when you are done adding fonts 215 Appendix D True Type Font Support Delete Font Procedure Select the font from the Downloaded Printer Fonts list Press the Remove From List button You will see the font disappear from the list Press OK when you are done removing fonts The font must also be deleted from the printer using the Zebra Universal Print Driver Weber Series 20 Printer Properties J 21x General Sharing Ports Advanced Security Device Settings Fonts Graphics Downloaded Printer Fonts Font Information Filename Arial FNT Location B Remove From List Bookman
25. string 2 etc variable number of strings Example cat Weber Marking Systems Result Weber Marking Systems See also left len mid pad_left pad_right right 142 C128fnc1 Appendix A Data Expressions Returns a Code 128 Function 1 character to a barcode checksum type string chr ascii_code dil library_name Generates a checksum of specified type for the given string Parameters Type string Type codes are 1 HIBCC Mod 43 2 UCC Mod 10 Example checksum 2 1234567890 Result 5 Returns the ASCII equivalent of a number Parameters ASCII code Example chr 33 Result See also ase function_name string1 string2 string3 string4 string5 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 This function allows calling into an external program called a DLL or Dynamic Link Library This is provided to allow customization of the software and requires a custom DLL to be written by a programmer For proper use of this function contact Weber Marking Systems Example dll custdll dll Mod87 123422234 Result 1234222349 Note This example would require that a DLL be written and be called custdll dll It would need to have an entry point within it called Mod87 which accepts a single string parameter 143 false fld fid_name Appendix A Data Expressions Synonymous with 0 True is synonymous with non zero values Parameters None See also if true first_label Ind
26. supergroup penny usergroup responsible review weber Users Add Assign System Settings y m Modify Disable zal System timeout minutes Password expiration days 30 4 Audit data retention days 2 Audit Database Purge Audit Trail Purge Archive Files Save nd Exit Exit Without Save Help Function Rights Features New Function Rights include Archive Meaning Level Legitronic User Manual v3 4 114 Archive Meaning Level Legitronic User Manual v3 4 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Selecting the Archive function allows you to save files to the Archive Some users can create labels but a manager must approve them before they can be put in the archives In general if a user is printing for production he or she will be printing from a file in the archives A user may have an authorship meaning level but may also be able to archive if the client wants it set up that way Click the browse button next to the Meaning Level option to display the following dialog Select Highest Meaning Level Authorship Review Approval C Responsibility Cancel Use this dialog to set the highest allowed meaning level for the selected group of users Meaning levels are arranged from lowest to highest Authorship to Responsibility A user is allowed to assign to a label any meaning level at or below the level that you set for the user e g if you set
27. 114 Eunction Rights Features cia o da ae 114 TANKE TAY E cuesta ete tot clas coche ear 00108 cedo otero E no de sedante elenco te la rca de ed 115 Meaning Level a A a oda 115 System Settings Features ii a os 116 Additional New Features cccccecssesssssesscssesscsseescssesseeseesessecsessecnseseseaessesecsesuecnevsesnsesesssecsesnscseseesnsseeseaesasenss 117 LEGITRONIC USER REFERENCE FOR 21 CFR PART 11 ooccccccconoconononcnnonnnononnnononn non non nco rca ncnnco nono ron non rra rca ronca nana 124 Application Log iu o se RAS 124 Password Expiration Rm a Ti ide sai DIA qee Ea T eE EA i 124 Periodic REIOG IN iinet an id e o dl e RA ends 127 LODOATCAIVINAO iia da tt a na 129 Setting Label Mode Meaning Level cc ccecccccessssseesceseeseeecseesecseeeecsaeesessecseesecseeeessaecseesecsessesseseeseaseeesaeenees 133 Changes to Automation Interface oo ccc cccccescessessceseeseeseesensecseesecsecccsaeesessecsessecsesecseecsesaeesecsecseseeesaseeesaeenees 134 11 VISUAL BASIC FOR APPLICATIONS 135 INTRODUCTION eos cers sessilis vies a ll Ansett dro ts canica dl dico ies lad ah ions 135 MISUAL BASIC ROR APPLICATIONS 0d lod dl dd dla ia data das dit 136 AUTOMATION SERVER s scusetoes ataco datos enel dlls dele durado cheeses a a als cereal certo DU ad tes eka 136 VISUAL BASIC FOR APPLICATIONS VBA ccccessessessessesecsseeecsseescaeeseesecsecsecsseeecsaecsessesaecsecasesessaecaesaecsecaeesaeesseaseneeaes 137 TI eA o E aAA al ad e
28. Graphics list Press OK when you are done adding graphics 232 Appendix E Graphics Support Delete Graphic Procedure 1 Select the graphic from the Downloaded Printer Graphics list 2 Press the Remove From List button You will see the graphic disappear from the list 3 Press OK when you are done removing graphics The graphic must also be deleted from the printer s Weber Series 33 Printer Properties F Flash Memory v Legitronic User Manual v3 4 233 Index gt symbol 10 abort 142 abs 142 activating audit support 101 Add Graphic Procedure 230 Datamax printers 236 Sato printer 233 Add Printer icon 173 Wizard 173 Add Modify Group Name dialog box 88 89 Add Modify User dialog box 91 92 ADD BATCH 212 adding groups 88 users 90 Adding a User 119 ALTERNATE AUTO COUNTS 181 ANSI CHAR 192 Application Designer 188 commands 189 conditionalGOTO 190 database input output 208 file input output 202 IF 191 math 194 miscellaneous 212 port input output 205 screen input output 195 string 192 performance notes 188 syntax rules 188 Archive function 117 asc 143 Assign Read Only Paths dialog box 93 assigning ports to remote sources 111 assignment statement 189 Audit Database button 122 audit support 100 how to activate 101 label print log 104 label stock log 102 system print log 103 auto_identical 143 auto_serial 143 Legitronic User Manual v3 4
29. Group Name Accounting Cancel Type the new name for the group Click OK The Add Modify Group Name dialog box closes The modified group name now replaces the old group name in the Groups list box of the Security Administrator dialog box If you have no other Security Administrator functions to perform click Save and Exit to save all your changes to the security database and exit the Security Administrator application 87 6 Security Administration Deleting a Group Name Follow these steps to delete an existing group name from the Legi security database 1 In the Security Administrator dialog box click the Groups radio button 2 Select the group name that you want to delete Click Delete The selected group name is removed from the Groups list box 4 If you have no other Security Administrator functions to perform click Save and Exit to save all your changes to the security database and exit the Security Administrator application Maintaining Users Legi Security Administrator allows you to Add and delete user names Modify user names and or passwords Adding a New User Follow these steps to add a new user to the Legi security database 1 In the Security Administrator dialog box select the appropriate group for the new user from the Groups list box 2 Click the Users radio button Click Add The Add Modify User dialog box opens Add Modify User x New User Name fu ohn Doe
30. Height For a scalable font the exact height of the text Width For a scalable font the exact width of the text Use point sizes When checked point size is used for the Height and Width specifications Style Inverse When checked the foreground and background colors will be AER Italic When checked the text will print in italic Available for soft fonts only Bold When checked the text will print in bold Available for soft fonts only Underline When checked the text will print underlined Available for soft fonts only Strikeout When checked the text will print with strikeout characters through it Available for soft fonts only Magnification Height For a non scalable font the amount of height magnification Legitronic User Manual v3 4 43 4 Designing Labels Specification Description Width For a non scalable font the amount of width magnification Preview Results of your font specifications Inverse Dithering Height When the Style is Inverse the height of the space beyond the text occupied by the reverse Width When the Style is Inverse the width of the space beyond the text occupied by the reverse Text Fields Data Tab Field Properties Settings Options Font Data Seria Expression Type MIE Padding None PadLeft Pad Right Fill Character Fill Length fo Constant
31. IF GREATERTHAN 191 IF LESSTHAN 191 IF NOT EQUAL 191 IF NOT GREATERTHAN 191 IF NOT LESSTHAN 191 index 161 input supplied 69 Insert Object dialog box 74 75 installing printer drivers 172 installing Legi 5 isam 161 isblank 162 isnumber 162 ispm 162 isstring 163 italics conventions for 3 JOB DESCRIPTION 187 keyboard shortcuts 9 Label Archiving 131 Label Design window 28 label fields barcode 47 box 58 creating new 37 data types 62 constant 62 database 65 date or time 67 reference 63 string builder 68 supplied input 69 text 66 defining space for 37 deleting 74 graphics 52 line 56 positioning 37 raw 59 repositioning 38 resizing 39 selecting See selecting label fields specifying properties of 40 text 41 types of 37 using existing 37 label print log how to use 104 label properties specifying 31 Label Properties dialog box 32 105 label stock log how to use 102 label_version 163 labels creating a new design 29 Legitronic User Manual v3 40 Index designing 27 draft printing 77 printing 84 opening for 78 saving 76 test printing 77 using an existing design 30 left 164 Legi application window 8 16 menu bar 17 title bar 17 application workspace 16 audit support 100 how to activate 101 label print log 104 label stock log 102 system print log 103 configuration 106 file locations 109 options 108 procedure 107 remote input 111 syst
32. Julian date 1 366 jb Julian date leading blanks liz Julian date leading zeros TM 12 hour time 1 12 TZ 42 hour time 01 12 tm 24 hour time 0 23 tz 24 hour time 00 23 mt Minutes 0 59 mz Minutes 00 59 sc Seconds 0 59 s2 Seconds 00 59 ap am pm AP AM PM si Shift Information Legitronic User Manual v3 4 71 4 Designing Labels Deleting a Field Follow these steps to delete a field 1 Select the field 2 Select Edit gt Delete from the menu bar or press the Delete key on your keyboard Object Linking and Embedding OLE Object linking and embedding OLE allows you to create an object such as a graphic or Microsoft Word document in any Windows application that supports OLE and use that object as the content of a label field To use the OLE function make sure the application you want to create the object in is active You can insert an existing object or create a new object by following the steps below Inserting an Existing Object Legitronic User Manual v3 4 1 Select the field that will contain the object 2 Select Edit Insert New Object The Insert Object dialog box opens Insert Object 21x oie pe CheckedList Class Corel GALLERY Clipart Corel Photo House Document Corel PHOTO PAINT 7 0 Image Corel Presentations 8 Chart I niena Asl Corel Presentations 8 Drawing Display A
33. Manual v3 4 Appendix C Automated Print Control KEY1 KEY KEYN are the key column names VALI VAL2 VALN are the key values Notes DB READ NEXT returns the record pointed to by the record pointer When a file is opened a record pointer for the DB READ NEXT function is set to point to the first record in the file This record pointer can be changed in several ways 1 By calling DB READ NEXT without the START AT clause When DB READ NEXT is called without the START AT clause the next record in the file is returned and the record pointer is incremented to point to the following record in the file 2 By calling any other database function DB READ DB UPDATE DB INSERT DB DELETE RECORD DB OPEN which will set the record pointer to the beginning of the file 3 By calling DB READ NEXT with a START AT clause This will create a record set of all records in the file with key value greater than or equal to the specified key The record pointer will point to the first record in that record set Subsequent DB READ NEXT commands that don t contain a START AT clause will return records from this record set If end of file is reached or any other error occurs ERRORCODE is set to 1 For example DB OPEN ADDRESSES EMPLOYEES HANDLE QUERY LOOP DB READ NEXT HANDLE LAST NAME NAME IF EQUAL ERRORCODE 1 EXIT MESSAGE BOX NAME NAME GOTO LOOP EXIT DB CLOSE HANDLE This will dis
34. Stock F Submit Job Suspended Clear Printer Buffer E 2 Preview None suto Repea First Label F Disable Auto Print MV Submit job ASAP Every Label Print Count Number of Identical Labels Hf Number of Serial Labels Cut Pause Count E e Cancel Save to disk Help Specifying the Print Properties The print properties dialog box includes three tab displays a Job Settings general information about the label print job a Query information about where to obtain queried input Q Ports information about supplied input sources On each relevant tab of the print properties dialog box specify the appropriate print properties The specifications on each tab are described in the following sections Legitronic User Manual v3 4 77 Job Settings 5 Printing Labels Specification Description Print Job Description Name of label print job This is the job name that will appear in Windows Print Manager Label Stock Stock to be used for printing the label Submit Job Suspended When checked the print job goes to the Windows print queue as a paused document to be released later Clear Printer Buffer When checked the currently printing job is cleared from the printer memory Auto Repeat When checked the print job automatically starts printing again upon completion Disable Auto Print When checked the label does not automatical
35. Success 1 Failure DB OPEN Opens a database Syntax DB OPEN DataSourceName tablename tblhandle mode username password Notes This command returns the table handle that will be used by other database I O commands in tblhandle ERRORCODE 0 Success 1 Failure Legitronic User Manual v3 4 205 DB INSERT DB READ DB READ NEXT Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Appendix C Automated Print Control Adds a record to a database Syntax DB INSERT tblhandle namel valuel name2 value2 Notes The specified record will be added All non specified fields will be set to 0 or spaces ERRORCODE 0 Success 1 Failure Retrieves a record by key match Syntax DB READ tblhandle FieldName RTNFIELDVALUE namel valuel name2 value2 Notes Searches the open table specified by tblhandle to find the record that has value n on key field name n SERRORCODE 0 Success 1 Failure Returns the record pointed to by the record pointer Syntax DB READ NEXT HANDLE COL1 VAR1 COL2 VAR2 COLN SVARN START AT KEY1 VALI KEY2 VAL2 KEYN VALN where HANDLE is the handle of an open file must have been opened using the DB OPEN command COL1 COL2 COLN are the column names of the fields to be returned VARI VAR2 SVARN are variables that will contain the values of the columns when the read is completed 206 Legitronic User
36. applications Legitronic User Manual v3 40 135 Visual Basic for Applications Visual Basic for Applications Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA is a development technology for rapidly customizing desktop applications like Legi and integrating them with existing data and systems VBA offers an extensive set of programming tools based on the Microsoft Visual Basic development system Visual Basic for Applications provides an integrated development environment IDE that features the same development facilities as Visual Basic including a Project Window a Properties Window and debugging tools VBA also includes support for visually creating custom forms and dialog boxes to build custom user interfaces Integrated directly into Legi VBA offers performance and usability improvements over Application designer and Batch Print Control Integration of the software components for label printing and user interface handling offers the fastest processing Clients access to the VBA development environment directly from Legi allows them to purchase and install one software product they can use to create maintain and implement a custom label printing solution Automation Server Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Legi 3 3 0 implements a Microsoft OLE Automation Server based on Microsoft s Component Object Model COM architecture Through Automation Legi for Windows exposes some common internal functions through COM objects Softwa
37. closes only the port opened by PORT OPEN PORT OPEN Opens a communication port Syntax PORT OPEN port speed parity bytesize stopbits Notes port specifies the device in the form of COMn where n is 1 9 or LPTn where n is 1 3 speed parity bytesize and stopbits are used to set up the port for COMn only On a successful open ERRORCODE is 0 On failure ERRORCODE is 1 PORT READ Reads bytes from a communication port Syntax PORT READ port nbytes data Note port 1s COMn or LPTn nbytes specifies number of bytes to read data is the data read from the port The port must be opened by PORT OPEN SERRORCODE 0 Success 1 Failure Legitronic User Manual v3 4 203 Appendix C Automated Print Control PORT WRITE Writes a string to a communication port Syntax PORT WRITE port string Notes port 1s COMn or LPTn The port must be opened by PORT OPEN ERRORCODE 0 Success 1 Failure Legitronic User Manual v3 4 204 Appendix C Automated Print Control Database Input Output Commands DB CLOSE Closes a database Syntax DB CLOSE tblhandle Note tblhandle is the table handle obtained from DB OPEN DB DELETE RECORD Retrieves the field s from the next record Syntax DB DELETE tblhandle name 1 value1 name2 value2 Notes The record identified by namen and valuen is deleted When more than one record matches the first record is deleted ERRORCODE 0
38. grow only as wide as the type of barcode allows When resizing line and box fields the line or box will be the same size as the field Field Alignment Tool The alignment feature allows users to align a group of fields along any side top bottom left and right of the dominant field s boundary The dominant field is the last field selected The alignment tool is available in Edit gt Alignment or via the alignment toolbar shown below jalale Legitronic User Manual v3 4 38 4 Designing Labels Specifying Field Properties Field properties are specified in the Field Properties dialog box The number of tabs in the Field Properties dialog box and the contents of each tab vary according to the type of field Follow these steps to specify the properties for a field 1 Click the field to select it 2 Position the cursor within the field and right click to display the following menu Cut Ctrl Copy Ctrl C Menu Options Paste Ctrl V Delete Del Duplicate Options Fort Field Properties Tabs Data Serial Properties Alt Enter The tabs in the Field Properties dialog box are listed at the bottom of the menu If you select a tab name the Field Properties dialog box opens with that tab activated If you select Properties the Field Properties dialog box opens with the Settings tab activated Note The menu options displayed will vary according to the type of field selected 3 Select the
39. is the one specified as the thousands separator in your international settings This character is treated as a literal for masking purposes Time separator The actual character used is the one specified as the time separator in your international settings This character is treated as a literal for masking purposes Date separator The actual character used is the one specified as the date separator in your international settings This character is treated as a literal for masking purposes Treats the next character in the mask string as a literal This allows you to include the amp A and characters in the mask This character is treated as a literal for masking purposes Character placeholder Valid values for this placeholder are ANSI characters in the following ranges 32 126 and 128 255 Converts all the characters that follow to uppercase Converts all the characters that follow to lowercase Alphanumeric character placeholder entry required for example a E z A E Z or 0 E9 Alphanumeric character placeholder entry optional Digit placeholder entry optional for example 0 E9 Character or space placeholder entry optional This operates exactly like the amp placeholder and ensures compatibility with Microsoft Access Letter placeholder for example a E z or A EZ Literal Displays all other symbols as literals that is as them
40. names Syntax DIALOG COMBOBOX FILES filename style x y w h file Notes filename can include wildcards style can be SIMPLE DROPDOWN or DROPDOWNLIST w is the combo box box width in pixels h is the combo box height in pixels When file is assigned a value before the DIALOG SHOW command its value at that moment of executing DIALOG SHOW will be highlighted if the value is in the list DIALOG COMBOBOX ITEM Adds a string to the latest combo box control Syntax DIALOG COMBOBOX ITEM string Notes An empty or duplicate string will not be added to the list This command must be placed immediately after the DIALOG COMBOBOX command DIALOG EDIT Defines an edit box control in the latest dialog box Syntax DIALOG EDIT x y width height EditText PASSWORD Notes When EditText is assigned a value before the DIALOG SHOW command its value at the moment of executing DIALOG SHOW will be the initial value of the edit box After a pushbutton is clicked the edited text will be stored in EditText When the keyword PASSWORD is specified Legi displays all characters as asterisks as they are typed into edit control Legitronic User Manual v3 4 194 DIALOG FRAME DIALOG GROUPBOX Appendix C Automated Print Control Defines a box with the specified frame style in the latest dialog box Syntax DIALOG FRAME framestyle x y width height Note framestyle must be BLACKFRAME GRAYFRAME or WHITE
41. need to configure Legi Configuration settings are organized into four categories a Options information to be tracked in system tables the unit of measure used to create new labels and Application Designer information a File Locations fully qualified pathname for the directory that stores each type of file labels graphics configuration and print control a Remote Input the port assigned to each remote source of supplied input o System Tables the ODBC data source and table name for each type of system table System Print Log Label Stock Log and Tracking Serial Numbers Configuration settings are stored in two locations in the local registry file for the current user and in LegiConfiguration dat the configuration file stored on a local or network drive Both the local registry and configuration files are required because some settings are specific to each Legi workstation while others must be globally accessible to all users running Legi on a network Your Legi configuration is established and maintained using the Configuration dialog box which contains a tabbed display for each of the configuration categories listed above When you click OK Legi saves the configuration settings to the appropriate file local registry file configuration file or both 104 9 Configuration Configuration Procedure Follow these steps to configure Legi 1 Select Options Configuration from the menu bar
42. not change even though the field that specifies automatic or identical counts changes across several different records of a queried run Automatically repeats this job in an endless loop Value Yes or No Default None 179 BEGIN CLEAR BUFFER DELETE BATCH Appendix C Automated Print Control Begins accepting field data Value none Default none Clears the current job from the printer when this job starts Value Yes or No Default None None Deletes the batch when it has been completely processed Value None Default None DISABLE AUTO PRINT END ERROR ACTION Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Specifies whether job will auto print on last supplied input Value Yes or No Default None Stops accepting field data Value None Default None Specifies the error handling method Values Abort abort batch or Ignore ignore error and continue Default Ignore 180 ERROR LOG Appendix C Automated Print Control Specifies where to direct an error Value drive path filename ext Display to display or None Default Display Notes When the drive and path are not supplied the value in SET DIRECTORY is used FMT GDIPRINTERNAME FORMAT IDENTICAL COUNT Selects the print mode for the label format Value The name of the Windows printer as it appears in Print Manager for example HP LaserJet 4 Plus 4M Plus Default None Notes The printer names must match exactly Selects a l
43. sample displays of representative data that will not exactly match specific data displayed on your screen Customer Support For software technical support call 847 364 8500 ext 773 between the hours of 8 00 AM and 4 30 PM Monday through Friday For hardware related problems call 847 364 8500 ext 776 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 3 2 Installation This chapter lists Legi s hardware and software requirements and explains how to install and uninstall Legi Minimum System Requirements a Pentium III class processor a Windows 958 98 NT 4 0 2000 XP General Requirements 256 MB RAM 25 30 MB hard disk space CD ROM drive 256 color SVGA or better video display a a a a Installing Legi Follow these steps to install Legi 1 Insert the Legi CD in the appropriate drive 2 If Windows Autorun is not enabled open the subdirectory that contains the setup exe and double click that file name The Welcome box opens 3 Click Next The Software License Agreement is displayed 4 Click Yes to accept the agreement 5 Type your name and company name and click Next Legitronic User Manual v3 40 4 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 6 10 11 12 2 Installation In the Choose Destination Location section accept the default location for Program Files Weber Marking Systems Legi or select a different location To choose a destination other than the default click Browse to open the
44. the DIALOG LIST command DIALOG PUSHBUTTON Defines a push button control in the latest dialog box Syntax DIALOG PUSHBUTTON text x y width height Note When no pushbutton is defined the software displays a default OK button Legitronic User Manual v3 4 196 Appendix C Automated Print Control DIALOG RADIOBUTTON Defines a radio button in the latest dialog box Syntax DIALOG RADIOBUTTON text x y width height Status Notes text 1s the text that follows the radio button When Status is assigned a value before DIALOG SHOW command its value at the moment of executing DIALOG SHOW will determine whether the box is checked After a pushbutton is clicked Status will be 1 if the box is checked If the box is not checked Status will be 0 DIALOG SET TEXT Sets the title or text of a control item to the specified text Syntax DIALOG SET TEXT id text Notes This command applies only to MANUALCLOSE dialog boxes This command must appear after DIALOG SHOW and before DIALOG CLOSE id is the ID of the control item that DLGITEMID is saved to Legitronic User Manual v3 4 197 DIALOG SHOW DIALOG TEXT MESSAGE BOX Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Appendix C Automated Print Control Displays the dialog box and its controls and pauses the batch Syntax DIALOG SHOW DigName type DlgName is the name of the dialog box to be displayed type is AUTOCLOSE or MANUALCLOSE AUTOCLOSE When one of
