Same Serial Number On Two Different Label Formats Follow
Hello, we're struggling with something I hope the bartender experts can help us with. We want to print out two (or more) different label formats, with the same serial number. We have a product label and a box label which both must have the serial number on the outside. How can we do this using bartender? We have tried using the batch maker and commander and can't find the magic combination.
We also have some fields that are "Screen data" and prompted for at print time. We want the same screen data to print on several different label formats, without the operator having to re-key in the same answer for the prompt. This data is not in a database, the operator enters it. How can we prompt just once and then pass the information along so each label format prints the information? Re-keying in the data several times is taking too long and is error-prone.
An example or a pointer in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
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Ian Cummings
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The machine creating the info for the label is on a non-windows platform. We have it creating a text file, which Commander scans and then prints the labels, which prompt for the additional info they need.
If I understand you correctly, we could have Commander scan for the file, and when it detects it, call a custom activex/.net application which does additional processing, is that right? I don't think we could launch the label print from a front-end - since it requires data from our back-end system, which is not windows and can't "talk" to .net/activex applications.
Thanks so much for your help.
In XML Script, you can print multiple format (have multiple <Print> command) in a trigger and you can specify Query prompt value and user prompt value for each formats.
What if - you have a tiny application which generates XML Script, based on user input? (I haven't tried though. Enterprise Automation feature can be tested by 30-day trial.)
Consider you have 2 tasks. the first is OS command, the second is XML Script.
When Commander detect initial trigger, the 1st task runs the application by OS command and pass trigger file to the application.
command line can be
"C:\XMLGenerator.exe" %Trigger File Name%
This application (done by .net etc) shows some text box. Based on user input, it generates XMLScript and save as trigger file.
(Commander need to run as Application mode to show user interface.)
Commander detects the XML trigger by 2nd task and process task.
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