Datamax 7A300007 Rev. 2 manual Form FiestaTM

Form FiestaTM

Form Fiesta is a Form and Label Generating Software that can be used to automate the label design process. It is provided to Datamax-O’Neil partners and customers at no charge. All supported commands are implemented in Form Fiesta and are automatically generated when an element is drawn onto the canvas on the screen. Developers can use Form Fiesta to generate a label and then copy the commands generated in the yellow section of the screen (these are the commands which render the image on the screen). The variable data can be acquired by the user’s application and replaced in the command string.

Example: The code below demonstrates how to implement this using a simple VB program. ‘CustomerName’ and ‘csCarModel’ are two variables which are substituted in the string.

Private Sub Command1_Click()

csTicket = Chr$(27) + "P$" + Chr$(27) + "PP" + vbCrLf + "BeginPage();" + vbCrLf csTicket = csTicket + "SetPageSize(400,200);" + vbCrLf

csTicket = csTicket + "DrawRectangle(30,0,330,40,1,0);" + vbCrLf

csTicket = csTicket + "DrawText(80,10,0,0,""<f=6><b>Dollar Rental"");" + vbCrLf csTicket = csTicket + "DrawText(30,60,1,0,""Customer"");" + vbCrLf

csTicket = csTicket + "DrawRectangle(140,50,330,90,1,3);" + vbCrLf

csTicket = csTicket + "DrawText(150,60,1,0,""" + CustomerName + """);" + vbCrLf csTicket = csTicket + "DrawText(30,110,1,0,""Model"");" + vbCrLf

csTicket = csTicket + "DrawRectangle(140,100,330,140,1,3);" + vbCrLf If Option1.Item(0) Then csCarModel = "Taurus"

If Option1.Item(1) Then csCarModel = "Cavalier" If Option1.Item(2) Then csCarModel = "Neon"

csTicket = csTicket + "DrawText(150,110,1,0,""" + csCarModel + """);" + vbCrLf csTicket = csTicket + "EndPage()" +vbCrLf+Chr$(27)+"P#" + vbCr+Chr$(4)+vbCrLf Ticket.TicketText = csTicket

Ticket.Visible = True MSComm1.CommPort = 1 MSComm1.PortOpen = True MSComm1.Output = csTicket + vbCrLf

MSComm1.PortOpen = False End Sub

The Form Fiesta installation program, as well as instructions for using the software, is available in the Developer’s CD.

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