45. the pushbuttons is clicked Legi updates all variables attached to control items closes the dialog box and unpauses the batch MANUALCLOSE The dialog box remains open until DIALOG CLOSE is executed Legi updates all variables attached to control items and unpauses the batch when the user does any of the following Clicks one of the dialog box pushbuttons check boxes or radio buttons Moves the focus off an edit box or combo box whose style is SIMPLE or DROPDOWN Selects another item from a list box or DROPDOWNLIST combo box The user can change the values of the related controls if the value of one control has been changed When the dialog box is already displayed in the case of MANUALCLOSE the DIALOG SHOW command moves to the top and pauses the batch The type is ignored Defines a text field in the latest dialog box Syntax DIALOG TEXT text x y width height Displays a message on the screen Syntax MESSAGE BOX title text 198 Appendix C Automated Print Control File Input Output Commands FILE CLOSE Closes the opened text file Syntax FILE CLOSE filehandle FILE DELETE Deletes a DOS file Syntax drive path filename bl Default None FILE OPEN Opens a DOS text file Syntax FILE OPEN filename access filehandle Notes access must be one of the following RDONLY Open for reading only WRONLY Open for writing only When the file exists it is cleared When the file does not ex
46. using the ODBC option from the Legi program group Parameters Data source user name optional user password optional the table name the name of the return field the search field name and the search field value key column name key column value More key values may be entered ODBC_srch data_source user_name user_pswd table_name ret_fld_n ame srch_fld_name1 srch_fld_value1 srch_fld_name2 srch_fld_value 2 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 ODBC srchRead the data from an ODBC supported table format and return the values that match the search criteria Before using this data expression the ODBC drivers must be installed and configured using the ODBC option from the Legi program group Parameters Data source user name optional user password optional the table name the name of the return field the search field name and the search field value Up to 32 search field names and values can be entered See also ODBC query 164 Appendix A Data Expressions pad_left string len fill Returns the characters left aligned based on the length and the fill character Parameters String length fill character Example pad_left ABCDEFGHIJK 14 Result ABCDEFGHIJK See also cat left len mid pad_right right pad_right string len fill Returns the characters right aligned based on the length and the fill character Parameters String length fill character Example pad_right ABCDEFGHIJK 14
47. value for the first database record is used for all labels printed SQL Expression The SQL expression that will be used to select labels for printing Legitronic User Manual v3 4 35 4 Designing Labels Specifying the Label Fields New Label Design Each label you design is made up of elements called fields There are six types of fields o Text Barcode Graphic Line Box Raw Data D 0 0 0 O When you are creating a new label design you begin your work in a blank Label Design window You create new fields by defining the space they will occupy specifying their properties and entering their content Once you have created a field you may need to delete it or change its position properties or content Existing Label Design When you are using an existing label as the basis for your design you work with the existing fields displayed in the Label Design window You can change the position properties and content of the existing fields You may also need to delete certain fields and create new ones Positioning a Field and Defining lts Space Repositioning a Field Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Follow these steps to create a new field 1 Specify the type of field you want to create by clicking the appropriate tool bar button or by selecting the field type from the Field menu The cursor changes to the crosshairs symbol 2 Move the cursor to the appropriate position on the
48. 1 See also cat left mid pad_left pad_right right Legitronic User Manual v3 4 162 lower string mid string pos len Appendix A Data Expressions Forces a specified string to lower case Parameters String Example lower ABCDE Result abcde See also upper Returns the characters in a string based on the starting position and length The first position in the string is 1 Parameters String starting position length Example mid ABCDEFGHIJK 3 3 Result CDE See also cat left len pad_left pad_right right ODBC_query fld_name Reads the data from an ODBC table and allows you to set up an ODBC query Before using this data expression the ODBC drivers must be installed and configured using the ODBC option from the Legi for Windows program group Parameters Field name Example ODBC_query ProdName Result No result is produced until the query is completed using the Specify query option in Print Labels See also ODBC_srch 163 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Appendix A Data Expressions ODBC_update data_source user_name user_pswd table_name put_col_name put_col_value key_col_name1 key_col_value1 key_col_name2 key_col_valuez2 Read the data from an ODBC supported table format searching a selected column for a specific value and replacing that value with the updated value Before using this data expression the ODBC drivers must be installed and configured
49. 11 remote sources assigning ports to 111 removing ports from 112 repositioning label fields 38 resizing label fields 39 right 168 Sato Printers 232 Save As dialog box 76 saving labels 76 238 screen input output commands 195 script files how to run 181 scrolling 11 Security Administration FDA 21 CFR Part 11 115 Security Administrator 85 logging in 86 Security Administrator dialog box 87 Security Administrator Login dialog box 86 security options selecting 94 selecting security options 94 serial 169 serial numbers tracking 95 configuring Legi for 96 use in label formats 98 SERIAL COUNT 185 SET DATE 212 SET TIME 213 setting communication port parameters 112 function rights for groups 93 print data rights 93 Setting Label Mode Meaning Level 135 sgn 169 shortcut keys 9 10 SLEEP 213 smallcaps conventions for 3 spin boxes how to use 12 Standard tool bar 23 Start menu 172 string builder 68 string commands 192 STRING CAT 192 STRING FIND 192 STRING LEN 192 STRING LOWER 192 STRING MID 193 STRING PARSE 193 STRING UPPER 193 supplied input 69 SUPPLIED PORT 186 syntax Application Designer 188 system configuration 106 tables 113 system print log how to use 103 system requirements general 5 minimum 5 system security 85 System Settings 118 tab displays how to use 13 Legitronic User Manual v3 40 Index tables Tracking Serial Numbers
50. 3 A NO 213 ZEBRA PRINTERS AEE PEPETA de e AAE o o o calados 214 Downloading Fonts 00 eccceeccssesecsseseceseescesecsensecsecsecsseeecsaecseesecsscsecssesecsaecsessecsessecsecsecsasesessecsessessecseseeseeseengs 214 Pri eee reer oe eee ee 214 RE REO 215 Configuring Legi Print Drivers cc ecccescescesecssesecsseesessecsessecsecsecsseecsaecsessecsecsecsseecsaecsesaecsessesseseeseaseeenaeenees 215 Add Font Procedure cccecccccesscsseescesseseesecseesecsecsecsseecsaecsessecsecsecseesecsasesesaecsessecsecsecsseecsaecsesaecaeesesaeeseeeesneeaees 215 Delete Font Procedure 0 c cc ccccesccssesscsssescesecssssecssvsccnsessesaecsessecsevsesnseseeuseesesuecsessecnsesesnaesssaascseaecsesaeensesevanengs 216 SATOIPRINTERS cc le rl ae e A elle ee Wilds inten meade O tet 217 Downloading FON S 00 ccecesecsseseceseescseescesecsensecsecsecsseecsaecsesecsecsecssesecsaecsessecsecsecsecsecasseseaecsessesaeesesesseeesngs 217 A A A A O O et leslealet laden Se ea chats 217 Configuring Legi Print Drivers cee ccesccseesecsseescsseeseesecsessecseesecseeecssecsessecsecsecseeecsaeesesaecsessesseseeeaseseeaeenees 218 Add Font Procedure co iia ati 218 Delete Font Procedure ooooocooooconocnconooncnncnncononononoon nro non nc ncononono nono non non nro roo ron nono nn non on rro nan n carro nene nana on rra narran rranonss 218 Not a o e e e Re ee lados an 219 DATAMAX PRINTERS 000 A A a ee ania ian nena dt 220 Procedure a a A A A Na 220 Configuring Legi
51. ACTIVATING AUDIT SUPPORT eiissicscoccsccscorcosevcosdbesscocevsescascoesecoudonessoddvusofosteudecesdenseceudesedceddousococdeulaceddousecesdeusdenddetniseseeses 99 USING THE LABEL STOCK LOG iii A A A eh ie oh 100 USING THE SYSTEM PRINT LOG 20000 peice ede eh A eens RIE ede deca E 101 CREATING A LABEL PRINT LOG siscisccccicsescicccsssscsnesesscsscsesnschesaducchsvaceccteseducst cuncuscbevasubencudenssvesedecncuncnsdbesaduscteuasndaveveducees 102 9 CONFIGURATION 104 CONFIGURATION PROCEDURE cueca 105 OPTIONS v2citer at ates ek tec eee ede ecco eee ee ee 106 FEE LOCATIONS e a a te Se Rt ee eee 107 Changing a File LOCAation 0 ccc cccecceseescessesceseeseesecsseecsseeecsaecseesecsecsecsseescsaecsessecsecsecsaesecsaecsesaecseesesseeeeseaenaees 108 REMOTE INP Ui onnaa E E wots toes es AE E E E sue ass eater ea 109 Assigning a Port to a Remote Source cccceecssssssssesecssssscsseescssessessecsessecsevsecnseseesseesesaecseseesneseeenaseneeascassaes 109 Removing a Por Assignments a iras 110 Setting Communication Port Parameters 0 0 0 0 cccccsssssescesecsseseceseescsseesessecsecsecseeecsaecsessecsecsesseeeeesaseseeaeenees 110 SY STEM TABLE Sao ok sees sc sceven be a e A A E E A E AANA E 111 10 SECURITY ADMINISTRATION LEGITRONIC SECURE SERIES LABELING SOFTWARE 113 APPLICATION LOGIN cesesessssesescssecesesessecensscssescsesaenssssasscsesacnesesacscseseenssasasecseseenssssasacseceenssasasscsscacasscesceenseaeateeeeeeeees 113 MEA A A ee ee
52. Administrator Login dialog box opens Y Legi Security Administrator Login Login Name John Doe Login Password Legi Security Database C Legitronic D ata security mdb Cancel 2 Enter your user name in the Login Name field Enter your user password in the Login Password field 4 Verify that the pathname in the Location of Legi Security Files field is the complete pathname for the directory that stores the Legi security database If the pathname is not correct click the ellipsis button to browse for the appropriate directory 5 Click OK The Security Administrator dialog box opens Legitronic User Manual v3 4 84 6 Security Administration Security Administrator Dialog Box Legi Security Administrator Function Rights Groups User Name Design Design supergroup usergroup F Label Design 7 Print Labels P F Configuration F Security Print Data Rights a Dptions Groups C Users M Enforce Function Rights Delete Help Save And Exit Exit Without Save Specification Description Function Rights Group Name The name of the group currently selected in the Groups list box to the right The functions rights settings below apply to this group Label Design When checked users in the selected group can perform label design operations Print labels When checked users in the selected group can perform label printing oper
53. Allows you to draw a barcode field Graphic Allows you to draw a graphic field Line Allows you to draw a line Box Allows you to draw a box Raw Allows you to draw a raw data field Zoom In Allows you to zoom in on the selected field Each time you click on the selected field the zoom magnification increases Zoom Out Allows you to zoom out for a larger view of the selected field Each time you click on the selected field the view enlarges Move to Front Moves the selected field to the front layer of the label Move to Rear Moves the selected field to the rear layer of the label Move Forward Moves the selected field forward in the layers of the label Move Back Moves the selected field backward in the layers of the label Window Tool Bar New Window Opens a new window whose contents are identical to the active window Closes the active window y Ral Ra pr E El a Close All Closes all open windows 24 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Description 3 Getting Started Action When Clicked Cascade Windows Rearranges open windows so that they overlap one on top of another Shows a full view of the active window and only the title bar of inactive windows Tile Horizontally Rearranges open windows in a horizontal tile pattern from top to bottom
54. Choose Directory dialog box Find and select the appropriate location Then click OK Select the Legi for Windows system directory Then click Next If necessary select the appropriate license type Click Next The Select Program Folder dialog box opens Use the default Legi folder name select another existing folder or create a new folder Click Next The Setup program allows you to review the selected settings To change settings click Back and make the appropriate selections When the settings are satisfactory click OK The setup program copies the required fields and creates icons in the program folder When these tasks are completed the system asks if you want to add a printer If you want to add a printer click Yes and follow the Add Printer Wizard prompts If you don t want to add a printer click No The Setup Complete dialog box opens Click Finish Legi is added to the list of programs accessible through the Start menu The Setup program gives you the option of restarting your computer now or later Note Legi will not operate correctly until you restart your computer 2 Installation Uninstalling Legi Follow these steps to uninstall Legi 1 From the Start menu select Settings Control Panel Add Remove Programs 2 Select Legi 3 Click Add Remove 4 When the uninstall process is complete click OK Legitronic User Manual v3 4 6 3 Getting Started Legi follows standard Windows conventi
55. FILE READ LINE 203 FILE READ TOKEN 203 files script 181 weber inf 174 Legitronic User Manual v3 40 Index FILE WRITE 203 FILE WRITE LINE 204 fld 146 FMT GDIPRINTERNAME 183 FMT LBLVIEW EACHQUERIED 187 FMT LBLVIEW EACHSERIAL 187 FMT LBLVIEW PRINTLABELS 187 FMT LBLVIEW PRINTSTART 187 FORMAT 183 format_date 146 format_time 147 function rights CFR compliance 116 function rights setting for groups 93 general requirements 5 get _current_date 148 get current _label_in run 148 get_date_ value 149 get_day 150 get day of week 150 get_day_of week_iso 151 get_hour 151 get _identical_count 152 get_job_start_date 152 get_job_start_time 153 get_job_submit_date 153 get_job_submit_time 154 get_julian_day 154 get_label_name 155 get_label_stock 155 get_minute 155 get_month 156 get_query_count 157 get_query_rec 157 get_second 157 get_serial_count 158 get_time_value 158 get_user_name 159 get_week_of_year 159 get_week_of_year_iso 160 get_year 160 GET DATE 212 GET TIME 212 GOTO commands 190 graphics fields 52 Graphics Support 227 group names adding 88 deleting 90 modifying 89 groups adding 88 deleting 90 maintaining 88 modifying 89 setting function rights for 93 HARDWARE INPUT 205 HARDWARE OUTPUT 205 Help menu 22 help how to access 13 icons Add Printer 173 236 icons in tool bars 23 IDENTICAL COUNT 183 if 161 IF commands 191 IF EQUAL 191
56. FRAME Defines a group box control in the latest dialog box Syntax DIALOG GROUPBOX title x y width height Notes The control is a rectangle that groups other controls together The controls between this command and DIALOG GROUP END belong to one group DIALOG GROUP END DIALOG LIST Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Ends a group Syntax DIALOG GROUP END Defines a list box control in the latest dialog box Syntax DIALOG LIST x y width height ListText Notes When ListText is assigned a value before the DIALOG SHOW command its value at the moment of executing DIALOG SHOW will be highlighted if the value is in the list box After a pushbutton is clicked ListText will contain the text of the selected item 195 Appendix C Automated Print Control DIALOG LIST FILES Defines a list box control that contains all the specified file names Syntax DIALOG LIST FILES filename x y width height file Notes filename can include wildcards When file is assigned a value before the DIALOG SHOW command its value at the moment of executing DIALOG SHOW will be highlighted if the value is in the list After a pushbutton is clicked the selected file name and its drive and path will be saved in file DIALOG LIST ITEM Adds a string to the latest list box Syntax DIALOG LIST ITEM string Notes An empty or duplicate string will not be added to the list This command must be placed immediately after
57. L Expression box is used to select labels for printing If this field is checked when start and end values have been specified those values are converted to an SQL expression Reevaluate Auto Counts When checked the field value is re evaluated for every database record Otherwise the value for the first database record is used for all labels printed SQL Expression The SQL expression that will be used to select labels for printing Legitronic User Manual v3 4 81 Ports Label1 lbl Job Settings Query Ports Printer weber Series 93 Printer Remote Input Remote 1 Remote 2 Remote 3 Y Remote 4 5 Printing Labels OOOO Gf Cancel Save to disk Heb Specification Description Printer Printer that will be used to print the labels The printer specified in Label Design is the default printer but you can change the printer selection Remote Input For remote supplied fields the port number for the remote device Note The port number must correspond to the remote sources specified in Label Design on page 2 of the Data tab for Supplied Input field properties Printing the Labels When you have completed your print property specifications follow these steps to print the labels 1 Click Print If no Preview option was selected the print job is added to the print queue If a Preview option was selected the label is previewed
58. Legitronic Labeling Software Legitronic Secure Series Labeling Software User Manual Copyright O 2004 Weber Marking Systems Inc Legitronic is a registered trademark of Weber Marking Systems Inc This program or documentation contains confidential information and trade secrets of Weber Marking Systems Inc and its suppliers Reverse engineering of object code prohibited Version 3 4 0 Weber Marking Systems Inc 711 W Algonquin Road Arlington Heights IL 60005 4457 Phone 847 364 8500 Fax 847 364 8575 www webermarking com P January 2004 1 INTRODUCTION 1 ABOUT E o a 1 HOW THIS GUIDE IS ORGANIZED iii sica 2 CONVENTIONS USED amp IN THIS CUIDE ado 3 CUSTOMER SUPPORT gt ion sacecsssevccteeserea die 3 INSTALLATION 4 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS fo 42 2 dani e atts ens teste ee WS nn PA RHR ed Oo 4 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS econ a oun eed ade a e ea wade ui eR Ga Rene eee dates 4 INSTALL LEC e tes dela aa dl Dad tin eet ela ee een aie 4 UNINSTALLING LEG Ecos e Rie e de dt e db Bek cee e e gees bale 6 GETTING STARTED 7 LEGIUNDER WINDOWS o tata to 7 Using the MOuSe 200000 a ees 8 Using Keyboard Shortcuts and the MOuSC 2 0 0 ec cccccssssecssesecssessceseeecsaeesensecseesecsececsseesessecseesecsecesaeesssaeeneeaes 8 Entering Field Data id A ES sock eel R ANE AS shied Penis 10 Working with Tab Displays cccecccceccesssscsseescesecssesecssesscaecsessecsecsecsseecsaecsessecsecsecssesassaecsesaecaeeaecaseneseae
59. Old Style Installed Computer Fonts Arial Black a Download Filename FNT Location Arial Narrow Bold Italic Arial Narrow Italic sl B Memory Card y Arial Unicode MS Add To Downloaded List Print Font List 216 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Sato Printers Appendix D True Type Font Support Downloading Fonts Procedure Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Sato printers support downloading of TrueType fonts into the printer However Sato requires that you select a specific point size of the font to download Only those label fields that contain text in this size will use the downloaded font This is much more restrictive than the other printer families and requires that you know exactly what size fonts you will use You download the fonts using the Sato Memory Card Manager NOTE Make sure that the printer is powered on and attached to the computer before starting this procedure Start the Memory Card Manager application Select Options Settings and select Slot number 1 Select File New Select Fonts Add In the Font data dialog press the Select button Choose a font style and point size and press OK Press OK in the Font data dialog You will now see a list of all downloaded fonts Make a note of the complete font name 8 Select Fonts Download to download the fonts shown in the list The letter D appears next to the font name to indicate the fonts has benn downl
60. Parameters Test value value if true value if false Example if 2 lt 1 TRUE FALSE Result FALSE See also false isam isblank isnumber ispm isstring true index index value_if_1 value_if_2 isam time_value Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Returns the value according to the index value An index value of 1 returns the first value an index value of 2 returns the second value and so on Parameters index value 1f 1 value if 2 etc Example index 1 one two three Result one Based on the time value entered returns true 1 if the time is an AM time returns false 0 if the time entered is not an AM time Parameters Time value Example isam get_current_time Result 0 Note The current time is 12 01 pm See also format_time get_current_time get_hour get_job_start_time get_job_submit_time 159 isblank value isnumber value ispm time_value Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Appendix A Data Expressions get_minute get_second get_time_value if ispm Returns true 1 or false 0 based on whether the value of the parameter is blank Parameters Value Example isblank blank Result 1 See also blank if isnumber isstring Returns true 1 or false 0 based whether the value of the parameter is numeric 1 or alpha 0 Parameters Value Example isnumber abc Result 0 See also if isblank isstring Based on the time value entered returns true
61. Print Drivel Sienen iiei iin ie R nono non non E aE i 221 Add Font Procedure iii A EE EA E A EE E 221 Delete Font Procedure cs iii te tii 221 NOIES vota A A A A A A A A Roe 222 APPENDIX E GRAPHICS SUPPORT 223 OVERVIEW OF SUPPOR Tati load ss 223 ZEBRA PRINTERS GRAPHE Sou ld 225 Downloading Graphics sscoci dad dla dc s 225 Proced re ii e Ao es es a ee 225 Notes So cee es tee E A 226 Configuring Keg Print Drivers a 226 Add Graphic Procedure ces 226 Delete Graphic Procedures iii dali ataco eiii 227 SATO PRINTERS GRAPHICS oirin ass 228 Downloading Graphics ia iaa 228 PIU mp e ee o 228 Configuring Legi Print DIV tit 229 Add Graphic ProCOGUre dde 229 Delete Graphic ProcedUl Ganini reiini ea a idad aa data 230 DATAMAX PRINTERS GRAPHICS iii ici 231 Downloading GraphiCS iii tad 231 POC iii ai 231 NOIES coi id 231 Configuring Legi Print Drivers xiii a to 232 AG Graphic Procede 232 Delete Graphic Procedure iini E R R tia Eau aaa 233 INDEX 234 Contents Legitronic User Manual v3 4 1 Introduction Welcome to the Legi User Guide This guide provides an overview of Legi describes its windows and dialog boxes and explains how to use its functions About Legi Legi enables you to design labels on any PCs running under Microsoft Windows You can print those labels on the industrial grade printers supplied by Weber Marking Systems Legitronic User Manual v3 40 Legi is a flexible system that allows yo
62. RESSION 185 OLE 74 creating a new object 75 dragging file names from desktop 76 editing an object 76 inserting an existing object 74 online help how to use 13 Open Label for Design dialog box 30 Open Label for Printing dialog box 78 opening labels for printing 78 Legi 15 Option menu 21 options configuration 108 security selecting 94 Options dialog box 181 Options menu 96 OUTPUT FILE 185 pad_left 167 pad_right 167 parameters communication port 112 Legitronic User Manual v3 40 Index Password Expiration 126 passwords modifying 91 Periodic Relogin 129 port assignments 111 removing 112 port input output commands 205 PORT CHECK 205 PORT CLOSE 206 PORT OPEN 206 PORT READ 206 ports assigning to remote sources 111 removing from remote sources 112 PORT WRITE 207 positioning label fields 37 precision 168 PRINT 185 print control automated 180 217 how to use 180 rules 189 batch 180 commands 181 print data rights setting 93 Print Driver Properties dialog box 175 additional options 178 Print Manager 84 print properties specifying 79 Print Properties dialog box 79 printer drivers configuring 175 installing 172 printing draft labels 77 labels 84 test labels 77 PRINT SUSPENDED 187 properties label specifying 31 radio buttons how to use 13 raw fields 59 real time clock data 72 reducing size of windows 11 reference fields 63 remote input 1
63. The horizontal position of the upper left corner of the field Vertical The vertical position of the upper left corner of the field Size Horizontal The horizontal length of the field Vertical The vertical length of the field 57 4 Designing Labels Box Fields Options Tab Field Properties Settings Options Field Type z r Color Scene M incon MS Horizontal Thickness fo 1 25 Vertical Thickness fo 1 25 Unit Of Measure Inches X Cancel Help Specification Description Field Type Box or Raw Type of field Text Barcode Graphic Line Color Screen Foreground Field foreground color for on screen display Printed Foreground Field foreground color for printed labels Border Horizontal Thickness box Thickness of the horizontal lines that make up the Vertical Thickness box Thickness of the vertical lines that make up the Unit of Measure Unit to be used for entering and displaying measurements Inches Centimeters or Points Raw Fields Raw fields contain data to be used by the printer when the labels are printed Legitronic User Manual v3 4 58 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 4 Designing Labels Raw Fields Settings Tab Design Orientation Rotate 0 y Inches hr m Position Horizontal Vertical fo 490 2 476 Field Properti
64. You can click Print to add the print job to the print queue or click Abort to cancel the print job 3 Monitor the print job via the Windows Print Manager Legitronic User Manual v3 4 82 6 Security Administration Legitronic User Manual v3 40 This chapter explains how to use the Legi Standard Security Administrator to establish and maintain three types of system security o System access access to Legi can be controlled with user names and passwords Security Administrator allows you to maintain current user names and passwords and to assign each user to a user group a Function rights Security Administrator allows you to identify the Legi functions each group is allowed to perform a Print data rights Security Administrator allows you to identify the directories each group is allowed to access when using the Print Labels function described in Chapter 5 Your entries are stored in the Legi security database which provides the information Legi needs to maintain its security Note Clicking the red Legi logo in any Security Administrator dialog box displays information about the current version of Legi Security Administrator 83 6 Security Administration Logging into Security Administrator Follow these steps to login to Legi Security Administrator 1 Run Legi Security Administrator by double clicking its icon on your desktop or by selecting it from the Programs menu The Security
