QuickLabel Designer Express - Manual (Page 54)

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Text Wizard - Counter Continuation
Step: Define the step for your counter. The counter will increase by this number on every label.
Change value every <n> labels: Define the number of labels, when the counter will change the
value.
Rollover when reached: Enter the value, when reached, will cause the counter to reset the value to
the starting value.
Bar Code Wizard - Date Field
Define the properties of the date field. The variable field will get the value from a computer clock.
Format: Select the format for your date from the list. You can also enter the custom format.
Date offset: You can add a certain numbers of days, months or years to a current date and print that
date instead of the current one.
Preview: The printer will print the date as shown on the Preview field. This way you can see how
the selected date format will look on the label.
Bar Code Wizard - Time Field
Define the properties of the time field. The variable field will get the value from a computer clock.
Format: Select the format for the time from the list. You can also enter the custom format.
Preview: The printer will print the time as shown on the Preview field. This way you can see how
the selected date format will look on the label.
Bar Code Wizard - Database
Variable field linked to the database gets the value from the specified database field.
Define: Click on this button to open the database wizard that will help you define the link to the data-
base.
Field: Choose one of the available database fields as a source for the variable field.
Length: Define the maximum length of the string in variable. If field in database contains more char-
acters, they will not be printed. This option is useful if the field length in your database is not fixed
(for example tab delimited ASCII file), or if you don't want to reserve space for all the characters in
database's field.
Bar Code Wizard - Prefix and Suffix
The variable element can have a prefix and suffix values. The prefix text is placed in front of the var-
iable's value. The suffix text is place at the end of the variable's value.
Note:
If you leave the edit fields empty, the prefix/suffix will not be used.
Prefix and suffix can be used in situations where they are required only if the variable has set some
value. If the variable is empty, the prefix/suffix will not be printed as well.