Product Label Printing
Application Note
Product labels may be printed from the Catalog Manager, Catalog Management, Shop
Floor Management and other specific places in the StreamV system.
The definitions of the labels that may be printed for an item are stored in the Long Code
file and may be selected by the operator from the list presented upon selecting “Print
Product Label”.
Labels are printing using the L&L template printing system which allows for field
configurable label formats.
Each template available for label printing is stored in an Extended Detail LongCode
record based on what level the label is associated with; item, product line, product
group, manufacturer, or global. Multiple labels may be stored for each level.
The Print Product Label dialog combines all these Extended Detail records into a single
list. To load the list the system scans the Longcode file and displays them in the
following sequence:
Item Specific
Product Line
Product Group
Manufacturer
Global (Company Wide, availabe for all items)
As the list is loaded the LongCode record number is stored in the aux_value field of the
list item and is used when the item is selected to locate the LongCode record and call
the print routine with the correct template. The list displays the source of the label, the
description and the template name.
LongCode Field Useage
CodeSet:
Code1:
Code2:
Code3:
Description:
Data 1:
Data 2:
Data 3:
Data 4:
Data 5:
Data 7:
Extended Detail File – i.e: F108DETL, F065DETL …
Primary Key (item_no, account etc..)
“ProductLabel”
Unique name or number (if multiple lables each one must be different.
Text to display on Print Product Label list.
Template Name, ie. Label01.lbl (path not included, templates are stored
in the cove\ll_templ directory)
Output File: DISPLAY, PRINTER, FILE, etc…
Output Name: printer name, filename, etc..
Comment Line Number (see below)
Number of labels to print.
If this contains a “P” then the operator is prompted to enter up to 4 pieces
of information that are passed to the print routine and available to the List
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and Label template as properties. The 4 labels for the prompted
information are retrieved form the first 4 lines of the comment identified
as: PX:{Longcode.doc_no}:1001
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Setup
1. Create Longcode:EIDTABLE entries for Catalog (F108), Product Line (F65),
Product Group (F66), and Manufacturer (F87).
a. Example – Catalog File
b. Select Extended Detail from Catalog Master More Menu
c. Click Insert to bring up the Extended Item Detail Available Lookup
d. Click Insert (as a sysop) to bring up the LongCode Detail Panel.
e. Codeset = “EIDTABLE”, Code1 = “F108DETL”, Code2 = “Product Label”,
Data_1 = MULTIMODE
f. Repeat for all tables using the appropriate code; F065DETL, F066DETL,
2. Create the List and Label templates. A good start is using the Catalog Item
template which is available from the List and Label Form Manager View.
3. Create the entries to appear on the Print Product Label List as the appropriate
extended detail items.
4. The entries for Global labels are created by using the LongCode Manager and
creating records with:
a. Codeset = PRODLABL
b. Code1 = Unique Name
c. Description = Display Description
d. Data1 = Template Name
e. Other fields as in above doc.
5. Select “Print Product Labels” from the Catalog or other available More menu.
Template Notes
This print process uses the Catalog Item Label print routine. Based on the data in the
LongCode record and/or the print preferences the routine is passed the following.
Template Name
House Item Number
Comment Line Number
The print routine loads the following buffers, which are exposed to the template.
Catalog, Inventory (operator location), Product Line, Group, Manufacturer,
LongCode, Operator, Default Vendor (based on inventory record) and the
Inventory comment record – IN:{item_no}: line# to add to 1050 (using the line
number passed). This allows each template to use a different comment record
for additional information.
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Additionally the properties P1, P2, P3, P4 and PCopies are filled with any data
prompted for and the copies count from the Longcode record.
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