65. a label print log 1 Create the label print log table based on the fields in the label format 2 Create or display the appropriate label format 102 8 Audit Support 3 Inthe Print Log section of the Label Properties dialog box type the name of the label print log table in the Table Name field Label Properties Settings options Size Summary Queried Label Description Label Stock Printer Print Mode Weber Series 22 Print Drivdlh4 300 0 300 0 Print Log User Name User Password Data Source Table Name Cancel Apply Help 4 When creating a new label format give descriptive names to the fields you want to identify in the label print log 5 The following reserved field names may be used to log additional information about the label print job Field Name Description Stock Name If label stock was selected for the printed job the name of the stock Label Name Name of the label used in the print job if any Date Time Dateand time the print job was submitted User Name Name of the user who submitted the print job Total Labels Total number of labels printed in the label run Chapter 4 Designing Labels provides detailed instructions for creating label formats and fields Legitronic User Manual v3 4 103 9 Configuration Legitronic User Manual v3 40 This chapter provides the detailed information you
66. a spaces The first serial number will be 0000000025 Due to printer limitations any character other than a space or a zero as the fill character requires computer repetition See also auto_serial auto_tracking_ serial get_serial_count tracking serial set_nonprinting fld Text2 sgn number Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Use this command to conditionally control printing of a label format field For example use the following expression to disable printing of a field if there is no data in the field it is referencing The reference field is named Text2 if fld Text2 set_nonprinting fld Text2 If the number specified is positive returns 1 If the number specified is negative returns 1 If the number specified is 0 returns 0 Parameters Number Example sgn 23 Result 1 See also abs precision 167 textfile filename Appendix A Data Expressions Equivalent to the Text File radio button on the Data Expression dialog box Returns the contents of the text file specified Parameters File name Example textfile c config sys Result Contents of config sys file tracking_serial key increment length fill true Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Equivalent to the Serial Number Tracking radio button on the Data Expression dialog box Creates a tracking serial number field based on the parameters entered See also serial Parameters Serial number name increment number o
67. abel format for printing Value drive path filename LBL Default None Notes When the drive and path are not supplied the value specified in SET DIRECTORY is used Specifies the number of identical labels to print Value 0 99999999 O auto identical Default 1 ODBC QUERY DATA SOURCE Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Specifies the data source for an ODBC query Value Data source Default None 181 Appendix C Automated Print Control ODBC QUERY END VALUE Specifies the end value for the ODBC query Value Ending value of the field for the query Default None ODBC QUERY PASSWORD Specifies the password for an ODBC query Value Password Default None ODBC QUERY SEARCH FIELD Specifies the key field for the ODBC query Value Field name Default None ODBC QUERY SQL EXPRESSION Specifies the SQL expression for the ODBC query Value SQL expression Default None ODBC QUERY START VALUE Specifies the start value for the ODBC query Value Start value of the field for the query Default None ODBC QUERY TABLE Specifies the table for an ODBC query Value Table name Default None Legitronic User Manual v3 4 182 Appendix C Automated Print Control ODBC QUERY USER NAME Specifies the user name for an ODBC query Value User name Default None ODBC QUERY USE SQL EXPRESSION OUTPUT FILE PRINT SERIAL COUNT Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Specifies that the ODBC SQL expression will be us
68. antities or Save Print Settings checkbox Click Apply Settings to apply the settings to the group If you have no other Security Administrator functions to perform click Save and Exit to save all your changes to the security database and exit the Security Administrator application Setting Print Data Rights Follow these steps to set print data rights Legitronic User Manual v3 4 l In the Security Administrator dialog box select the appropriate group and click the Print Data Rights ellipsis button The Assign Read Only Paths dialog box opens Assign read only paths Directory c weber Drives Sc Currently selected read only paths 91 6 Security Administration Select the appropriate drive from the Drives drop down list in the middle of the dialog box Locate and double click the directory whose access you want to restrict to read only Click Add The directory name is added to Currently selected read only paths at the bottom of the dialog box To remove a directory name from Currently selected read only paths highlight the name and click Remove Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each directory whose access you want to restrict to read only Click OK to save the settings and close the Assign Read Only Paths dialog box If you have no other Security Administrator functions to perform click Save and Exit to save all your changes to the security database and exit the Security Administrato
69. anual v3 4 Advanced Security Graphics r Font Information Filename ArialR Location F Font ID Location F Flash Memory y 222 Appendix E Graphics Support Overview of support Legitronic User Manual v3 40 Legi 3 4 supports recalling downloaded PCX graphics in the printer These graphics are then accessed as printer resident graphics and therefore do not need to be downloaded with every label This process greatly improves the time it takes to print a label and is accomplished in two steps First the graphics are downloaded to the printer using various tools provided by the different printer vendors Second the graphic information is entered into the Legi driver property pages so that Legi is aware of which graphics are printer resident Downloading graphics through the Legi drivers will be supported in future versions This document describes both the methods used by printer vendors to download graphics and how to configure the Legi print drivers to use the graphics When you select graphics in Legi Legi does not distinguish the downloaded graphics in any way from other graphics Just select the graphic as you normally would If it is printer resident the graphic will be properly selected at print time However the user must remember which graphics are printer resident 223 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Appendix E Graphics Support Graphics cannot be dyna
70. appropriate option The Field Properties dialog box opens Legitronic User Manual v3 4 39 4 Designing Labels Field Properties 4 On each relevant tab of the Field Properties dialog box specify new properties or modify existing properties as necessary The specifications on each tab are described in the following sections by type of field 5 When you have completed your property specifications click OK Text Fields For text fields the Field Properties dialog box contains five tabs Settings Options Font Data and Serial Legitronic User Manual v3 4 40 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 4 Designing Labels Text Fields Settings Tab Label Properties Settings options Size Summary Queried Label Description Label Stock pore o ooo Printer Print Mode Weber Series 22 Print Drive 300 0x300 0 y m Print Log User Name User Password y Table Name v Data Source Cancel Apply Help Specification Description Field Name Name of the field For each new field you create Legi displays a default field name that you can change as necessary Legi automatically increments the default field name Data Result For a field that uses a data expression the result of that expression For a field that uses supplied data the default data entered if any Display Field When checked the field displays on the screen Print Fi
71. ars in The following table describes the standard command buttons 13 3 Getting Started Command Button Label Action Apply Applies your selections to the label format displayed Close Closes the dialog box If you have made changes or OK that you have not saved the system first gives you the opportunity to save them You can press the ENTER key as a substitute for clicking the OK button Cancel Closes the dialog box ignoring any changes since you last saved data in the dialog box Pressing the ESC key has the same effect as clicking the Cancel button Help Opens the online help topic that explains the dialog box The dialog box remains open Opening the Legi Application Legitronic User Manual v3 4 To access any of the Legi functions you must open the application You start by double clicking the Legi icon on the Windows desktop Alternatively highlight the icon and press the ENTER key or select Legi for Windows from the Windows Start menu 14 3 Getting Started The Legi Application Window The window shown below is the Legi application window All your work in Legi is done with this display as the background During your Legi work sessions you select menu options or click buttons that display secondary windows or dialog boxes within the application workspace the area below the tool bar at the top of the window Title Bar eee Legitronic Label Printing Software 3 4 0 M enu Bar Fle E
72. assword e Verify Password ee Text Name Description AA MV Username Enabled OK Cancel Text Name is a new required field that acts as the user s electronic signature within the audit trail NOTE If you attempt to create a new user without entering information in the required Text Name field the following message appears Legitronic User Manual v3 4 117 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Legi Security Administrator A Please enter plain text mame for user Description is a new optional field which can be used for information such as job title SSN etc Username Enabled is a new Boolean field that defaults to checked true setting this field to false unchecking it disables the user s access to the Legitronic Modifying a User Because of the newly added user fields you can modify more user information than just the password By default the screen appears as follows and minimally requires a password change Modify User User Name FEA MV Change password New Password Confirm Password o ZZ Description V P of Purchasing V Username Enabled Cancel Legitronic User Manual v3 4 118 Disable Legitronic User Manual v3 4 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 The date this user s password was last changed is also displayed as a read only field If you need to change information such as the Text Name
73. ations To restrict access to specific label printing operations click the ellipsis button Configuration When checked users in the selected group can modify all configuration parameters Security When checked users in the selected group can run Security Administrator and modify security settings for Legi groups and users Print Data Rights When checked allows Legitronic level read only access to label format files located in specific directories when using the Print Labels function Options Enforce Function Rights When checked function rights security is enabled and enforced through the use of user names passwords and function rights settings When not checked function rights security user names and passwords are disabled When opening Legi users are not required to log in If any logging functions are used the user name Anonymous is logged User Controls Groups list box List of all groups in the Legi security database Users list box List of all users in the selected group Legitronic User Manual v3 4 85 6 Security Administration Specification Description Groups radio button When clicked the Add Modify and Delete command buttons to the right operate on the Groups list box Users radio button When clicked the Add Modify and Delete command buttons to the right operate on the Users list box Maintaini
74. aximum length of the field Referenced From the drop down List of Fields select each field you want to Fields reference Once selected the field name appears in the List of Fields box To add the selected field to end of the referenced field list click Add To insert the selected field before a particular referenced field list select that referenced field and click Insert To remove a field from the referenced field list select it and click Remove List of Fields A drop down list of fields available for reference in this field Legitronic User Manual v3 4 62 4 Designing Labels Database Database fields allow you to obtain field data from a selected database Field Properties Settings Options Font Data Serial Expression Type PREMSA Password Padding None PadLeft PadBight Fill Character y Fill Length fo 4 Fragment Start 0 Length 0 3 E guened Data fF Source Database Table y Search Cot Elo Retum Col y Barcode y Cancel Apply Help Specification Description Padding Type of padding desired when the field content is shorter than the length specified in the Fill Length field none pad left or pad right Fill Character Character to be used to pad the field Fill Length The maximum allowable length of the field Fragment you can specify a start position and maximum leng
75. cesecseesecseesecsseeeesaecsessecsecsesseseeseaeesesaeesees 34 Label Properties Queried Tabs rennarin an da TAR eS 35 SPECIFYING THE LABEL FIELDS ori sss cssccvssesacvsssesscvadeconavasycsscvnsvtenastuncstevadnauaavasn cst cvasvtengvaduestevadyduaavasyedhcvnsntendstenesbevedeeetays 36 De leting a Field siceletet ccc aed ede ae ee ede teal nee Oe ee ae eee a ae 72 OBJECT LINKING AND EMBEDDING OLE 0 ccccecccssesscssesseeseesceseeseesecseeseeussecesaecaeesecsecsecsaesecsaecaesaecasssesseeeeesasesenaeenees 72 Inserting an Existing Object eee ec cccesecssesecsseeeceseescesecseesecsecsecsseecsaecsessecsecsecseesessseeseeaecsessessecsesssseseeaeeseeseegs 72 Creating a New Object oe cecsesscssessceseeseeecssssecnsessseseesessecsessecnsssesnseesesaecseseecsessessssssessecsessecnesaesaeeseeaseseaes 73 Editingian Object cto bottle cie o ido lo llar dile Get E tiaras a 74 Dragging File Names From Explorer or Your Desktop ooooocooioccocccocococononoconononcconco nono no nonononnon cronica nonnnannnnnos 74 SAVING THE LABEL 20 S253 t2 A o AAE A e nl ed ot 74 PRINTING A TESTLABEL Sut e e a EA A EAA 75 PRINTING A DRAFT OF THE LABEL cssssssssssscsessssesesesscsensvsssesesecsensvssaesesessensvssaesesessensvsssesesecsensnssaesesecsensvasaeeesecsenees 75 PRINTING LABELS 76 OPENING A LABELE FOR PRINTING ici vedi clnoshexosh vvesdetastavecteyaliinr ethers austseadetanasrectoveabebuathavicteys 76 SPECIFYING THE PRINT PROPERTIES v scesccs
76. ch of the three tool bars by selecting or deselecting it through the View menu 22 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Description 3 Getting Started Action When Clicked Standard Tool Bar New Allows you to design a new label Ho Open for Design Allows you to select the label you want to open Open for Printing Allows you to select the label you want to print Save Saves any changes you made since the last time you saved changes Configuration Allows you to update your Legi system configuration MO Closes the Legi application If you have unsaved changes the system allows you to save them before closing the application Design Tool Bar Test Print Prints a test print of the label in the active window v Undo Reverses the last add change or delete you made Redo Reverses the action of the Undo option Cut Deletes the selected item from the display and moves it to the clipboard Copy Copies the selected item to the clipboard Paste Inserts an item from the clipboard into the display Delete Removes the selected item from the display gt gt lt En ls Ss Select Allows you to select all or none of the fields in the label 23 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Description 3 Getting Started Action When Clicked Text Allows you to draw a text field Barcode
77. click the box to insert a checkmark in the box and turn the option on Click it again to clear the box and turn the option off Without the mouse pressing the spacebar performs the toggle between on and off M Display Graphic Fields IV Show Fields as Tranparent lV Dynamic Database Updates Spin box a text box with both an up arrow and a down arrow at its right end You can type a value in the field or you can change the current value by using the mouse to spin a list of valid values up or down until the value you want is displayed Spin boxes are used with numeric fields Line Spacing lo 11 3 Getting Started Radio button a small round button that appears with others in a section of a display where you can select only one of several options To select an option simply click its label or its radio button In the example below you click one of the three radio buttons to select the Preview none first label only or every label Preview C None First Label C Every Label Working with Tab Displays Several windows in Legi include multiple displays that are accessed by clicking tabs that look like the tabs on file folders Each tab has a label that identifies the function of that tab s display Simply click the tab for the display you want to see or press CTRL TAB The example below shows five tab displays Settings Options Size Summary and Queried Label Proper
78. d Template Clear Printer Buffer Y Send Variable Data i Preview None First Label C Every Label l Disable Auto Print V Submit job ASAP Print Count Number of Identical Labels sf Number of Serial Labels Cut Pause Count fo Cancel Save to disk Help Send Template When checked the open label template is downloaded to the printer Send Variable Data When checked variable fields on the open label template are sent to the printer where they are merged with a previously downloaded label template to initiate printing of labels Given a label two across label design that contains a serial field the following label printing scenarios are available A Horizontal Serialization Serial number start value of one 1 a Identical Count set to one 1 o Serial Count set to four 4 The labels print serialized as shown below 1 2 3 4 79 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 5 Printing Labels B Horizontal Serialization Serial number start value of one 1 a Identical Count set to two 2 a Serial Count set to four 4 The labels print serialized as shown below 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 C Vertical Serialization Serial number start value of one 1 a Identical Count set to two 2 a Serial Count set to two 2 The labels print serialized as shown below 1 1 2 2 D Vertical Serialization Serial number start value of on
79. d dat Real ld ele de 137 Type library Usage e e 137 ONE E AAE EEEE A A EA EE E E T E E E AE E E ET 138 Event Handlihg sese e Sloat 138 APPENDIX A DATA EXPRESSIONS 139 DATA EXPRESSION FUNCTIONS ccccccesssscessesceseeseesecsecsecssesecsaecsessecsscsesseesessaeeessaecsessecsecsecsaesessaecsessecsessesseseseasereaees 139 APPENDIX B PRINTER DRIVER INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION 170 INSTALLING A PRINTER DRIVER anane caved idslsicescavdscsscetdacescavssdeddeleaces E RAE N NA 170 CONFIGURING A PRINTER DRIVER sccscssesessesseseesessesesecssusesccssssesecsessececsessececsessesecsessesecsesesecsesaececsessesecsecsececsesaeeeses 173 OPTIONAL SPEGIFIGATIONS caida iia id it al a a ada cooks 176 Status Check di ee ae Reed ces al cede ete as 177 APPENDIX C AUTOMATED PRINT CONTROL 178 USING AUTOMATED PRINT CONTROL c ccccsscsesssseescseesesscsssseesesessesecsessesecsesseseessssesecsessesecsessesecsesseseesesaeseesesseeeseeseees 178 BATCH PRINT CONTROL COMMANDS aori a a aR a a 179 Advanced Commands ssanie a a a ha Rents eel ates ee eee 185 APPLICATION DESIGNER ciclista sl lc tt leida an seed easter eae abe 186 SyMtax RULES ssc ac Mie a Dude ie ear o Reel alii ed Gad ld ds dy ghee a alot e dhol ala 186 Performance Notes ci 5 3 csc dades 186 Automated Print Control Rule Seia a sei 187 Application Designer Commands sssrin ieturot esner n eieae een Eeee a Saa eae Enon a a ERRES 187 SAMPLE RIE dd acne 211 APPENDIX D TRUE TYPE FONT SUPPORT 21
80. d field empty or type more than the maximum number of allowed characters the following prompt appears Legi for Windows A Please fill in password with 1 10 characters numbers If you leave the Confirm New Password field empty the following prompt appears Legi for Windows A Confirm the new password If the Confirm New Password field does not match the contents of the New Password field the following prompt appears 126 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Legi for Windows A Both passwords must match If you enter a new password that is found in your list of recent passwords the following prompt appears and you must select a different password Legi for Windows Entered password matches a recent password for this username Please enter a different password Periodic Relogin If the System Timeout value was set to any number other than 0 in the Security Administrator application you will be prompted periodically to reenter your password e g every 30 minutes if the set value is 30 as shown below Legitronic Label Printing Software Relogin Login Name me Login Password New User Exit Legi Legitronic User Manual v3 4 127 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 If you are the current user type the correct password click OK and continue working with Legitronic If you click New User a regular log
81. dding fonts Delete Font Procedure Legitronic User Manual v3 4 1 Select the font from the Downloaded Printer Fonts list 2 Press the Remove From List button You will see the font disappear from the list 3 Press OK when you are done removing fonts Use the Sato Memory Card Manager to delete the font from the printer 218 Appendix D True Type Font Support Notes Due to Legi s font sizing methods and Sato s inability to allow a range of point sizes on a given font these fonts will print slightly larger than they display Arial 16 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 219 Datamax Printers Downloading Fonts Procedure Legitronic User Manual v3 40 Datamax printers support downloading of TrueType fonts into the printer These fonts are then accessed as resident printer fonts and therefore do not need to be downloaded with every label You download the fonts using the Datamax Print Driver NOTE Make sure that the printer is powered on and attached to the computer before starting this procedure Pa iS Display the properties page of the Datamax driver and select the Fonts tab This displays all currently downloaded fonts Press the Download Font button Select the font and style Select TrueType font from the Download As list In the Font Storage group box select the location to store the font to NOTE Do not choose module C or D These modules are used for label data and are clea
82. downloaded TrueType fonts in the printer These fonts are then accessed as printer resident fonts and therefore do not need to be downloaded with every label This process greatly improves the time it takes to print a label and is accomplished in two steps First the fonts are downloaded to the printers using various tools provided by the different printer vendors Second the font information is entered into the Legi print driver property pages so that Legi is aware of which fonts are printer resident Downloading fonts through the Legi drivers will be supported in future versions This document describes the methods printer vendors use to download TrueType fonts and to configure the Legi print drivers to use the fonts When you select fonts in Legi Legi does not distinguish the downloaded TrueType fonts from other TrueType fonts Just select the font as you normally would If it is printer resident the font is properly selected at print time However the user must remember which fonts are printer resident 213 Zebra Printers Appendix D True Type Font Support Downloading Fonts Procedure Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Zebra printers supports downloading of TrueType fonts into the printer These fonts are then accessed as resident printer fonts and therefore do not need to be downloaded with every label You download the fonts using the Zebra Universal Print Driver NOTE Make sure that the printer is powered
83. dt Yiew Fied Tools Window Help Daler ed P a S aAa ex amas o eS all mle ae El Tool Bar Workspace Status Bar The layout of the application window remains the same even when different windows and dialog boxes are displayed The common areas are the title bar the menu bar the tool bar and the status bar The following sections describe the common areas of the Legi application window moving from the top to the bottom of the window Legitronic User Manual v3 4 15 Title Bar Status Bar Menu Bar Legitronic User Manual v3 4 3 Getting Started Every window is bordered at the top by a title The title bar of the Legi application window identifies the Legi application The Legi icon is displayed at the left end of the tool bar The buttons for minimizing maximizing and reducing the size of the application window are at the right end of the tool bar The status bar located at the bottom of the window provides information about the current state of what you are viewing in the window and any other contextual information such as the coordinates of the cursor position You can show or hide the status bar by selecting or deselecting it through the View menu The menu bar located immediately below the title bar is a horizontal list of items Each item contains one or more options When selected each option invokes a function opens a dialog box or displays a list of additional options Options in dimmed text are not avai
