Group 8
Job Editor
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JET3up
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8.7.5.3.3
Extern Text Mailing – Object creation and properties
See figure 180
Basically a
<Mailing>
object is a special kind of
<Extern Text>
object.
INFORMATION
Please see chapter
8.7.5.1.2 Extern Text: fixed length – Object
for details about how to create an object and
enter the global settings for an object.
To create a
<Mailing>
object you will have to select this option in the
<Object
settings>
dialog box on the
<Extern Text>
tab
(1)
. After selecting the
<Mailing>
option
(6)
from the drop-down list
<Type>
the
<Mailing object>
parameters are
shown on the tab.
Wildcards
There is a display field which shows the current number of wildcards
(3)
. This
parameter can either be changed by using the arrow keys
(7)
or with the numeric
keypad that will be displayed when you click in the display field
(3)
.
Wildcards are used to determine the number of characters from the content of the
defined field
(5)
that shall be used. The used character (e.g. “X”) will be displayed
in the editor as long as there are no data loaded from the data file. As soon as the
first data set is loaded from the data file the wildcard characters will be replaced by
these data.
Example <Wildcards>:
Set wildcards:
X
Display in the print preview of the main window as long as there were no data
loaded:
X
Data in field 1
A
B
C
D
Display of the loaded data in the print preview of the main window:
A
Result
Due to the set wildcards only the first characters of the data in field 1 are took into
account.
Fieldnumber
With the parameter
<Fieldnumber>
(5)
you assign the data field to the
<Mailing>
object. The current content of the specified data field will be printed.
You can enter
the parameter either with the arrow keys
(8)
or the numeric keypad
(9)
which is
displayed when you click in the display field.
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