84. e 1 a Identical Count set to four 4 Q Serial Count set to three 3 The labels print serialized as shown below 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 Notes With Horizontal Serialization the Serial Count value must be an even multiple of the Horizontal Label Count set in Label Design With Vertical Serialization the Identical Count value must be an even multiple of the Horizontal Label Count set in Label Design 80 5 Printing Labels Label1 lbl Job Settings Query Ports User Name User Password Data Source LABELLOG ee StockLog X Table Name Search Field Start Value End Value M Use SOL Expression Reevaluate Auto Counts Cancel Save to disk Help Query Specification Description User Name User ID User Password User password required for some data sources Data Source Drop down list of data sources defined using the ODBC Administrator When you a select a data source a dialog box displays so that you can locate and select the appropriate database from that data source Table Name Name of the table that contains the data you want to use Search Field The field in the table to search for particular values Start Value The first value for which a label should be printed End Value The last value for which a label should be printed Use SQL Expression When checked the SQL expression entered in the SQ
85. e Users list box of the Security Administrator dialog box If you have no other Security Administrator functions to perform click Save and Exit to save all your changes to the security database and exit the Security Administrator application Deleting a User Name Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Follow these steps to delete an existing user name from the Legi security database 1 In the Security Administrator dialog box select the user s group from the Groups list box 2 Select the user name you want to delete Click the Users radio button 4 Click Delete The selected user name is removed from the Users list box 5 If you have no other Security Administrator functions to perform click Save and Exit to save all your changes to the security database and exit the Security Administrator application 90 6 Security Administration Setting Function Rights for a Group Follow these steps to set the function rights for a group ll In the Security Administrator dialog box select the group name from the Groups list box The selected group name displays in the Function Rights section Check the appropriate function rights for the group you selected For Print Data Rights you can select directories for read only access when using the Print Labels function For Print Labels you can allow the group to modify print quantities or save print settings by clicking the ellipsis button and checking the Modify Print Qu
86. e week before your password expires the following prompts appear Legi for Windows A Password will expire in 6 days Legitronic User Manual v3 4 124 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 During this period you can decide to change your password through the Legi Security Administrator with the administrator s help If your password was created before the time period set in the System Settings of the Legi Security Administrator screen and your password expires the following prompt appears Legi for Windows A Password has expired Click OK and the following dialog appears Enter New Password Old Password xxx New Password al Confirm New Password Cancel You can enter a new password For security purposes be sure to enter the expired password The user table keeps track of the last nine 9 passwords entered Any new password is not allowed to match any of these recent passwords This means that the you must cycle through at least 10 different passwords Once you enter a new valid password that password change date is also updated in the security database as the current change date 125 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 If you leave the Old Password field empty the following prompt appears Legi for Windows A Please enter your old password If you leave the New Passwor
87. ectory Look in ja Template E ex E a JiBwovihd WY Calendar wiz Letter2 dol L Clrowrhd x Classic wzs w Faxcowrl dot w Letter3 dol L Sidshow Classic2 wzs w Faxcoyr2 dot w Manuall d laa Classic3 wzs w Invoice dot w Manuscrl laa Classic4 wzs w Letter wiz w Manuscr3 Brochurl dot w Directr1 dot w Letter dot wy Memo wiz Current Directory J MS Dffice TEMPLATE Select Cancel 3 Locate and click the directory to be used for the selected file type The pathname for that directory is displayed at the bottom of the dialog box in the Current Directory field 4 When the appropriate pathname is displayed click Select The new pathname is displayed on the File Locations tab of the Configuration dialog box Note The example above shows the pathname using mapped drive letters Legi also supports the use of the Universal Naming Convention UNC for example Enterprise Shipping Labels Legitronic User Manual v3 4 108 Remote Input Configuration 9 Configuration Options File Locations Remote Input System Tables Remote Source Available ports OK Cancel i Help OK Specification Description Remote Source List of remote sources for supplied input Available ports List of available serial port IDs that can be assigned to a remote source Assigning a Port to a Remote Source Follow these steps to assign an available port to a
88. ed field to the lines in the grid Show Ruler Allows you to hide or show the ruler at the top of the window Legitronic User Manual v3 4 19 3 Getting Started Field Menu Allows you to draw a line Allows you to draw a box X W Bo Ra Allows you to draw a raw data field Zoom In Allows you to zoom in on the selected field Each time you click on the selected field the zoom magnification increases Move to Front Moves the selected field to the front layer of the label Move to Rear Moves the selected field to the rear layer of the label Move Forward Moves the selected field forward in the layers of the label Move Back Moves the selected field backward in the layers of the label Options Menu Menu Option Action When Selected Configuration Allows you to update your Legi system configuration Legitronic User Manual v3 4 20 3 Getting Started Window Menu In addition to the options listed below the Window menu lists all open windows Numbers next to the window names indicate the order in which they were opened or last active Menu Option Action When Selected New Window Opens a new window whose contents are identical to the active window Closes the active window Close All Closes all open windows Cascade Rearranges open windows so that they overlap one on top of another Shows a full view of the active window and only the title bar of inactive windows Tile Horizontal Rearranges o
89. ed for the ODBC query Value Yes or No Default None Notes When this statement is omitted the SQL expression is not used for the query Redirects output to this file for the current label Value drive path filename ext Default None Prints the current format or job Value None Specifies the number of serialized labels to print Value 0 99999999 0 auto serial Default 1 183 SUPPLIED PORT TEST PRINT USER NAME Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Appendix C Automated Print Control Specifies remote group 1 as communication port to receive serial supplied data Value COMn where n is 1 9 Default None Notes same as FLD OP REMOTE ID1 Test prints the current format or job Value None Default None Specifies the user name for Legi login Value User name Default None Notes Used to set a user name for print logs 184 Appendix C Automated Print Control Advanced Commands FMT LBLVIEW EACHQUERIED Displays a label preview for each queried label Value Yes or No Default None FMT LBLVIEW EACHSERIAL Displays a label preview for each serial label Value Yes or No Default None FMT LBLVIEW PRINTLABELS Displays a label preview when a print job is submitted Value Yes or No Default None FMT LBLVIEW PRINTSTART Displays a label preview when a print job is started Value Yes or No Default None JOB DESCRIPTION Describes a print job Value Print job description Defaul
90. el This selection also throws out related audit trail actions Select No to open the existing work file The following prompt is displayed when you open an archived version of a label file either to view or to edit it and the hash value calculated from file information does not match the hash value within the filename which indicates modification outside Legitronic Legi for Windows A Warning Label has been modified after archiving You can view or edit the file normally Suppose you choose to archive a brand new label file or a work file The file is first saved and closed Then it is copied to the appropriate archive subdirectory as a read only file with this filename and path lt old path gt lt old file title gt lt old file title gt _ lt hash gt lt version gt 131 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 For example the first archived version of file CLabelsMyLabel Ibl would be saved to a filename and path such as C Labels MyLabel MyLabel D4AIKKHF 001 Once the file has been successfully archived the following prompt appears Legi for Windows A File saved to archive 132 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Setting Label Mode Meaning Level Legitronic User Manual v3 4 One of the new properties added to the label document is the Label Mode During initial creation you should set the mode to Authorship After
91. eld When checked the field prints on the label Design Orientation The number of degrees the field contents should be rotated when printed 0 90 180 or 270 Unit of Measure Unit to be used for entering and displaying measurements Inches Centimeters Points or Dots Position Horizontal The horizontal position of the upper left corner of the field Vertical The vertical position of the upper left corner of the field Size Horizontal The horizontal length of the field Vertical The vertical length of the field 41 4 Designing Labels Text Fields Options Tab Field Properties Settings Options Font l Data Serial Field Type m Alignment Paragraph Hore Left 7 Auto Wrap Line C Dynamic Fit Spacing Vert Top x C Object Wrap fo Color Screen Background Es Printed Foreground Rh E Printed Background E ay ue Specification Description Field Type Type of field Text Barcode Graphic Line Box or Raw Alignment Horz Horizontal justification to be used Left Right Center or Justify left and right justification Vert Vertical justification to be used Top Bottom Center or Justify top and bottom justification Paragraph Auto Wrap When checked text is automatically separated into lines based on the width
92. em tables 113 general requirements 5 how to close 27 how to open 15 icon 15 installing 5 minimum system requirements 5 printer drivers configuring 175 installing 172 security 85 Security Administrator 85 logging in 86 tool bars 23 Design 23 Standard 23 Window 23 under Windows 8 uninstalling 7 Windows conventions used in 8 Legitronic User Reference for 21 CFR Part 11 126 len 164 line fields 56 logging into Security Administrator 86 lower 165 maintaining groups 88 users 90 math commands 194 MATH ABS 194 MATH ADD 194 MATH DIV 194 MATH MOD 194 MATH MUL 194 MATH SUB 194 maximizing windows 11 Meaning Level option 117 237 menu bar 17 menus dropping down 9 Edit 19 Field 21 File 18 Help 22 Option 21 options 17 Options 96 selecting an option 9 View 17 20 23 Window 22 Windows Start 15 172 MESSAGE BOX 201 mid 165 minimizing windows 11 minimum system requirements 5 modifying group names 89 user names 91 user passwords 91 Modifying a User 120 mouse how to use 9 multiple across labels 81 Object Creation 140 object linking and embedding OLE See OLE ODBC query 165 ODBC srch 166 ODBC _update 166 ODBC QUERY DATA SOURCE 183 ODBC QUERY END VALUE 184 ODBC QUERY PASSWORD 184 ODBC QUERY SEARCH FIELD 184 ODBC QUERY SQL EXPRESSION 184 ODBC QUERY START VALUE 184 ODBC QUERY TABLE 184 ODBC QUERY USER NAME 185 ODBC QUERY USE SQL EXP
93. ement Does not apply to barcode fields Tracking Serial Number Name Does not apply to barcode fields Leading Fill Character Character Does not apply to barcode fields Length Does not apply to barcode fields Automatic Label Counts This field determines number of identical labels printed When checked the value of this field determines the number of identical labels printed This field determines number of labels serialized When checked the value of this field determines the number of labels serialized Legitronic User Manual v3 4 49 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 4 Designing Labels Barcode Fields Symbology Tab Field Properties Settings Options Data Serial Symbology Code 128 B Code 128 C Code 128 w FNC1 Optimized Code 39 Mod 43 NBE Size 5 0 mils 3 dots 6 7 mils 4 dots coe Overall size characteristics 2 38 1 Ratio 2 63 1 Ratio HRI Human Readable Info CG Times Symbology Apply Help Specification Description Symbology The barcode symbology type to be used Preview results of your barcode s pecifications NBE Size The size of the barcode Overall size characteristics Summary of size characteristics Checksum Checksum formula to be used for verification of barcode data HRI Human Readable Info Fonts available fo
94. ement standard Cutter installed Check if the printer has a cutter installed Cut during print Check to use cutter option during label printing Disabled when no cutter is installed Computer Check to send label information for each copy repetition when multiple copies of the label are printed When not checked the printer repeats the information received for every label Cut Pause count Number of labels to print before cutting or pausing Legitronic User Manual v3 4 174 Appendix B Printer Driver Installation and Configuration 5 Click the Settings tab Weber Series 22 Print Driver Properties General Details Options Weber Series 22 Print Driver Darkness V Use the darkness command fi 5 E Print Speed inches second I Use the print speed command 2 z Label top adjustment IV Use the label top command fo E Tear off adjustment IM Use the tear off command fo E Rotation setting None Restore Defaults 6 Modify the values displayed as necessary by checking the commands you want to use and typing the appropriate value for each command Specification Description Darkness Print darkness darkness intensifies as number increases Print Speed Print speed in inches per second Label top Position in printer dots at which the adjustment top of the label format should print Tear off adjustment The distance from the print head the label feeds afte
95. enates strings Syntax STRING CAT string string2 result Note Concatenate stringl string2 The concatenated string will be saved to result Scans a string for the occurrence of a given substring Syntax STRING FIND stringl string2 index Note index holds the character position of the first occurrence of the string2 in string The index is 0 if string2 is not in stringl Gets the length of the string Syntax STRING LEN string length Converts uppercase letters in a string to lowercase Syntax STRING LOWER string 189 STRING MID STRING PARSE STRING UPPER Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Appendix C Automated Print Control Gets a substring Syntax STRING MID string index count result Note result stores count characters from string starting at character index The index parameter is zero based for example index 0 references the first character in the string Parses one string Syntax STRING PARSE string delimiter n result Note Get the nth token from string where the string delimiter is used as the delimiter The selected token will be in result SERRORCODE is 1 if end of string is reached Otherwise 0 Converts lowercase letters in a string to uppercase Syntax STRING UPPER string 190 Appendix C Automated Print Control Math Commands Syntax MATH ADD paral para2 result Syntax is similar for other all MATH commands Note The
96. ent line changes to the next line when the read is complete ERRORCODE is 1 on end of file Writes a string to the opened text file Syntax FILE WRITE filehandle text 200 Appendix C Automated Print Control FILE WRITE LINE Writes a line to the opened text file Syntax FILE WRITE LINE filehandle text Note LF is appended to text before writing Legitronic User Manual v3 4 201 Appendix C Automated Print Control Port Input Output Commands HARDWARE INPUT Reads byte from the hardware I O port Value Portaddress state Default None Notes The First argument is the port address The second argument is the variable for storage of the return value HARDWARE OUPUT Writes byte to hardware I O port Value Portaddress Data Default None PORT CHECK Returns the status of a communication port Syntax PORT CHECK port status inbytes outbytes Notes port 1s COMn or LPTn status specifies the status of transmission inbytes specifies the number of bytes in the receive buffer outbytes specifies the number of bytes in the transmit buffer JobsInQueue specifies the number of jobs in the printer manager queue for this port The port must be opened by PORT OPEN ERRORCODE 0 Success 1 Failure Legitronic User Manual v3 4 202 Appendix C Automated Print Control PORT CLOSE Closes an opened communication port Syntax PORT CLOSE port Notes port is COMn or LPTn This command
97. er Manual v3 4 120 Audit Trail Viewer Audit Trail Viewer Show All Records Filter by User ID Filter by Date Range UserID Text Name DateTime Meaning Machine Name Action default user login myself myself myself myself myself myself myself myself myself myself myself myself myself myself Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Dialog 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Click the View Audit Trail button to display the following screen C Show Application Records l Filte 04 18 2003 03 03 29 PM 04 18 2003 09 22 12 PM 04 18 2003 09 23 31 PM 04 21 2003 01 23 51 PM 04 21 2003 01 24 01 PM 04 21 2003 01 24 14 PM 04 21 2003 01 24 36 PM 04 21 2003 01 25 14 PM 04 21 2003 01 25 23 PM 04 21 2003 01 25 26 PM 04 21 2003 01 25 44 PM 04 21 2003 01 25 50 PM 04 21 2003 01 26 02 PM 04 21 2003 01 26 14 PM 04 21 2003 01 26 45 PM Responsibility lt none gt Authorship lt none gt Authorship Authorship Authorship Authorship Authorship Authorship Authorship Authorship Authorship Authorship Authorship C Show Security Records A Eile of PRODSYS18 PRODSYS18 PRODSYS18 PRODSYS18 PRODSYS18 PRODSYS18 PRODSYS18 PRODSYS18 PRODSYS18 PRODSYS18 PRODSYS18 PRODSYS18 PRODSYS18 PRODSYS18 PRODSYS18 Label ID 4 Label Properties Size 0 login unsuccessful login successful login unsuccessful login successful Opened C Program File File NewLabell Ibl archi
98. ermines the number of identical labels printed This field determines number of When checked the value of this field labels serialized determines the number of labels serialized Legitronic User Manual v3 4 45 4 Designing Labels Barcode Fields Barcode Fields Settings Tab Field Properties Settings l Options Data Serial Symbology Field Name Data Result M Display Field IV Print Field Design Orientation Unit of Measure Rotate 0 y Inches y Position Horizontal Vertical 0 903 0 61 5 m Size Horizontal Vertical 1 902 fi 469 Help Cancel Specification Description Field Name Name of the field For each new field you create Legi displays a default field name that you can change as necessary Legi automatically increments the default field name Data Result Does not apply to barcode fields Display Field When checked the field displays on the screen Print Field When checked the field prints on the label Design Orientation The number of degrees the field contents should be rotated when printed 0 90 180 or 270 Unit of Measure Unit to be used for entering and displaying measurements Inches Centimeters Points or Dots Position Horizontal The horizontal position of the upper left corner of the field Vertical The vertical position of the upper
99. ers table a Use tracking serial numbers in label formats 93 7 Serial Number Tracking Support Configuring Legi for Serial Number Tracking Tracking serial numbers are stored in a ODBC compliant database Follow these steps to configure Legi to work with the Tracking Serial Number database l Select Configuration from the Legi Options menu The Configuration dialog box opens Configuration x Options File Locations Remote Input System Tables Table Type Tracking Serial Number y Settings User Name User Password Data Source Table Name 2 Click the System Tables tab 3 Select Tracking Serial Number from the Table Type drop down list 4 Select the appropriate ODBC Data Source and Table Name 5 Click OK Legitronic User Manual v3 4 94 7 Serial Number Tracking Support Maintaining the Tracking Serial Numbers Table Legitronic User Manual v3 4 The Tracking Serial Numbers table is a database table that Legi accesses through ODBC For all existing serial number names the table lists the serial number that will be used next Using the parent database program you can add new tracking serial numbers and change the next number to be used for existing tracking serial numbers amp Tracking Serial Numbers Table Note When you change a serial number name in the Serial Numbers Tracking table you must also change its name in all label formats that use it as a tracki
100. es Settings Options l Field Name REWI Data Result Y Display Field I Print Field Unit of Measure r Size Horizontal Vertical fi 413 fo 448 Help Specification Description Field Name Name of the field For each new field you create Legi displays a default field name that you can change as necessary Legi automatically increments the default field name Data Result Does not apply to raw fields Display Field When checked the field displays on the screen Print Field When checked the field prints on the label Design Orientation The number of degrees the field contents should be rotated when printed 0 90 180 or 270 Unit of Measure Unit to be used for entering and displaying measurements Inches Centimeters Points or Dots Position Horizontal The horizontal position of the upper left corner of the field Vertical The vertical position of the upper left corner of the field Size Horizontal The horizontal length of the field Vertical The vertical length of the field 59 Raw Fields Options Tab 4 Designing Labels Field Properties Settings Options Field Type HREIN rm Color cenit MOM Send Date After labellis sent Before labellis sent At Beainning ot level data Atendict abel data gt Sendifield cian
101. eseneseas 12 ACCESSING Online Help oo eee ccecesceseesceseessesecsseccseescesecsessecsecsecssesecsaecsessecsecsesseesessasesesaecaessecsecesasesseeseseeaeens 12 Using Dialog Boxes and Command Buttons ccc ccecccscesscsseseceseesceseeseesecsecsecsseeecaecsessecsecsesseeeeeeseesesaeenees 13 OPENING THE LEGI APPLICATION csccscesesscseeesecccecesecececsesccnessescensacsccneseesecnesesceneeaeseeneseseeneeaceeeneeaeeeeaeeaeeeenteaeeeeas 14 THE LEGI APPLICATION WINDOW cccccscesesesesseceseseesescseseesesesesecscsssasscsesecsenesasacuesecsenenacsceesecsesesaesceesecseneatieeeeeeaeeaeaees 15 MS A ESTO 16 E A O A ON 16 MenuBar tersa ro Pe Sle acct Mee e A A state RA Gta con tsk ee Be kt Aes BSNS A 1 od Sita cD 16 NOOB Ant 8 e e e DA edt A Oe Le a O A IO otal oe 22 DESIGNING LABELS 27 OPENING THE LABEL DESIGN WINDOW icons lana andanada dada aan dad 27 Creating a New Label DesigD oooooocooooocoononocononnonncononncnnnononononnon E nono no nana on rro non cr nono rn non E 28 Using an Existing Label Design adi daie 29 SPECIFYING LABEL PROPERTIES piia R R tibet R A E ae tesa ee 30 Proce GUC i eeo RA A A O R 30 Label Properties Settings Tab ooo cccsesscsesscssesssesecsssecseeescnseesessecsessecssssecnseeeesseesesnecsessecnsseesasessensenees 31 Label Properties Options Tab ideas 32 Label Properties Size Tab cita T RNEER R TAR TER 33 Label Properties Summary Tab oo ee eccceessssessceseeseeseessesecsecsecssees
102. esigning Labels Supplied Input Supplied input is provided at the time the labels are printed The supplied input controls specify the source of the supplied input and its properties There are two pages to this tab Click Next Page and Prev Page to navigate between them Page 1 Field Properties Settings Options Font Data Serial Expression Type M0 gt Data Source Keyboard Remote Input C DDE Table Lookup z Paste Link Entry Time gt Firstlabel Every label Display Links Prompt Default DDE Data Next Page gt gt Cancel Help Specification Description Data Source The source of the supplied input Keyboard Data will be entered at the keyboard DDE a Dynamic Data Exchange DDE server application is the data source The actual server name and link information are set up in Print Labels by clicking Paste Link Remote input a COM port is the data source Table Lookup a Paradox table is the input source Click Table Lookup to select the table and field to be used Entry Time When the input will be supplied for the first label only or for every label Prompt The prompt to be displayed for keyboard data Default Default data for the field DDE Data Data to supplied by the other application 67 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Page 2 4 Designing Labels Field Properties Set
103. figuration 96 101 107 Field Properties 40 98 Insert Object 74 75 Label Properties 32 105 Open Label for Design 30 Open Label for Printing 78 Options 181 Print Driver Properties 175 additional options 178 Print Properties 79 Printers 172 Save As 76 Security Administrator 87 93 94 Security Administrator Login 86 235 standard command buttons 14 DIALOG CHECKBOX 196 DIALOG CLOSE 196 DIALOG COMBOBOX 196 DIALOG COMBOBOX FILES 197 DIALOG COMBOBOX ITEM 197 DIALOG EDIT 197 DIALOG FRAME 198 DIALOG GROUPBOX 198 DIALOG GROUP END 198 DIALOG LIST 198 DIALOG LIST FILES 7199 DIALOG LIST ITEM 199 DIALOG PUSHBUTTON 99 DIALOG RADIOBUTTON 200 DIALOG SET TEXT 200 DIALOG SHOW 201 DIALOG TEXT 201 Disable button 121 DISABLE AUTO PRINT 182 dll 145 Downloading Graphics 232 Datamax printers 235 zebra printers 229 draft labels printing 77 drop down lists how to use 11 Edit menu 19 ellipsis 10 END 182 ERROR ACTION 182 ERROR LOG 183 Event Handling 140 expression types constant 62 database 65 date or time 67 reference 63 string builder 68 supplied input 69 text 66 false 146 FDA 21 CFR Part 11 User and Administrator Reference 115 field alignment tool 39 Field menu 21 Field Properties dialog box 40 98 fields entering data in 11 fields deleting 74 file input output commands 202 File menu 18 FILE CLOSE 202 FILE DELETE 202 FILE OPEN 202 FILE READ 203
104. g identified in the label is updated Unit of Measure unit to be used for entering and displaying measurements when creating a new label Inches Centimeters Points or Dots Application Designer Run Application Designer from Print Labels When checked Application Designer runs instead of the standard Legi Print session Application Designer filename Name of the batch file to be used for Application Designer Use default printer at print time if driver does not exist 106 File Locations Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Configuration 9 Configuration Options File Locations Remote Input System Tables File Types Print Control bch Configuration File Security Database Barcode Database Location C Leaitronic Labels C Leaitronic D ata C Leaitronic D ata C Leaitronic D ata OK Cancel Apply Help Specification Description File Types File types such as graphic label format or configuration Location Directory in which each file type is located fully qualified path To change the location for a file type highlight the current location and click Change 107 9 Configuration Changing a File Location Follow these steps to change the location for a file type 1 Select the file type and location you want to change 2 Click Change to open the Select Directory dialog box Select Dir
105. he following methods check to ensure that username and password have been set with valid entries LoadLabel strLBLFile PrintLabel SetPrinterName strPrinter SetSuppliedData strFieldName strData Until SetUserNamePassword is called during a Legi automation session calls to the other methods listed above will fail and return the error code AutFailureNoValidUser AutFailureOther 1 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 134 11 Visual Basic for Applications Introduction Legitronic Label Printing Software provides functionality for label printing in a feature rich MS Windows desktop application The user interface provides ease of use while following current MS Windows user interface conventions However clients often design solutions for label printing that require a custom user interface or custom feature not available in Legi Legi 3 2 0 provides two automated printing solutions for these scenarios called Application Designer and Batch Print Control While fully functional both methods are antiquated by current development standards and have limitations that prevent their use in many solutions for label printing Legi 3 3 0 is a VBA enabled Visual Basic for Applications application that can be tailored to fit specific labeling needs using the industry standard Visual Basic development environment The vast amount of resources available for Visual Basic can be used to design develop and deploy customized label printing
106. he name and full path of the script file Note When you pass a label format or print job as the filename parameter that format or job will be printed This is a useful practice when the label data or number of labels to print does not change and when the label data comes from database tables and label expressions 178 Appendix C Automated Print Control There are two ways to run script files in Legi a Run LEGI32 EXE specifying the script filename in the command line legi32 exe batch filename where filename is the name and full path of the script file containing the application designer commands a Specify the name of a script file containing Application Designer commands in the Options dialog box and check the Run Application Designer from Print Labels checkbox This causes the Application Designer commands to run when the print session is invoked a Run Legi32 exe batch batch end to remove the Legi batch print program from memory Batch Print Control Commands ALTERNATE AUTO COUNTS AUTO REPEAT Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Specifies method of computing alternate automatic and identical label counts for a queried print job Value Yes or No Default None Notes When the value is Yes the identical and serial counts are re evaluated as the field that specifies automatic or identical label counts is re evaluated during a label run When the value is No the automatic identical and automatic serial counts do
107. he same as the previously entered names Select rotation if a rotation other than 0 is desired Once downloaded the graphic cannot be rotated 225 Notes Appendix E Graphics Support Locate the converted file according to the directory paths setup under Options Directories Send the file to the printer using a communications program or DOS Use the front panel setup to display the memory module contents Do this to verify that the graphic was stored in the printer Configuring Legi Print Drivers You must tell Legi what graphics are downloaded and resident in the printer Do this by using the Graphics property page of the Legi print driver Note that the graphics you want to use must have previously been downloaded to the printer using the Zebra Tools 3 1 You will need administrative access to the computer to perform the following procedures Add Graphic Procedure Legitronic User Manual v3 4 l 2 Display the property pages of the Legi driver you are using and select the Graphics tab Enter the name of the graphic as it is used by Legi in the Filename edit control NOTE Do not include the drive letter or path For example In a Legi graphic field the name might be C Graphics Logo pcx Enter only Logo pcx in this edit control Enter the graphic filename in the Download Filename edit control NOTE This is the name that was used when you downloaded the font to the printer using Zebra Tools 3 1 Y
108. how to maintain 97 test labels printing 77 TEST PRINT 186 text boxes how to use 11 text fields 41 text file fields 66 textfile 170 time fields 67 title bar 17 tool bars 23 tracking serial numbers 95 configuring Legi for 96 use in label formats 98 Tracking Serial Numbers table how to maintain 97 tracking serial 170 true 170 Type Library 139 Type Library Usage 139 uninstalling Legi 7 upper 171 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 115 user names adding 90 deleting 92 modifying 91 user passwords modifying 91 USER NAME 186 users adding 90 deleting 92 maintaining 90 modifying 91 View Audit Trail button 123 View menu 20 23 Visual Basic for Applications 137 weber inf file 174 Window menu 22 Window tool bar 23 windows Label Design 28 maximizing 11 minimizing 11 reducing size of 11 Windows Add Printer Wizard 173 conventions used in Legi 8 Print Manager 84 Start menu 15 172 windows closing 11 WIN EXEC 213 Zebra Printers 229 239 Index Legitronic User Manual v3 40 240
109. icates whether a label is the first label in the print job Returns 1 if the label is the first label in the print job Returns 0 if not the first label Parameters None See also last_label Returns the value of a specified field in the label format Parameters Label field name Example fld Product number Result The data in the label field named Product number format_date date_value format separator Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Returns a date value in the format specified A date value is a number that Legi uses to store dates internally the number of days passed since a certain date Parameters Date value date format code and the separator desired optional The default separator is Date format codes are 1 MM DD YY 5 DD MMM YY 2 DD MM YY 6 DD MM YYYY 3 YY MM DD 7 MM DD YYYY 4 YYDDD 8 YYYY MM DD Example format_date get_current_date 1 Result 06 11 99 144 Appendix A Data Expressions See also format_time get_current_date get_date_value get_day get_day_of_week get_job_start_date get_job_submit_date get_julian_day get_month get_week_of_year get_year format_time value format separator am pm Returns a time value in the format specified Parameters Time value time format code separator optional am optional and pm optional The default separator is and the default for am is a and for pm is p Time format code 1 12 hour clock 2 24 hour clock Examp
110. in screen shown below appears Legitronic Label Printing Software Login Login Name Login Password Cancel In this case you must type both a username and a password If any changes were left pending from the last user you have the option of either saving the previous user s changes or canceling them If you clicked Exit Legi from the relogin screen the following prompt appears Legi for Windows A Exit application Click Yes to end Legitronic and be prompted whether you want to save any changes left pending by the last logged in user Click No to return to the relogin screen 128 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Label Archiving Using the new 21CFR11 functionality you can store versions of a label file in an archive New File options related to this feature have been added under Open Archive Label for Design as shown below Ww Legitronic Label Printing Software 3 4 0 ES Edit View Field Tools Window Help New Ctrl N Cu Ag 7 I El Open Label for Design Ctrl D E e i k Z IAS i 2 ha i sdk Open Label for Printing Ctrl O Edit Last Version Close Archive Configuration Printer Setup Test Print Print Label Report 1 Label3_CCBKILJE OO1 2 Label Ibl 3 NewLabell_CE3F3JD3 001 4 BCTest1 lbl Exit Open archived label read only View Version allows you to view and do test prints of an
111. is the dialog box height in pixels button_id is the ID of the push button been clicked Legitronic User Manual v3 4 192 Appendix C Automated Print Control DIALOG CHECKBOX After a pushbutton is clicked the selected file name and its drive and path will be saved in file Syntax DIALOG CHECKBOX text x y width height Status Notes text is the text that follows the check box When the Status is assigned a value before the DIALOG SHOW command its value at the moment of executing DIALOG SHOW determines whether the box is checked After a pushbutton is clicked Status will be 1 if the box is checked If the box is not checked Status will be 0 DIALOG CLOSE Closes the dialog box and its controls Syntax DIALOG CLOSE DigName Notes This command applies only to MANUALCLOSE dialog boxes DigName is the name of the dialog box to be closed DIALOG COMBOBOX Defines a combo box control in the latest dialog box Syntax DIALOG COMBOBOX style x y width height ComboText Notes style can be SIMPLE DROPDOWN or DROPDOWNLIST If ComboText is assigned a value before the DIALOG SHOW command its value at the moment of executing DIALOG SHOW will be highlighted if the value is in the list After a pushbutton is clicked the selected item will be stored in ComboText Legitronic User Manual v3 4 193 Appendix C Automated Print Control DIALOG COMBOBOX FILES Defines a combobox control that contains file
112. ist it is created RDWR Open for reading and writing APPEND Open for reading and writing The file pointer is set to the end of the file prior to each write filehandle is the file handle On error the filehandle is 1 ERRORCODE 0 Success 1 Failure Legitronic User Manual v3 4 199 FILE READ FILE READ TOKEN FILE READ LINE FILE WRITE Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Appendix C Automated Print Control Reads n bytes from the opened text file Syntax FILE READ filehandle n string Note FILE READ attempts to read n bytes from the file associated with filehandle into string It begins reading at the current file pointer When the read is complete the file pointer is incremented by the number of bytes read ERRORCODE is set to 1 on end of file Reads the file for tokens which are separated by the delimiter character Syntax FILE READ TOKEN filehandle C string Notes FILE READ TOKEN reads from file associated with filehandle into string until it reaches the delimiter character C It begins reading at the current file pointer When the read is complete the file pointer is incremented by the number of bytes read SERRORCODE is set to 1 on end of file C is limited to one character The delimiter is truncated Reads the current line from the opened text file Syntax FILE READ LINE filehandle line Notes line will hold the one line text The LF is truncated The curr
113. ivated If you select Properties the Label Properties dialog box opens with the Settings tab activated Legitronic User Manual v3 4 30 4 Designing Labels 3 Select the appropriate option The Label Properties dialog box opens Label Properties Settings Options Size Summary Queried Label Description Label Stock Printer Print Mode 22 Print Driving 200 0x300 0 ha Print Log User Name User Password Data Source y Table Name bd On each relevant tab of the Label Properties dialog box specify new properties or modify existing properties as necessary The specifications on each tab are described in the following sections 5 When you have completed your property selections click OK Label Properties Settings Tab Specification Description Label Label description Label Stock Stock to be used for the label Printer Type of printer that will print the label Print Mode Print mode to be used for printing the label Print Log the print log feature allows you to capture information from one or more fields on a label User Name User ID User Password User password if required Data Source Name of database that contains the print log Table Name Name of table contains the print log Legitronic User Manual v3 4 31 Label Properties Options Tab Field Properties 4 Designing Labels
114. label 3 Depress the left mouse button while dragging the cursor to define the area to be occupied by the field Follow these steps to reposition a field 36 4 Designing Labels 1 Click the field to select it 2 Position the cursor within the field 3 Depress the left mouse button while dragging the field to the appropriate position on the label Selecting a Field Selection of individual fields to edit via Select gt Edit gt Fields is supported The dialog shown below appears allowing the user to select any number of fields Field Selecion PH Selection Barcode Text SelectAll Deselect All paea aa ge EA Cancel Non printing fields appear with this symbol to the left of the field name Non display fields appear with this symbol to the left of the field name Legitronic User Manual v3 4 37 4 Designing Labels Resizing a Field Follow these steps to resize a field 1 Click the field to select it 2 Position the cursor over one of the six black squares on the perimeter of the field a eee veer ee ise Soe a ee aaa f The cursor changes to a double ended arrow lt gt 3 Depress the left mouse button while dragging the cursor to enlarge the field Note Resizing a text or graphic field does not change the size of the text or graphic it contains unless the dynamic fit or fixed aspect ratio options are selected When resizing a barcode field the barcode will grow taller but can
115. lable for the work you are currently doing Seven menus display in the Legi menu bar These menus discussed in the next seven sections are Y Legitronic Label Printing Software 3 4 0 Label1 Ibl File Edit View Field Tools Window Help 16 3 Getting Started File Menu Menu Option Action When Selected New Allows you to design a new label Open Label for Design Allows you to select the label you want to open Open Label for Printing Allows you to select the label you want to print Close Closes the active window There is only one active window L the window you are currently working in Other windows may be open but they are inactive Save Saves any changes you made since the last time you saved changes Save As Saves any changes you made since the last time you saved changes under the name you specify Printer Setup Allows you to specify parameters for printing your label Test Print Prints a test print of the label in the active window Print Label Report Prints a label report Closes the Legi application If you have unsaved changes the system allows you to save them before closing the application Legitronic User Manual v3 4 17 3 Getting Started Edit Menu Menu Option Action When Selected Reverses the last add change or delete you Reverses the action of the Undo option Cut Deletes the selected item from the display and moves it to the clipboard Copies
116. ld foreground color for printed labels Printed Background Field background color for printed labels Legitronic User Manual v3 4 53 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 4 Designing Labels Graphics Fields Data Tab Field Properties Settings Options Data Serial Expression Type IMP Browse Padding None Padilet Pad Richt FilBheracter Fill enath fp Constant Cancel Apply Help The Expression Type field displays the type of data the field will contain Constant Reference Field Database Text File Date or Time String Builder or Supplied Input The control fields that appear below vary according to the type of data selected The types of data and their respective control fields are described in Data Types beginning on page 61 Browse Button In addition to the standard command buttons the Data tab contains the Browse command button used to locate the graphic file you want to use When you click Browse Legi opens the dialog box shown below When you have located the file you want to use select 1t and click Open Select a graphic file to use 5 Weber Splash bmp File name LegiLogo bmp IV Enable Preview Files of type ALL y Cancel Page No Eile Info For a description of the standard command buttons refer to Using Dialog Boxes and Command Buttons in Chapter 3 54 Line Fields 4 Designing Labe
117. lder or Supplied Input The control fields that appear below vary according to the type of data selected The types of data and their respective control fields are described in Data Types beginning on page 61 Note A wizard is available for constructing the data for UCC EAN128 bar codes The wizard allows you to select Application Identifiers AD check digits and other parameters associated with these bar codes To access the wizard click the bar code field to select it position the cursor within the field and right click to display the menu shown below Then select Wizard Cut Ctr Copy Ctrl C Haste MER Delete Del Duplicate Options Data Serial Symbology Properties Alt Enter Wizard Legitronic User Manual v3 4 48 4 Designing Labels Barcode Fields Serial Tab Field Properties Settings Options Data Serial symbology m Serial Number Tracking Start value p O Yes Increment Sera iiumber Name Z Tyeckina leading Fill Character Gharacter length fp m Automatic Label Counts I This field determines number of identical labels printed I This field determines number of labels serialized Specification Description Serial Number No Yes Tracking keep track of last number used for this serial number Start Value Does not apply to barcode fields Incr
118. le format_time get_current_time 1 am pm Result 12 01 00pm See also format_date get_current_time get_hour get_job_start_time get_job_submit_time get_minute get_second get_time_value isam ispm Legitronic User Manual v3 4 145 get_current_date Appendix A Data Expressions Returns the current date in numeric format Use this option with format_date to produce a readable date Parameters None Example format_date get_current_date 1 Result The current system date formatted in MM DD YY format For example on January 15 1996 the result would be 01 15 96 See also format_date get_current_time get_date_value get_day get_day_of_week get_job_start_date get_job_submit_date get_julian_day get_month get_week_of_year get_year get_current_label_in_run get_current_time Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Returns the number of unique labels that have printed Parameters None Returns the current system time in numeric format Use this option with format_time to produce a readable time Parameters None Example get_current_time Result 43260 146 Appendix A Data Expressions See also format_time get_current_date get_hour get_job_start_time get_job_submit_time get_minute get_second get_time_value isam ispm get_date_value month day year Returns the internal date value for a specified date A date value is a number that Legi uses to store dates internally the
119. left corner of the field Size Horizontal The horizontal length of the field Vertical The vertical length of the field Legitronic User Manual v3 4 46 4 Designing Labels Barcode Fields Options Tab Field Properties Field Type Settings Options Data Serial Symbology r Color cenit MS Pinedo nt TT Alignment Horizontal Left Vertical Top y Help Specification Description Field Type Type of field Text Barcode Graphic Line Box or Raw Color Screen Foreground Field foreground color for on screen display Printed Foreground Field foreground color for printed labels Alignment Horizontal Horizontal justification to be used Left Right Center or Justify left and right justification Vertical Vertical justification to be used Top Bottom Center or Justify top and bottom justification Legitronic User Manual v3 4 47 4 Designing Labels Barcode Fields Data Tab Field Properties x Settings Options Data Serial Symbology Expression Type Constant r Padding None C PadLeft Pad Right Fill Character Fill Length fo Constant The Expression Type field displays the type of data the field will contain Constant Reference Field Database Text File Date or Time String Bui
120. ll Length field none pad left or pad right Fill Character Character to be used to pad the field Fill Length The maximum allowable length of the field Fragment you can specify a start position and maximum length for the field Start The position at which the data should begin Text The name of the text file If you don t know the text file name click the ellipsis button to the right of the Text field to open the File Selection dialog box Then locate and select the text file name and click Open Legitronic User Manual v3 4 64 4 Designing Labels Date or Time Date or Time fields allow you to select a date or time format to print on the labels calculate expiry dates and print four digit year fields Field Properties Settings Options Font Data Seria Expression Type Date or Time 3 M Expiry Date Offset 453 1 to 9999 Date or Time Setting Current date DD MMAYY Current date MM DD YY Current date YY MM DD Current date DDMMMYY Current date DD MMAYYYY Current date MM DD YY Current date YYYY MM DD Job start date DD MMAYY Job start date MM DDAYY Job start date Cancel Apply Help YY MM DD Specification Description Expiry Date Offset When checked the current date is offset by the number of days 1 9999 specified in the spin box below and the resulting date prints on the label For example assume that Ex
121. ll print side by side across the label stock Horizontal Print Interval The distance between the left edge of one label and the left edge of the next label Continuous Label Stock Vertical Print Interval The distance between the top of one label and the top of the next label Legitronic User Manual v3 4 33 Label Properties Summary Tab Command Buttons Legitronic User Manual v3 4 4 Designing Labels Author 3 Label Properties Make Revision Delete Revision Date Settings Options Size Summary Queried Hunter S Thompson Creation Date 19 08 August 20 1998 Author Comments Help Cancel Apply Specification Description Author User name used when signing into Legi When no user name was used Unknown appears as the author Creation Date The date and time the label was created Automatically save history When checked revision history is saved automatically Revision Date Date of label revision Author User name associated with the revision Comments Free form remarks about the revision In addition to the standard command buttons the Label Properties dialog box contains these command buttons Make Revision used to log a revision and enter a comment Delete used to delete a highlighted revision For a description of the standard command buttons refer to
122. log box Spool Settings 21x Spool print jobs so program finishes printing faster Start printing after last page is spooled Start printing after first page is spooled Print directly to the printer Spool data format RAW X Disable bi directional support for this printer Cancel Restore Defaults 3 Select the appropriate option a Enable bi directional support for this printer sets status checking on o Disable bi directional support for this printer sets status checking off Legitronic User Manual v3 4 177 Appendix C Automated Print Control Legi supports two automated methods for printing and manipulating labels a Batch Print Control allows you to control printing activity via commands stored in a file a Application Designer allows you to develop customized labeling applications including specialized user interfaces data manipulation and programmatic logic control Using Automated Print Control Legitronic User Manual v3 40 Batch Print Control and Application Designer both require an input file called a script file The script file is an ASCII file containing print job parameters required by Legi The script file may contain such parameters as the label name the port to print to and identical and serial counts To execute a script file you run the LEGI32 EXE file specifying the script filename in the command line legi32 batch filename where filename is t
123. lor ScrenForegcina MOS cont Specification Description Field Type Type of field Text Barcode Graphic Line Box or Raw Color Screen Foreground Field foreground color for on screen display Printed Foreground Field foreground color for printed labels 56 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Box Fields 4 Designing Labels Box Fields Settings Tab Design Orientation m Position Field Properties Settings Options FieldName EEEN Date Result IV Display Field IV Print Field Unit of Measure Rotate 0 z Inches Horizontal Vertical 0 713 3 119 r Size Horizontal Vertical 1 455 0 937 Help Specification Description Field Name Name of the field For each new field you create Legi displays a default field name that you can change as necessary Legi automatically increments the default field name Data Result Does not apply to box fields Display Field When checked the field displays on the screen Print Field When checked the field prints on the label Design The number of degrees the field contents should be rotated Orientation when printed 0 90 180 or 270 Unit of Measure Unit to be used for entering and displaying measurements Inches Centimeters Points or Dots Position Horizontal
124. ls Line Fields Settings Tab Field Properties Settings Options Field Name EMEA Data Result IV Display Field IV Print Field Design Orientation Unit of Measure Rotate 0 Inches had r Position Horizontal Vertical 0 657 2 685 Size Horizontal fi 483 Corcel Help Specification Description Field Name Name of the field For each new field you create Legi displays a default field name that you can change as necessary Legi automatically increments the default field name Data Result Does not apply to line fields Display Field When checked the field displays on the screen Print Field When checked the field prints on the label Design Orientation The number of degrees the field contents should be rotated when printed 0 90 180 or 270 Unit of Measure Unit to be used for entering and displaying measurements Inches Centimeters Points or Dots Position Horizontal The horizontal position of the upper left corner of the field Vertical The vertical position of the upper left corner of the field Size Horizontal The horizontal length of the field Vertical The vertical length of the field Legitronic User Manual v3 4 55 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Line Fields Options Tab 4 Designing Labels Field Properties Settings Options l Field Type E Co
125. ly print after the last supplied input field is entered You must click Print to continue printing Submit job ASAP When checked the print job is submitted immediately When not checked the Windows Print Manager must be empty before the print job is submitted Note When a label format includes time fields leaving this box unchecked will result in more accurate time information on the labels Preview Type of preview desired none preview of first label only or preview of every label Print Count Number of labels to print Number of Identical number of identical duplicate labels to print Number of Serial number of serial labels identical except for serial number to print Cut Pause number of labels to print before cutting or pausing Multiple Across Horizontal serialization across the web specification at print time Vertical serialization down the web specification at print time Legitronic User Manual v3 4 78 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 5 Printing Labels Multiple Across Labels with Serial Fields This feature enables serialization to be specified as Horizontal across the web or Vertical down the web at print time The selection is made from the Job Settings dialog shown below which appears after opening a label for print Label 1bl Job Settings Query Ports Print Job Label Stock M Submit Job Suspended V Sen
126. me 153 Appendix A Data Expressions get_hour get_job_start_time get_job_submit_time get_second get_time_value isam ispm get_month date_value Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Returns the month number for a specified internal date value Parameters Date value Example get_month get_current_date Result 6 Note The current date is June 11 1999 See also format_date get_current_date get_date_value get_day get_day_of_week get_job_start_date get_job_submit_date get_julian_day get_week_of_year get_year 154 Appendix A Data Expressions get_query_count Returns the number of records found during a queried label print run Parameters None See also get_identical_count get_query_rec get_serial_count get_query_rec Returns the number of the current record being printed during a queried label print run This value will be between 1 and the values returned by get_query_count Parameters None See also get_query_count get_second time_value Returns the number of seconds for a specified time value A time value is the number of seconds passed since midnight for a specified time Parameters Time value Example get_second get_current_time Result 10 Note The current time is 12 01 10 pm Legitronic User Manual v3 4 155 get_serial_count Appendix A Data Expressions See also format_time get_current_time get_hour get_job_start_time get_job_submit_time get_minute
127. mically sized once they are downloaded At label design time if a graphic in Legi is dynamically sized larger or smaller it will not match the graphic in the printer when the label prints This is a printer limitation 224 Appendix E Graphics Support Zebra Printers Graphics Downloading Graphics Procedure Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Zebra printers support downloading PCX graphics into the printer Zebra requires that the PCX file first be converted into its proprietary format and then downloaded Zebra does not support rotation of graphics Once the graphic is downloaded it will only print in that one orientation You convert graphics using Zebra Tools 3 1 NOTE Make sure that the printer is powered on and attached to the computer before starting this procedure PO oe Load the Zebra Tools application Select Convert Graphics Enter the graphic name to download in Source Enter the name to use for the converted file in Destination NOTE The destination name is limited to 8 characters This can be the same name without the PCX extension as the source graphic because the extension will be changed to GRF Select the destination device usually B NOTE R is used for label data and is cleared at the beginning of every label printed Therefore do not use R for storing graphics Enter the name the printer will use to identify this graphic NOTE This name is limited to 8 characters It can also be t
128. mmand per line Blank space spaces and tabs is ignored except in field and expression data Blank lines are ignored Lines beginning with an asterisk are ignored Keywords must be uppercase Field data is referenced by field name Non operator fields can accept any data expression Non operator constant data for fields should be enclosed in quotation marks The full path filename and extension must be supplied for all files 10 Referenced field names cannot be keywords Application Designer Commands Assignment Statement Syntax var value Note Assign the value to var Goto and Conditional Goto Commands GOTO Jumps to a label Syntax GOTO label Note The syntax defining a label is label Legitronic User Manual v3 4 187 Appendix C Automated Print Control IF Commands Syntax IF EQUAL paral para2 label Syntax is similar for all IF commands Note These commands perform a jump if paral is gt lt or para2 respectively IF EQUAL IF GREATERTHAN IF LESSTHAN IF NOT EQUAL IF NOT GREATERTHAN IF NOT LESSTHAN Legitronic User Manual v3 4 188 String Commands ANSI CHAR STRING CAT STRING FIND STRING LEN STRING LOWER Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Appendix C Automated Print Control Converts an integer to an ANSI character Syntax ANSI CHAR ansicode char Note char will hold the ANSI character whose ANSI code is ansicode Concat
129. n the File menu you can press ALT F j Legitronic Label Printing Software 3 4 0 File Edit View Field Tools Window Help New Ctrl h Open Label For Design Ctrl D Open Archive Label for Design Open Label for Printing Chrl o archiv Configuration Printer Setup 1 CilLegitronic Label1 Ib 2 Ciulegitronic Label2 lbl Exit Selecting a menu option When a menu s options are dropped down click the option you want or press the key that corresponds to the underlined letter in the option name For example if the Fi e menu is dropped down you can simply press N to select the New option Note Some options have shortcuts defined so you can access them without dropping down the menus For example you can select the New option without dropping down the menus shown above by holding down the CTRL key and pressing N Legitronic User Manual v3 4 3 Getting Started When an ellipsis appears to the right of a menu option name a dialog box opens when you click or select that option For example when you drop down the File menu and click Open Label for Design or press D to select the Open Label for Design option the Open Label for Design dialog box opens Open Label for Design Look in E Labels e a e Files of type Label Files Ibl Cancel File name When the symbol appears to the right of a menu option name an additional menu drops down when you click or select that o
130. n you downloaded the font Select it from the Location list Press the 4dd To Downloaded List button The font is added to the Downloaded Printer Fonts list Press OK when you are done adding fonts Delete Font Procedure l Ze 3 Select the font from the Downloaded Printer Fonts list Press the Remove From List button You will see the font disappear from the list Press OK when you are done removing fonts Use the Datamax Print Driver to also delete the font from the printer Legitronic User Manual v3 4 221 Appendix D True Type Font Support Notes Datamax applies incorrect sizing algorithms to fonts that have the bold style These fonts will print wider than they display Additionally the width of other fonts may not exactly match the display due to differences between Windows and the printer s sizing algorithms Weber Series 33 Printer Properties 24x General Sharing Ports Device Settings Fonts Downloaded Printer Fonts Arial Black Arial Bold Arial Narrow Bookman Old Style Font ID 550 Comic Sans MS Comic Sans MS Bold Remove From List Times New Roman E Installed Computer Fonts r Add Font Arial Black Arial Black Italic Download Filename Arial Bold Poo Arial Bold Italic Arial Narrow Arial Narrow Bold Arial Narrow Bold Italic Arial Narrow Italic Arial Unicode MS Bar Code Batang Add To Downloaded List Book Antiqua y Daal Ambas Dal Legitronic User M
131. nd Field background color for printed labels Variable Variable When checked the field is processed as a variable field on a label template Designator Enter a unique designator for the field Max Chars Enter the maximum number of characters in the variable field Auto Calc When checked Legi automatically calculates the maximum number of characters based on the size of the field rectangle Legitronic User Manual v3 4 32 4 Designing Labels Label Properties Size Tab Label Properties Settings Options Size Summary Queried Design Width 4 003 Margin Jo 150 Design Height 8 000 ites Print Rotation Unit of Measure eo 180 Inches Points 90 270 C Centimeters Dots m Multiple Across Horizontal Count 1 Horizontal Print Interval 0 000 r Continuous Label Stock Vertical Print Interval jo 000 Cancel Apply Help Specification Description Design Width The width of the label Design Height The height of the label Margin The margin along the left edge of the label in which text cannot print Print Rotation the number of degrees the label contents should be rotated when printed 0 90 180 or 270 Unit of Measure unit to be used for entering and displaying measurements Inches Centimeters Points or Dots Multiple Across Horizontal Count The number of labels that wi
132. ndix B Printer Driver Installation and Configuration Configuring a Printer Driver Follow these steps to configure an installed printer driver 1 Click the icon for the printer you want to configure i Printers A Xx Ele Edit View Go Favorites Help 2 m Forward Up Cut Copy 2 Right click and select Properties to open the Print Driver Properties dialog box Ele Edit View Go Favorites Help gt amp Forivera Up Cut Copy Add Printer Pause Printing E Displays the prope Set as Default Use Printer Offline Purge Print Documents Create Shortcut Delete Rename Properties Legitronic User Manual v3 4 173 Appendix B Printer Driver Installation and Configuration Note Depending on the operational characteristics of your Weber printer the Print Driver Properties dialog box may contain optional fields For descriptions of those fields refer to Optional Specifications page 176 3 Click the Options tab Weber Series 22 Print Driver Properties General Details Settings Weber Series 22 Print Driver Label Size o 6 600 width Inches C Centimeters las 00 Height C Dots T Cutter installed Jo caama print I Computer repetition fo Cut Pause count Cancel Apply 4 Modify the values displayed as necessary Specification Description Label Size The width and height of the label and the appropriate measur
133. ng Groups Legi Security Administrator allows you to add modify and delete group names Adding a New Group Legi Security Follow these steps to add a new group to the Legi security database 1 In the Security Administrator dialog box click the Groups radio button and then click Add The Add Modify Group Name dialog box opens Add Modify Group Name x New Group Name Accounting 2 Type the name of the new group 3 Click OK Legitronic User Manual v3 4 86 6 Security Administration The Add Modify Group Name dialog box closes The group name you added now appears in the Groups list box of the Security Administrator dialog box Note When adding a new group you should set the function rights for the group Refer to Setting Function Rights for a Group on page 91 You may also want to add users to the new group Refer to Adding a New User on page 88 If you have no other Security Administrator functions to perform click Save and Exit to save all your changes to the security database and exit the Security Administrator application Modifying a Group Name Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Follow these steps to modify an existing group name in the Legi security database A In the Security Administrator dialog box click the Groups radio button Select the group name that you want to modify Click Modify The Add Modify Group Name dialog box opens Add Modify Group Name Ed New
134. ng serial number field 95 7 Serial Number Tracking Support Using Tracking Serial Numbers in Label Formats Follow these steps to use tracking serial numbers in label formats 1 Right click a field on the label Copy Paste Ctrl g Ctrl C Ctrl Delete Duplicate Del Options Font Data Properties 2 Select Serial Alt Enter The Field Properties dialog box opens with the Serial Numbers tab activated Legitronic User Manual v3 4 96 7 Serial Number Tracking Support 3 In the Serial Number section click Tracking Field Properties Settings Options Font Data Serial r Serial Number rte Start Value p C Yes Increment f1 e r Tracking Tracking Serial Number Name m Leading Fill Character Character y Length 0 Automatic Label Counts I This field determines number of identical labels printed I This field determines number of labels serialized won hoe 4 From the Tracking Serial Number Name drop down list select the appropriate serial number defined in Legi Configuration 5 Ifnecessary use the Increment spin box to change the serial number increment after each label 6 Click OK Legitronic User Manual v3 4 97 8 Audit Support Legi s Audit Support module provides three audit options Each option can be enabled or disabled through the Configuration module to track printing information in an ODBC connec
135. nual v3 4 28 4 Designing Labels Using an Existing Label Design Follow these steps to use an existing label as the basis for your design a 1 Click in the tool bar or select File Open Label for Design from the menu bar The Open Label for Design dialog box opens Open Label for Design Look in 9 Labels gt qe ex En Files of type Label Files Ibl Cancel 2 Locate and select the file name for the label format you want to use 3 Click Open The label you selected is displayed in the Label Design window Legitronic User Manual v3 4 29 4 Designing Labels Specifying Label Properties To specify the properties for a label you either specify the properties you want for a new label design or modify the properties of an existing label design Procedure Follow these steps to specify the properties for a label 1 Open a new or existing label in the Label Design window 2 Right click to display the following menu Before you right click make sure that the cursor is not positioned within any of the label fields and that no field is selected Options Size Label Properties Tabs Summary Queried Properties Alt Enter Sele PAI BFE Menu Options spit window Test Print mis The tabs in the Label Properties dialog box are listed at the top of the menu If you select a tab name the Label Properties dialog box opens with that tab act
136. nual v3 40 170 Appendix B Printer Driver Installation and Configuration 2 Click the Add Printer icon to activate the Windows Add Printer Wizard Then follow the instructions on your screen Add Printer Wizard Y ley A pn gt gt aE 3 When prompted to select a printer click Have Disk 4 When prompted for a disk select the drive that your Weber Printer Driver resides on Add Printer Wizard Apple Le e Apple Laserwriter II NT Apple Laserwriter Personal NT Apple Laserwriter II NTX Apple Laserwriter Ilf Apple Laserwriter llg Legitronic User Manual v3 4 171 Appendix B Printer Driver Installation and Configuration 5 Select and open the weber inf file Open File name Folders e printe 5 Ger E printe 5 6 Choose your printer from the list of Weber printers and click Next 7 Follow the remaining Add Printer Wizard instructions to complete Add Printer Wizard eZ Click the manufacturer and model of your printer If pour printer came with an installation disk click Have Disk If your printer is not listed consult your printer documentation for a compatible printer Printers Weber Series 20 Print Driver Weber Series 21 Print Driver Weber Seres 22 Print Driver Weber Series 23 Print Driver Weber Series 24 Print Driver Weber Series 40 Print Driver Weher Series 40D Print Driver lt Back Cancel the installation Legitronic User Manual v3 4 172 Appe
137. number of days passed since a certain date Parameters Month day and year Example get_date_value 06 11 99 See also format_date get_current_date get_day get_day_of_week get_job_start_date get_job_submit_date get_julian_day get_month get_time_value get_week_of_year get_year Legitronic User Manual v3 4 147 Appendix A Data Expressions get_day date_value Returns the day of the month for an internal date value A date value is a number that Legi uses to store dates internally the number of days passed since a certain date Parameters Date value Example get_day get_current_date Result 911 Note The current date is June 11 1999 See also format_date get_current_date get_date_value get_day_of_week get_job_start_date get_job_submit_date get_julian_day get_month get_week_of_year get_year get_day_of_week date_value Returns a day of week number between 1 and 7 1 is Sunday 7 is Saturday based on the date value entered A date value is a number that Legi uses to store dates internally Parameters Date value Example get_day_of_week get_current_date Result 6 Note The current date is Friday June 11 1999 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 148 Appendix A Data Expressions See also format_date get_current_date get_date_value get_day get_job_start_date get_job_submit_date get_julian_day get_month get_week_of_year get_year get_day_of_week_iso value get_hour time_value
138. oaded 9 Select Fonts Test print The printer prints a sample of the font along with the font ID that has been assigned Record the font ID for later use 10 Select File Save A A This saves all the downloaded font information You can add or delete fonts at a later date by opening this file 217 Appendix D True Type Font Support Configuring Legi Print Drivers You must tell Legi what fonts are downloaded and resident in the printer Do this by using the Fonts property page of the Legi print driver Note that the fonts you want to use must have previously been downloaded to the printer using the Sato Memory Card Manager You will need administrative access to the computer to perform the following procedures Add Font Procedure 1 Display the property pages of the Legi driver you are using and select the Fonts tab 2 Select the TrueType font you want to access from the list Installed Computer Fonts 3 Choose the memory card slot that was used when you downloaded the font using the Sato Memory Card Manager 4 Select it in the Memory Card list 5 Enter the font ID in the Font ID edit control NOTE This is the value that was assigned by the printer when you downloaded the font using the Sato Memory Card Manager oY Enter the point size of the font that was downloaded 7 Press the Add To Downloaded List button The font will be added to the Downloaded Printer Fonts list 8 Press OK when you are done a
139. of the field Dynamic Fit When checked the font size is automatically adjusted so that the text fills the entire field Object Wrap When checked the paragraph field is wrapped around another field known as the object field when it is dragged against any side of the object field Line Spacing Line spacing to be used single 1 double 2 and so on Color Screen Foreground Field text color for on screen display Screen Background Field background color for on screen display Printed Foreground Field text color for printed labels Printed Background Field background color for printed labels Legitronic User Manual v3 4 42 4 Designing Labels Text Fields Font Tab The Font property page as shown below allows the user to select any installed character set for system TrueType fonts This feature is available only in Windows NT 4 0 installations Field Properties x Settings Options Font Data Serial Text Size T Albertus Extra Bold Height 0 167 T Albertus Medium Antique Olive Width fi 00 3 I Use point sizes Th m Character Set pMeonificatior Baltic x ee Central European Mera rillic rl idth Preview AaBl Specification Description Selected Font The font to be used in the selected field Text Size
140. on and attached to the computer before starting this procedure 1 Display the properties pages of the Zebra driver and select the Printer tab 2 Select Printer Options Settings 3 Press the Download Font button at the bottom of the page 4 Select the font you wish to download Select TrueType from the Download As list 6 Select the desired memory location usually B NOTE R is used for label data and is cleared at the beginning of every label printed Therefore do not use R for storing fonts 7 Select the style Regular Bold Italic Bold Italic 8 Press the Font Download button You will be returned to the previous screen In the Font Information group box the downloaded font name and location are displayed Make a note of this for later use 214 Notes Appendix D True Type Font Support The Zebra Universal Print Driver has a bug that limits use of each TrueType font to one style For example you must choose Courier Courier Bold or Courier Italic you cannot use more than one If you do the latest font downloaded will overwrite the previous font Configuring Legi Print Drivers You must tell Legi what fonts are downloaded and resident in the printer Do this by using the Fonts property page of the Legi print driver Note that the fonts you want to use must have previously been downloaded to the printer using the Zebra Universal Print Driver You will need administrative access to the computer to
141. ons for display data entry and navigation This chapter contains a brief review of Windows conventions used in Legi This chapter also describes the Legi application window where you do all of your Legi work It includes a description of each area that appears in all of the Legi windows a Title bar Menu bar a a Tool bar a Status bar Legi Under Windows Legitronic User Manual v3 40 The Legi application runs just like any other Microsoft Windows application This guide assumes that you are familiar with Windows and know how to navigate within and among applications Refer to your Microsoft Windows documentation for detailed information about using Windows This chapter provides a brief review of the Windows features used throughout Legi Using the Mouse 3 Getting Started You use the left dominant mouse button for most of your work in Legi Instructions to click or double click refer to the left mouse button When the right mouse button can be used you are instructed to right click Using Keyboard Shortcuts and the Mouse Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Although you can use Legi without a mouse most people are comfortable using a combination of the mouse and keyboard Dropping down a menu The options in a menu can be dropped down displayed by clicking the menu name or by holding down the ALT key and pressing the underlined letter in the menu name For example to drop down the list of options i
142. or Description fields uncheck the Change Password checkbox When you do this you won t need to nor be able to change the password at that time The Delete button has been renamed Disable When you work with users 21 CFR11 does not allow you to delete user records Because you want an audit trail of actions and who performed them by pressing Disable you disable the currently highlighted user User information remains in the database but that user is not allowed access to Legitronic 119 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Set up Audit Trail Database Info Because the client can set up the audit trail table and the database containing it you can set up connection information by clicking the Audit Database button The following window appears Audit Trail Location Settings User Name admin User Password Data Source AUDIT21 Table Name Audit Cancel Here are the settings for the fields User Name username for access to the database This often defaults to admin User Password password for access to the database For full 21CFR11 compliance the database must be password protected Data Source a system DSN name that is used to access the database containing the audit trail table The data source can be on the local machine or on a network Table Name the name of the database table where the audit trail records are stored The default name is Audit Legitronic Us
143. or barcode fields the data that sill be translated into a barcode printed on each label For graphic fields the file name that contains the graphic including path When you don t know the graphic name click the Browse button select the file name and click Open For raw fields the printer commands for each label Legitronic User Manual v3 4 61 4 Designing Labels Reference Reference fields allow you to reference other fields on the label The field will combine data from the referenced fields in their order of reference Field Properties Settings Options Font Data Serial Expression Type ieiG ieame aa eas m Padding None PadLeft Pad Right Fill Character y Fill Length fo m Fragment co 7 Stato Lengthfo Each Field C Entire Group Referenced Fields Insert EY _Remove pE of Fields Cancel SEE Help Specification Description Padding Type of padding desired when the field content is shorter than the length specified in the Fill Length field none pad left or pad right Fill Character Character to be used to pad the field Fill Length The maximum allowable length of the field Fragment you can specify a start position and maximum length for each referenced field or for the entire group of referenced fields Start The position at which the data should begin Length The m
144. ou do not need to enter the GRF extension Select the memory location that was used when you downloaded the font usually B NOTE Check that R was not used R is used for label data and is cleared at the beginning of every label printed 226 Appendix E Graphics Support 5 Press the Add To Downloaded List button The graphic will be added to the Downloaded Printer Graphics list 6 Press OK when you are done adding graphics Delete Graphic Procedure 1 Select the graphic from the Downloaded Printer Graphics list 2 Press the Remove From List button You will see the graphic disappear from the list 3 Press OK when you are done removing graphics The graphic must also be deleted from the printer using the Zebra Tools 3 1 S Weber Series 20 Printer Properties 2 x General Sharing Parts Advanced Security Device Settings Fonts Graphics Downloaded Printer Graphics m Graphic Information Guitar pex Filename Fastco GRF Harpsich pex estar E Phone pcx j Remove From List m Add Graphic Filename Download Filename GRF Add to Download List Location fe Memory Card y Print Graphic List Cancel Apply Legitronic User Manual v3 4 227 Appendix E Graphics Support Sato Printers Graphics Downloading Graphics Procedure Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Sato printers support downloading PCX graphics into the printer Unlike other printer families
145. pdates this field when the Reorder Quantity is not 0 Reorder Qty The stock level for reordering label stock for example if the Reorder Qty is 50 label stock is reordered when the Current Qty falls to 50 or below Note If you don t want to track the Reorder Qty for a label stock type 0 in this field 100 8 Audit Support Field Name Description Reorder Now An asterisk indicates that label stock should be reordered when Current Qty is less than or equal to Reorder Qty Note When Notify low stock at print time is selected in the Options dialog box Legi checks the Reorder Now field when this label stock is selected When an asterisk is found Legi displays the message Stock reorder quantity reached Continue Click OK to continue the print job Comments Comments about the label stock such as the type of print job it is used for Using the System Print Log The system print log keeps track of print run information for all print jobs The log is a database table maintained by Legi and displayed within the parent database application Stock Name Label Name Total Labels Job Aborted stock 1 BOLT 9 15 98 9 13 00 PM DLM 310 PI PROD DATE 9 18 98 6 24 00 PM MOP 156 Record fa 2 gt ot r of 2 Note Legi does not update the system print log unless the system print log option is activated in the Configuration dialog box Refer
146. pen windows in a horizontal tile pattern from top to bottom Tile Vertical Rearranges open windows in a vertical tile pattern from left to right Arrange Icons Neatly arranges the icons of minimized Legi windows Help Menu Menu Option Action When Selected Help Topics Displays the Legi online help system s table of contents About Legi for Opens the About Legi dialog box which Windows identifies the version of Legi that is installed on your computer Legitronic User Manual v3 4 21 Tool Bar Legitronic User Manual v3 4 3 Getting Started The tool bar is located directly below the menu bar The tool bar functions are always the same regardless of which window appears below This tool bar provides quick access to Legi windows and major print functions Each button contains an icon representing its function Pass the cursor over the button to display its description All functions in the tool bar can also be accessed through the menu bar The tool bar is actually made up of three tool bars o Standard the leftmost tool bar allows you to design a new label open an existing label for design or printing and exit the Legi application a Design the middle tool bar allows you to insert various types of fields in your label and to test print the label Q Window the rightmost tool bar allows you to open new windows and specify how the open windows should be displayed Note You can show or hide ea
147. pendix D Downloading TrueType Fonts discusses using downloaded True Type fonts in the printer Appendix E Legi Graphics Support discusses support for recalling downloaded PCX graphics in the printer To help you locate the information you need quickly the Index at the back of this guide provides an alphabetical cross referenced list of topics and their page numbers Legitronic User Manual v3 4 2 1 Introduction Conventions Used In This Guide The table below explains how this guide uses type as visual cues to certain Legi components special keying techniques or documentation conventions This Represents SMALL CAPITAL Keys on your keyboard such as the ENTER key or LETTERS the ALT key italic Emphasized words and variables names used to represent data items whose value can change Italic Menus and menu options The shortcut key is underlined For example the Tools menu can be selected by pressing ALT T Italic Italic A sequence of menu selections that can be used to open a window or dialog box For example File New means click the File menu and select the New option Using the keyboard you would press ALT F and then N Command Command buttons in dialog boxes For example OK Cancel and Help The underlined letter on a button label identifies the shortcut key used in conjunction with the ALT key For example pressing ALT H is the same as clicking the Help command button Note This guide includes
148. phic Information Filename logo pcx Storage rea 001 Memory Card Slot 1 Remove From List Add Graphic Filename logo pex Memory Card Slot 1 Bad Storage Area 001 001 099 Print Graphic List 230 Datamax Printers Graphics Downloading Graphics Procedure Notes Datamax printers support downloading PCX graphics into the printer Datamax does not support rotation of graphics that is once the graphic is downloaded it will only print in that one orientation Datamax does not supply any tools for downloading graphics You must add a special header to the PCX graphic you want to download and then copy or send that file to the port to which the printer is connected Header format lt STX gt I lt module gt P lt graphic name gt lt CR gt data where lt STX gt 02 hex I stands for Input Image Data lt module gt is the memory module to which the graphic is downloaded A B or F P stands for PCX image format lt graphic name gt is the name the graphic will be stored under in the printer maximum 16 characters lt CR gt stands for Carriage Return which is 0D hex lt data gt is the PCX file NOTE Make sure that the printer is powered on and attached to the computer before starting this procedure Open the PCX file using a hex or binary editor Insert the header shown above at the beginning of the file substituting a module identifier and graphic name in the appropria
149. piry Date Offset is checked and an offset of 30 days is specified If the label is printed on January 1 the date printed on the label will be January 31 Date or Time Setting List of available date formats Highlight the format you want to use on the label Legitronic User Manual v3 4 65 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 String Builder 4 Designing Labels String builder allows you to build data expressions For detailed information about data expression functions refer to Appendix A Field Properties Settings Options Data Serial Symbology Expression Type String Builder Evaluate Eunction Category Function Name format_string format_time Expression format_date value format separator blank a Fields Barcode v File Name format_date value format separator a wey vee Specification Description Function Category Available functions Function Name The elements that can be included in the string for the Function selected To paste a function in the Expression box double click the function Expression The expression you are building To evaluate the validity of the expression click Evaluate If the expression is valid the results of the data expression is displayed below the Fields list box Fields The fields that can be included in the string 66 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 4 D
150. play one message box containing the last name for every entry in the table EMPLOYEES Here s another example DB OPEN ADDRESSES EMPLOYEES HANDLE QUERY DB READ NEXT HANDLE LAST NAME NAME START AT LAST NAME WEBER LOOP IF EQUAL ERRORCODE 1 EXIT MESSAGE BOX NAME NAME DB READ NEXT HANDLE LAST NAME NAME GOTO LOOP 207 DB UPDATE Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Appendix C Automated Print Control EXIT DB CLOSE HANDLE This will display a message box for every record in the table EMPLOYEES which has a last name lexicographically greater than or equal to WEBER Updates a record in a database Syntax DB UPDATE tblhandle fieldnamel fieldvaluel namel valuel Notes fieldnamel is the name of the field to be updated fieldvaluel is the new value for fieldnamel namel are the key field names valuel are the key field values SERRORCODE 0 Success 1 Failure 208 Appendix C Automated Print Control Miscellaneous Commands ADD BATCH Adds a batch to the end of the batch queue Syntax ADD BATCH Batchfilename Note Batchfilename is a string that contains the drive path and name of the batch file to be added GET DATE Gets the system date Syntax GET DATE month day year GET TIME Gets the system time Syntax GET TIME hour min sec hund SET DATE Sets the system date Syntax SET DATE month day year Note SERRORCODE 0 Success
151. ption For example when you drop down the View menu and click Toolbars or press T to select the Toolbars option an additional menu drops down MSN Field Options Window Help Toolbars ay Standard v Status Bar v Design abel Rataneters endow Zoom gt Grid gt Show Ruler Selecting a command button The buttons you click to perform functions provided by dialog boxes are called command buttons Some command buttons have a corresponding shortcut key When a command button label includes an underlined letter its command may be invoked by pressing ALT the underlined letter or by clicking the command button For example the shortcut key for the Open command button is ALT O Standard command buttons are described on page 13 Open Cancel 3 Getting Started Serolling When a window contains more items rows or columns than will fit in the display you can use the mouse and scroll bars to display additional data You can also use the arrow keys to scroll up down right or left in the display kJ pay Minimizing a window To reduce the window to an icon at the bottom of the application window click the button at the right end of the title bar Maximizing a window To expand a window to its full size click the O button at the right of the title bar The presence of the o button indicates that the window is not at its maximum size When this button is displayed you can resize the window by dragging it
152. ptional length optional fill character optional The increment defaults to 1 the length defaults to zero all and the fill defaults to spaces Example tracking_serial serial 1 5 10 0 Result The tracking serial number will be serial 1 the numbers will increment by 5 and be 10 characters long If the number is not 10 characters long the 0 symbol will fill in the extra spaces Due to printer limitations any character other than a space or a zero as the fill character requires computer repetition See also auto_serial serial Synonymous with 1 False is synonymous with 0 Parameters None See also auto_tracking_ serial false get_serial_count if 168 upper string Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Forces a specified string to upper case Parameters String Example upper abcde Result ABCDE See also lower Appendix A Data Expressions 169 Appendix B Printer Driver Installation and Configuration Legi supports the use of Windows printer drivers This appendix provides the information required to install and configure Legi printer drivers Installing a Printer Driver Follow these steps to install a Legi printer driver 1 From the Windows Start menu select Settings Printers The Printers dialog box opens fi Printers File Edit View Go Favorites Help ee gt a E AE owadi Up Gt Copp Address T Printers J 4 object s Legitronic User Ma
153. r application Note The directory is considered read only by Legitronic software only Other software packages including the Windows operating system retain full read and write access to the directory Selecting Security Options Follow these steps to select security options for Legi l Legitronic User Manual v3 4 In the Security Administrator dialog box check the appropriate security options in the Options section If you have no other Security Administrator functions to perform click Save and Exit to save all your changes to the security database and exit the Security Administrator application Note Your selections do not take effect until you exit Legi and login again 92 7 Tracking Serial Number Support Legitronic User Manual v3 40 Tracking serial numbers are serial numbers that are given a name and tracked by Legi When a label includes a tracking serial number field the initial value of that field is obtained from the Tracking Serial Numbers table when the label prints When the label print job is submitted the next serial number to be used is stored in the Tracking Serial Numbers table When a label includes a regular serial number field Legi does not keep track of the next serial number to be used Each time the label is printed the serial number begins at the specified start point This chapter explains how to a Configure Legi for serial number tracking a Maintain the Tracking Serial Numb
154. r display of the text associated with the barcode When NO HRI is selected the text associated with the barcode is not displayed 50 4 Designing Labels Graphics Fields Legi supports the following graphic file formats WindowsBitmap BMP Encapsulated PostScript EPS a vector format JPEG Joint Photo Experts Group JPG Zsoft PCS PCX Windows Metafile WMF a vector format TIFF TIFF in all formats except LZW compression WordPerfect Graphic WPG Targa TGA D oOo O O0 O0 0 oO O Legitronic User Manual v3 4 51 4 Designing Labels Graphics Fields Settings Tab Field Properties Settings Options Data Serial Field Name Data Result oc IV Display Field IV Print Field Design Orientation Unit of Measure Rotate D y Inches bs m Position Horizontal Vertical fi 231 4 573 m Size Horizontal Vertical B 028 fo 951 Help Specification Description Field Name Name of the field For each new field you create Legi displays a default field name that you can change as necessary Legi automatically increments the default field name Data Result Does not apply to graphics fields Display Field When checked the field displays on the screen Print Field When checked the field prints on the label Design Orientation The number of degrees the field contents should be rotated when p
155. r printing Rotation setting Number of degrees to rotate the label when printing Note You can restore the original unmodified settings by clicking Restore Defaults 7 When you have completed your configuration settings click OK Legitronic User Manual v3 4 175 Appendix B Printer Driver Installation and Configuration Optional Specifications The following table lists and explains optional specifications that may appear in the Print Driver Properties dialog box depending on the operational characteristics of your Weber printer Specification Description Module designator The code for the memory options installed on the printer Refer to the printer user guide for specific codes Module size in bytes The size in bytes of the memory option Contrast The level of contrast between the black and white areas of the label This specification determines how heavy the inking will be ranging from 1 lightest to 20 heaviest Label stock continuous Check to print labels on continuous feed label stock Label sensor reflective Check when the printer uses transmissive black strip media sensing to detect end of label When not checked the printer uses reflective sensing to detect end of label Independent ribbon control Check to use the ribbon saving feature Media darkness Print darkness darkness intensifies as number increases
156. re applications can invoke tasks for label printing which are normally selected interactively from the Legi user interface Legi 3 3 0 uses a dual interface in its OLE Automation Server implementation One method is best suited for Microsoft Visual Basic and other clients that support Microsoft ActiveX automation The other method is best suited for higher performance clients like Microsoft Visual C and non Microsoft clients that support COM technology Customers can design and implement their own label printing solutions using Legi for label creation maintenance and printing tasks This allows customers to focus on their own user interface and data resolution rule sets In addition existing software systems can implement functionality for label printing by modifying those systems to access Legi s printing functions 136 Visual Basic for Applications Visual Basic for Applications VBA Legi 3 3 0 includes a VBA integrated development environment IDE accessed from the menu bar by clicking Tools gt Run Legi VBA Refer to the IDE help system for usage information Type Library Legi 3 3 0 includes a Type Library file Legi32 tlb that contains information on all implemented objects methods and properties The client software of choice including VBA requires access to the Type Library file To install the Type Library in the VBA IDE Click Edit gt References Check the Weber Marking Systems Legi Type Library in the lis
157. red every time a label is printed Select the font name The font name should be as short as possible yet accurately describe the font and style You can take the default Press OK The font is now sent to the printer and the Font property page is displayed Select the font from the Font Name list Make a note of the file name location and ID displayed in the Font Information group box Press OK to save your changes 220 Appendix D True Type Font Support Configuring Legi Print Drivers You must tell Legi what fonts are downloaded and resident in the printer Do this by using the Fonts property page of the Legi print driver Note that the fonts you want to use must have previously been downloaded to the printer using the Datamax Print Driver You will need administrative access to the computer to perform the following procedures Add Font Procedure 1 Ze Display the properties page of the Legi driver you are using and select the Fonts tab Select the TrueType font you want to access in the printer from the list Installed Computer Fonts Enter the font filename in the Download Filename edit control NOTE This is the name that was used when you downloaded the font to the printer using the Datamax Print Driver Enter the font ID in the Font ID edit control NOTE This is the value e g S50 that was assigned when you downloaded the font using the Datamax Print Driver Choose the location e g F that you used whe
158. remote source 1 Select the remote source 2 Select the appropriate available port 3 Click lt lt Assign The port ID is removed from the Available Ports list and added to the Remote Source list for example Source 1 from COM 1 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 109 9 Configuration Removing a Port Assignment Follow these steps to remove a port assignment 1 In the Remote Source list select the remote source and its assigned port 2 Click Remove gt gt The port ID moves from the Remote Source list to the Available Ports list Setting Communication Port Parameters Parameters associated with communication ports are set using standard Windows facilities accessed by clicking Settings on the Remote Input tab of the Configuration dialog box Legitronic User Manual v3 4 110 System Tables Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Configuration Options File Locations Remote Input System Tables Table Type System Print Log em Print Log m Settings Label Stock Log Tracking Seral Number Log User Name User Password ss Data Source Corporate Orders X Table Name Products y 9 Configuration Cancel Apply Help Specification Description Table Type Type of system table whose ODBC data source is specified below System Print Log Label Stock Log or Tracking Serial Number Log Settings User Name User name supplied by user User Password U
159. reviews you should progressively set the mode through Review and Approve and perhaps also Responsibility Authorship is considered the lowest mode and Responsibility the highest You can set any mode at or below your permission level In the following screen if you had Authorship permissions you could only set the Author mode If you had Responsibility permissions you could set any of the levels of label mode eg abel P g Software 3 4 0 abe b O E File View Field Tools Window Help 808X Dis gt ci telek awe Cola tedo trit Y lE i ctrl X zB a Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl Paste Special Duplicate La Delete Select Alignment Change Source Properties Alt Enter Links Insert New Object Object Label Mode 4 y Author Approve Responsibility Num INS Y Legitronic does not require you to set the label mode It offers this setting for client use You can change Label Mode on only a new label file or a work file You cannot edit a read only archived version of a label file 133 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Changes to Automation Interface While running in 21 CFR Part 11 compliance mode client applications will need to set the username and password before they call other Legitronic automation methods To set the username and password for automation calls use this method SetUserNamePassword strName strPassword T
160. rint manager not the time it printed The job start date or time is the time that the print job actually began printing The job submit date or time is the time when the print job was submitted to the print manager Parameters None See also format_time get_current_time get_hour get_job_start_time get_job_submit_date get_minute get_second get_time_value isam ispm get_julian_day date_value Returns the julian calendar day value The julian calendar day is the number of days since January 1 of the current year Parameters Date value Example get_julian_day get_current_date Result 162 Note The current date is June 11 1999 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 152 get_label_name get_label_stock Appendix A Data Expressions See also format_date get_current_date get_date_value get_day get_day_of_week get_job_start_date get_job_submit_date get_month get_week_of_year get_year Returns the file name for the label format Parameters None See also get_label_stock get_user_name label_version Returns the name of the label stock selected for the label format Parameters None See also get_label_name get_user_name label_version get_minute time_value Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Returns the minute for a specified internal time value Parameters Time value Example get_minute get_current_time Result 1 Note The current time is 12 01 pm See also format_time get_current_ti
161. rinted 0 90 180 or 270 Unit of Measure Unit to be used for entering and displaying measurements Inches Centimeters Points or Dots Position Horizontal The horizontal position of the upper left corner of the field Vertical The vertical position of the upper left corner of the field Size Horizontal The horizontal length of the field Vertical The vertical length of the field Legitronic User Manual v3 4 52 4 Designing Labels Graphics Fields Options Tab Field Properties Settings Options Data Serial l Feld Type z p Sizing Magnification I Dynamic Fit Horizontal Vertical T Fixed Aspect Ratio 100 y 100 y Color Screen Foreground 1 a Printed Foreground Po El Printed Back Cancel Apply Help Specification Description Field Type Type of field Text Barcode Graphic Line Box or Raw Sizing Dynamic Fit When checked the graphic size is automatically adjusted to fill the entire field Fixed Aspect Ratio When checked the graphic s proportions are maintained during resizing Magnification Horizontal The amount of height magnification Vertical The amount of width magnification Color Screen Foreground Field foreground color for on screen display Screen Background Field background color for on screen display Printed Foreground Fie
162. rrent_date 148 get _current_label_in run 148 get_date_value 149 get_day 150 get_hour 151 get identical_count 152 get job_start_date 152 get_job_start time 153 get job_submit_date 153 get _job_submit time 154 get _julian_day 154 get label name 155 get_label_stock 155 get_minute 155 get_month 156 get query_count 157 get query_rec 157 get_second 157 get_serial_count 158 get time value 158 get_user_name 159 get_week_of year 159 get_week_of year_iso 160 get year 160 if 161 index 161 isam 161 isblank 162 isnumber 162 Legitronic User Manual v3 40 Index ispm 162 isstring 163 label_version 163 left 164 len 164 lower 165 mid 165 ODBC query 165 ODBC_update 166 pad_left 167 pad_right 167 precision 168 right 168 serial 169 set_nonprinting fld Text2 169 sgn 169 textfile 170 tracking serial 170 true 170 upper 171 data expression functions 166 database fields 65 database input output commands 208 Datamax Printers 235 date fields 67 DB CLOSE 208 DB DELETE RECORD 208 DB INSERT 209 DB OPEN 208 DB READ 209 DB READ NEXT 209 DB UPDATE 211 Delete Graphic Procedure 231 Datamax printers 237 Sato printer 234 DELETE BATCH 182 deleting groups 90 label fields 74 users 92 Design tool bar 23 designing labels 27 DIALOG 195 dialog boxes Add Modify Group Name 88 89 Add Modify User 91 92 Assign Read Only Paths 93 Con
163. s Icon Corel Quattro Pro 8 Chart pa Create New C Create from File Result Inserts a new Bitmap Image object into your 2 document Click Create from File 4 Type the name of the file that contains the object If you don t know the file name click Browse When you locate the file name select it and click Insert 5 Ifyou want the object to display as an application icon check Display As Icon 72 4 Designing Labels 6 If you want to link to the file so that the contents of the field always reflects the contents of the file check Link 7 Click OK The contents of the file will be inserted into the field Creating a New Object 1 Select the field that will contain the object 2 Select Edit Insert New Object The Insert Object dialog box opens Insert Object 127 x ote CheckedList Class Cancel C il Corel GALLERY Clipart Geste from Eie Corel Photo House Document Corel PHOTO PAINT 7 0 Image Corel Presentations 8 Chart Corel Presentations 8 Drawing Corel Quattro Pro 8 Chart m Create New T Display As Icon Result Inserts a new Bitmap Image object into your p 2 document Click Create New 4 Ifyou want the object to display as an application icon check Display As Icon 5 Select the type of object you want to create and click OK The application you selected is activated so that you can create the object 6 When you have created the object
164. s called firing an event An object that fires an event is called an event source Declare a variable s object using the WithEvents keyword Legitronic User Manual v3 4 138 Appendix A Data Expressions The Data Tab of the Field Properties dialog box provides a String Builder for building data expressions This appendix lists and explains the String Builder functions used in data expressions For more information about data expressions refer to String Builder in Chapter 4 Data Expression Functions Data expression functions are the various commands used in String Builder These functions generally accept one or more parameters as input and return a result Functions can be combined by using the result returned by one function as an input to another For example abs fld quantity returns the absolute value of the number stored in the quantity field on the label If the value in the quantity field was 50 fld quantity would return a value of 50 which would be the input parameter for the abs function The function abs 50 would then return a value of 50 Constant parameters like quantity are generally enclosed in quotes as shown above This ensures that characters like commas and math signs are interpreted correctly by the function For example cat Conner Inc part fld part number combines the constant information Conner Inc part and the value held in the part number field into one string If Conner
165. s corners Reducing window size To reduce a window from its maximum size to its most previous reduced size click the button at the right of the title bar The presence of the button indicates that the window is at its maximum size Closing a window To close a window select Close from the File menu or simply click the X button at the right end of the title bar Entering Field Data Legitronic User Manual v3 4 A field is a specified area in which you enter or the system displays a valid value for a particular data element Several data entry methods are used in Legi depending on the type of field Legi uses the following types of fields Text box a box into which you can type data When you click inside a text box the cursor changes to an I beam Drop down list a text box with a down pointing arrow at its right end Clicking the arrow drops down a list of values so that you can select a value by clicking it Print Mode 300 0x300 0 y 150 0x150 0 10 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 3 Getting Started Combo box a drop down list that allows you to select a value by clicking it in the list or by typing the value directly into the text box When you click inside the combo box the cursor changes to an I beam Print Mode 300 0 300 0 y 300 0x300 0 150 0x150 0 Check box a small box to the left of a field name used as a toggle to turn an option on or off Simply
166. scsesscvesvesncsasnectevasvestevacnssnevedvestevssnscnevasvesnevtepdsnevesvesuevasnddnevasvesnevaen dnevadvedness 77 QUE O E AAA AA AA A A A E 81 PO its A A A AAA A EA a ee 82 PRINTING THE LABELS a 82 6 SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 83 LOGGING INTO SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR paiol aeniei e a e e e 84 SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR DIALOG BOX cccccsssssssssssesscscseesecsessesesecsseseseesesescessessesessessececsessesessesaesecsecsececsessecesseeaeaes 85 MAINTAINING GROUPS se tes a dd del dae da Dat ae dd att 86 Addihg a New Group ices visi dalla il 86 Modifying Group Name a aaa 87 Deleting a Group Name ii dz 88 MAINTAINING USERS a 88 Adding a News A 88 Modifying a User Name and or Password oooocoonoccoccoccocconconocononccononcnnonnco nono no nocn noo non non no rcnn nono nn ran non rrn rca rannna renos 89 Deleting a USERNAME Es 90 SETTING FUNCTION RIGHTS FOR A GROUP sietnie kient n o N AANA NANREN 91 SETTING PRINT DATA RIGHTS A da 91 SELECTING SECURITY OP NONS a 92 7 TRACKING SERIAL NUMBER SUPPORT 93 CONFIGURING LEGI FOR SERIAL NUMBER TRACKING ccccccssssesscscsseseccesseseceessssesecsessesecsesesecseesesecsecsececsessececseeaeeeses 94 MAINTAINING THE TRACKING SERIAL NUMBERS TABLE cccccssssecscsseseeccseeseescsecsesecsecsesecseesesecsesseceseesececsesseeeeseeaeeeeas 95 USING TRACKING SERIAL NUMBERS IN LABEL FORMATS c ccscsessessssecccseesecscseesececseaesecseesececsesseecsessececsesseeecseeaeeeses 96 8 AUDIT SUPPORT 98
167. se commands perform mathematics operation on paral and para2 The result will be stored in result MATH ABS Replace the value of a variable by its absolute value Syntax MATH ABS var MATH ADD MATH DIV MATH MOD MATH MUL MATH SUB Legitronic User Manual v3 4 191 Appendix C Automated Print Control Screen Input Output Commands When using screen I O commands to define a dialog box and its controls make sure that the definitions are executed only once It s a good idea to define them at the beginning of the batch file DLGITEMID is a predefined variable that holds the ID of the dialog control item just defined DLGITEMID will be overwritten by most dialog commands If it will be needed it should be saved to another variable right after the dialog command When more than one pushbutton is defined save the IDs of pushbutton controls to compare with the BUTTON_ID of the DIALOG command You should also save any control items in the dialog box that will use the DIALOG SET TEXT command DIALOG Defines a dialog box Syntax DIALOG DigName title x y width height button_id Notes DigName is the name of the dialog box which will be used in the DIALOG SHOW command x is the x coordinate in pixels of dialog box s upper left corner in screen coordinates y is the y coordinate in pixels of dialog box s upper left corner in screen coordinates width is the dialog box width in pixels height
168. selves 69 4 Designing Labels Real Time Clock Data Type In the Field Properties screen click the Evaluate button to display an example of the resulting string based on current computer time and date in the text box below the offset value field Field Properties Settings Options Data Serial Symbology Expression Type Realtime Date Time i Evaluate Realtime Printer Date Time format string fd0Im211d21y41 W Expiry Date Offset 1 9999 5 Months 30211 2004 Printer Date Time Codes Description Format Day of week Monday dw Day of week Mon Sur d3 Numeric day of week 0 6 d0 Week 00 53 w0 Numeric day 01 31 d2 kimni Cl san sri armar orl ras Legitronic User Manual v3 4 70 4 Designing Labels The time unit options in the dropdown list are Years Months Weeks Days Hours Minutes and Seconds The master list for Printer Date Time Codes is Code Printer Date Time dw Day of week Monday d3 Day of week Mon Sun D3 Day of week MON SUN d0 Numeric day of week 0 6 dn Numeric day of week 1 7 w0 Week 00 53 wn Week 01 54 dd Numeric day 1 31 d2 Numeric day 01 31 ma Month January December m3 Month Jan Dec M3 Month JAN DEC mn Numeric month 1 12 m2 Numeric month 01 12 y2 Year 00 99 y4 Year 2000 2099 id
169. ser password supplied by user Data Source OBDC data source for the table type identified above Table Name Name of appropriate table in the data source 111 10 Security Administration Legitronic Secure Series Labeling Software Legitronic Secure Series Software is designed to help meet the requirements for FDA 21 CFR Part 11 rules regarding electronic records and electronic signatures a System access access to Legi can be controlled with user names and passwords Security Administrator allows you to maintain current user names and passwords and to assign each user to a user group Q Function rights Security Administrator allows you to identify the Legi functions each group is allowed to perform Application Login The Weber Legitronic logo has been updated in this version but the login screen has not changed from previous versions ie Legi Security Administrator Login Login Name Login Password N Legi Security Database C Program Files Weber Marking SystemsLegi for Windows D atabase Sy Cancel Legitronic User Manual v3 40 113 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Main Screen After successfully logging in you see the main Legi Security Administrator screen Legi Security Administrator 21 CFR Part 11 Function Rights User Name approvemnggroup authmnggroup nomnggroup responsiblemnggroup reviewmnggroup nomeaning
170. t None PRINT SUSPENDED Starts a print job that is suspended in Print Manager Value Yes or No Default No Legitronic User Manual v3 4 185 Appendix C Automated Print Control Application Designer Syntax Rules 1 Lines beginning with are GOTO labels 2 Variable names must begin with Anywhere a value can be used a variable can be used in place of it 3 A variable value can be a numeric or a string value All string values containing blank spaces should be enclosed in quotation marks 4 SERRORCODE and DLGITEMID are predefined variables that are updated by commands Performance Notes Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Running Application Designer from another application such as a Visual Basic program can be very disk intensive To improve performance make sure that the hard disk drive is cached Smart Drive is a hard disk drive cache program that is included with Windows Set the cache size to at least 1024KB The Application Designer program remains in memory even after the batch has been processed This allows for much faster processing of additional batches Legi can run while Application Designer is running To close Application Designer click on the Legi Batch icon and select Close 186 Appendix C Automated Print Control Automated Print Control Rules Keep the following automated print control rules in mind when creating an Application Designer file l 2 ODT A EN SOE Enter only one co
171. t of references Then click OK To display objects and methods Click Debug gt Browse In the Library list select Legi32 Type Library Usage When entering a code statement enter a period after an object name to display a dialog containing all associated members and properties Enter a period after a member name to display all properties Legitronic User Manual v3 4 137 Visual Basic for Applications Object Creation Legi 3 3 0 supports the following ways to create its objects Dim MyLabel as Object Set MyLabel CreateObject Legi32 label This method follows ActiveX conventions and creates an object with a late bind A reference to the object is created during program execution Dim MyLabel as Legi32 label Set MyLabel CreateObject Legi32 label This method creates an object with an early bind A reference to the object is created during program compilation to increase performance Dim MyLabel as Object Set MyLabel New Legi32 label This method requires clients to use the Type Library It creates an object with an early bind A reference to the object is created during program compilation to increase performance Event Handling Legi 3 3 0 objects can notify client applications when predetermined label printing events occur For example Legi 3 3 0 implements a Notification object to notify a client when a label print request is sent to the Windows print manager This notification process i
172. t_job_submit_date get_julian_day get_month get_week_of_year get_year 150 get_ job_start_time Appendix A Data Expressions Returns the time value for the job start time This function can be used in conjunction with format_time to make the time value human readable The job start date or time is the time that the print job actually began printing The job submit date or time is the time when the print job was submitted to the print manager Parameters None See also format_time get_current_time get_hour get_job_start_date get_job_submit_time get_minute get_second get_time_value isam ispm get_job_submit_date Returns the date value for the job submit date This function can be used in conjunction with format _date to make the date value human readable The job start date or time is the time that the print job actually began printing The job submit date or time is the time when the print job was submitted to the print manager Parameters None See also format_date get_current_date get_date_value get_day get_day_of_week get_job_start_date get_job_submit_time get_julian_day get_month get_week_of_year get_year Legitronic User Manual v3 4 151 Appendix A Data Expressions get_job_submit_time Returns the time value for the job submit time This function can be used in conjunction with format_time to make the time value human readable The job submit time is the time the job was submitted to p
173. te places 3 Save the file under a new name 4 Send the file to the printer use a communications program or DOS Ne You can display memory module contents using the front panel setup Do this to verify that the graphic was stored in the printer Legitronic User Manual v3 40 231 Appendix E Graphics Support Configuring Legi Print Drivers You must tell Legi what graphics are downloaded and resident in the printer Do this by using the Graphics property page of the Legi print driver Note that the graphics you want to use must have previously been downloaded to the printer Y ou will need administrative access to the computer to perform the following procedures Add Graphic Procedure 1 de Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Display the properties page of the Legi driver you are using and select the Graphics tab Enter the name of the graphic as it is used by Legi in the Legi Filename edit control NOTE Do not include the driver letter or path For example in a Legi graphic field the name might be C Graphics Logo pcx Enter only Logo pcx in this edit control Enter the graphic filename in the Download Filename edit control This is the name that was used when you downloaded the graphic to the printer Choose the location that was specified when you downloaded the graphic to the printer Select it from the Location list box Press the 4dd To Downloaded List button The graphic is added to the Downloaded Printer
174. ted database table The audit options are a Label stock tracks the stock levels of selected label stock You can add label stock names to this table and update quantities as necessary a System print log keeps track of all print jobs For each print job submitted Legi captures the print run information a Label print logs are user defined ODBC connected tables that maintain print job information for selected labels For example a label print log might include the stock name label name date and time the label was printed and label field data This chapter explains how to a Activate audit support Use the label stock log a a Use the system print log o Create a label print log Legitronic User Manual v3 40 98 8 Audit Support Activating Audit Support Follow these steps to activate audit support 1 Select Options gt Configuration A from the menu bar or click in the tool bar The Configuration dialog box opens Configuration x Options File Locations Remote Input System Tables User Name User Password Data Source Corporate Orders y Table Name Products y Cancel Apply Help 2 Click the System Tables tab From the Table Type drop down list select the appropriate audit option 4 From the Data Source drop down list select the appropriate audit support table for the selected option 5 Click OK Legitronic User Manual v3 4 99 8 Audit Support
175. th for the field Start The position at which the data should begin Length The maximum length of the field Queried Print When checked the field will get its data from the data source identified below Data Source Drop down list of data sources defined using the ODBC Administrator When you select a data source a dialog box displays so that you can locate and select the appropriate database from that data source Database Database that contains the table you want to use Table Name of the table that contains the data you want to use Search Col The database column to be searched for the appropriate record Return Col The database field in the selected record that contains the data to be used in the label field Key Field on The label field that contains the data used to select the database Label record Legitronic User Manual v3 4 63 4 Designing Labels Text File Text file fields provide the ability to retrieve the contents of a text file to serve as the field contents Field Properties Settings Options Data Serial Symbology Padding None PadLleft Pad Right Fill Character y Fill Length fo r Fragment Start 0 a Length 0 Expression Type Cancel Apply Help Specification Description Padding Type of padding desired when the field content is shorter than the length specified in the Fi
176. the full archive file path or just the archive file as shown in the following dialog Select Archive File C Leaitronic Labels MyLabel MyLabel 001 C Legitronic Labels MyLabel MyLabel 002 C Legitronic Labels MyLabel MyLabel 003 C Legitronic Labels VarFieldT est VarFieldT est1 001 C Legitronic Labels VarFieldT est VarFieldT est1 002 C Program Files Weber Marking Systems Legi for Windows Labels 4lphal Alphal 015 C Program Files Weber Marking SystemsLegi for Windows Labels Alpha2 4lpha2 003 C Program Files Weber Marking SystemstLegi for Windows Labels Slphabett lphabet C Program Files Weber Marking Systems Legi for WindowsLabels Alphabet Alphabet C Program Files Weber Marking SystemstLeai for Windows Labels Alphabet Alphabet C Program Files Weber Marking SystemstLegi for Windows Labels BCT est BCTest1 C Y lt Legitronic User Manual v3 4 130 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Note When you choose the Edit Last Version menu option to open an existing archive for editing the Select Archive dialog only shows latest version of each archived file If you choose to edit a label for which a work file already exists the following prompt appears Legi for Windows A Work file Label lbl already exists Overwrite it Select Yes to overwrite the previous work file with a fresh copy of the last archived version of the selected lab
177. the selected item to the clipboard Paste Inserts an item from the clipboard into the display Paste Special Allows you to paste an OLE object or link to an OLE object from the clipboard Creates an exact copy of the selected field Removes the selected item from the display Select Allows you to select all or none of the fields in the label Change Icon Changes the icon that represents the OLE object in Label Design Change Source Changes the source of the OLE Object Properties When no field is selected displays the Label Properties dialog box When a field is selected displays the Field Properties dialog box Links Manages an OLE object in the label by allowing the link to be removed or updated Insert New Object Opens the Insert Object dialog box so that you can insert a new OLE object Allows you to open or edit an OLE Object 3 o a O Legitronic User Manual v3 4 18 3 Getting Started View Menu Menu Option Action When Selected Toolbars Allows you to show or hide the standard design and or window tool bars Allows you to show or hide the status bar Label Parameters Opens the Label Properties dialog box Zoom Allows you to select a zoom option Zoom in to a 50 100 or 200 view of the entire label Zoom out to view the entire label entire label width or entire label height Grid Allows you to display the Grid Settings dialog box display a grid or snap the select
178. the user level at Approval the user can assign a label a meaning level of Approval Review and Authorship 115 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 System Settings Features Legitronic User Manual v3 4 The System Settings section is also new allowing you to set several new global values that affect Legitronic System timeout the number of minutes that elapse before the Legitronic user is prompted to reenter his password A value of 0 means the system will not time out Password expiration the number of days that elapse before each Legitronic user must enter a new password A value of 0 means user passwords will not expire Audit data retention the number of days that audit trail records and or archived label files are kept A value of 0 means all records will be kept Purge Audit Trail button Clicking deletes audit trail records older than the audit data retention period Purge Archive Files button Clicking deletes archived label files older than the audit data retention period but never deletes latest version of an archived label file 116 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Additional New Features You can still use the Add and Modify buttons to enter user information but now there are more fields and more required fields Adding a User Several new fields have been added to user name and password in the Add User window Add User New User me New P
179. ties Options Size Summary Queried Settings Label Description Label Stock Printer Print Mode series 22 Print Drive 300 0x300 0 Print Log User Name User Password Data Source x Table Name v Cancel Apply Help Accessing Online Help Legi s online help system allows you to display most of the information contained in this guide You can access help by selecting an option from the Help menu Legitronic User Manual v3 4 12 3 Getting Started Using Dialog Boxes and Command Buttons Legitronic User Manual v3 4 The Configuration dialog box shown below is typical of all dialog boxes in that you must respond to whatever the box is presenting before you can do any other work You respond by entering data or making selections and eventually clicking a command button in the dialog box to close the box Configuration Options File Locations Remote Input Remote Port Settings A Unit of Measure Uy k Inches T Notify low stock at print time Centimeters Update system print log C Points T Update label print logs C Dots Application Designer T Run Application Designer from Print Labels Application Designer filename eee o Cancel Apply Help Each of the Legi dialog boxes serves a specific purpose and includes one or more command buttons However each command button always performs the same function regardless of the dialog box it appe
180. tings Options Font Data Serial Expression Type M3 E Padding None PadLeft Pad Right Fill Character y Fill Lenath fo C Source 1 C Source 2 Remote Source r Input Length C Source 3 Minimum fo Source 4 Maximum fo Custom Filter lt lt Prev Page OK Cancel Apply Help Specification Description Padding Type of padding desired when the field content is shorter than the length specified in the Fill Length field none pad left or pad right Fill Character Character to be used to pad the field Fill Length The maximum allowable length of the field Remote Source For supplied input the remote source device number Input Length The minimum and maximum number of characters that will be accepted Custom Filter Series of special characters tokens that control the types of characters that can be entered 68 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 4 Designing Labels Custom Filter Characters A custom filter can consist of the following characters Filter Character Description Digit placeholder Decimal placeholder The actual character used is the one specified as the decimal placeholder in your international settings This character is treated as a literal for masking purposes Thousands separator The actual character used
181. to Activating Audit Options on page 99 To use the system print log create a table containing the following fields Field Name Description Stock Name If label stock was selected for the printed job the name of the stock Label Name Name of the label used in the print job if any Date Time Dateand time the print job was submitted User Name Name of the user who submitted the print job Total Labels Total number of labels printed in the label run Legitronic User Manual v3 4 101 8 Audit Support Field Name Description Job Aborted An asterisk identifies aborted print jobs Note When a print job aborts the value of the Total Labels field may not be accurate Creating a Label Print Log Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Label print logs are user defined database tables that maintain print job information for selected labels A label print log may contain such information as the stock name label name date and time of last printing and names of specific label fields When a label includes a query and the label print log contains the name of the query field the log lists all of the corresponding records printed in the label print run Note Legi does not update the label print log unless the label print log option is activated in the Configuration dialog box Refer to Activating Audit Options on page 99 Follow these steps to create
182. ts The user can save the data in an Excel spreadsheet format sort and print it the information is available electronically in conformance to the regulation A File Save As prompt appears as shown below Save in O TextFiles e E E AuditTrail_001 txt Save as type y Cancel Click Save to export all records currently displayed on the Audit Trail Viewer screen to the selected file and path If you click Cancel the following window appears 122 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Legi Security Administrator No export file path selected Click OK to export to file C AuditTrail txt Click Cancel to stop export Cancel You can Click OK to export the selected data to file C AuditTrail txt Click Cancel to not do the export After you have viewed the audit trail records click Exit you return to the Security Administrator screen 123 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Legitronic User Reference for 21 CFR Part 11 Application Login The Weber Legitronic logo has been updated in this version but the login screen has not changed from previous versions Legitronic Label Printing Software Login Login Name Login Password Cancel Password Expiration One of the changes for 21CFR11 compliance is the expiration of passwords This forces you to periodically change your password During th
183. u to Q Create label formats that include varied combinations of barcodes graphics constant data date and time lines and boxes You can also link label fields to database tables and print labels only for those records that match the print queries you create You can print label fields in four orientations and in reverse print Create label print jobs and save them for future use Use Windows Print Manager to delete pause restart and change the order of print jobs stored in the print queue Use the Labels Print Log feature to track print jobs capturing data from specified label fields Select the audit trail options you will use Configure Legi for use with other languages Select the appropriate level of system security You can require password verification at login and assign users to user groups with access to specific Legi functions and data Use two supported packages A Professional package that supports all features and a Print Only package that supports the Label Design feature A separate CD is mastered for each product Use seven supported languages as follows English United States German French Standard Spanish Standard Portuguese Iberian Danish Dutch 1 Introduction How This Guide Is Organized This guide contains 11 chapters and five appendixes Q Q Chapter 2 Installation explains how to install Legi in both standalone and network environments Chapter 3 Getting Started
184. unt Equivalent to the Auto Identical check box on the Data Expression dialog box Prints number of identical labels specified This number can be overridden at print time Parameters Number of identical labels Example auto_identical 10 Result Ten identical labels See also auto_serial auto_tracking_ serial get_identical_count auto_serial serial_count Equivalent to the Auto Serial check box on the Data Expression dialog box Ifa serial number is on the label increments the serial number the number of times specified This number can be overridden at print time Parameters Number of times to increment the serial number Example auto_serial 10 Result The serial number will increment ten times Legitronic User Manual v3 4 141 auto_tracking_serial blank cat string1 string2 Legitronic User Manual v3 4 Appendix A Data Expressions See also auto_identical auto_tracking_ serial get serial_count serial Allows you to combine the auto serial and the serial number tracking options on the Data Expression dialog box The tracking serial option creates a tracking serial number field based on the parameters entered The auto serial option increments a serial number the number of times specified See also auto_serial tracking_serial Returns a null character that has a length of zero Parameters None Example blank See also isblank Concatenates strings Parameters String 1
185. y version of any archived label all archived labels are tracked within the security database To deter modifications the archived labels are stored with the read only attribute set If you wish to make changes to a label you should use the Edit Last Version menu option This creates a work file copy of the latest version of the selected label that can be modified If you make changes to the work file but decide to undo all changes within that work file select Edit Last Version to fetch a new copy of the last archived version This copy replaces the previous work file and its changes Legitronic User Manual v3 4 129 10 User and Administrator Reference FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Select the new File Archive option to save a modified work file to the archive or to save a newly created file to an archive The label file is saved to a subdirectory of its current directory as a read only file the new filename includes a hash value for change detection and a file archive version number When you choose the View Version menu option to open an existing archive for viewing the following prompt which lists all existing archive files appears Select Archive File Alphal 015 Alpha2 003 Alphabet 007 Cancel Alphabet 008 Cancel Alphabet 009 BCTest1 009 DateTime1 001 DateTime1 002 DateTime1 003 MyLabel 001 MyLabel 002 Show Full MyLabel 003 Paths Click the Show Full Paths button to toggle between showing

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