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The RTF output option displays the label in a rich text format file.

 

Syntax:

 

LBLPRINT labelname ARRANGE clause WHERE clause .. ORDER BY clause .. OPTION RTF

 

 

The following OPTION parameters are available to customize the output:

 

Parameter

Value

Description

FILENAME

value

Specifies the full path and filename. If no path is defined, output will be saved in the current working directory.

APPEND


Appends the report data to the specified FILENAME value.

SHOW_CANCEL_DIALOG

ON (default)

OFF

Specifies whether to suppress cancel dialog box during the print process.  

BACKGROUND_COLOR

value

Indicates the color to be used as background color of all pages of report.

BACKGROUND_TYPE

TILE

TOPLEFT

TOPCENTER

TOPRIGHT

CENTERLEFT

CENTER

CENTERRIGHT

BOTTOMLEFT

BOTTOMCENTER

BOTTOMRIGHT

Specifies the way background image has to be displayed in the  file.

BACKGROUND_FILE

value

Stores the image file name that is to be used as background image of all pages of report.

INCLUDE_LINES

ON

OFF

Specifies whether lines on the report should be included in the exported file.

INCLUDE_SHAPES

ON

OFF

Specifies whether shapes on the report should be included in the exported file.

INCLUDE_RICHTEXT

ON

OFF

Specifies whether contents of the Rich Text objects on the report should be included in the exported file.

INCLUDE_IMAGES

ON

OFF

Specifies whether images on the report should be included in the exported file.

IMAGE_FORMAT

GIF

JPG

BMP

Specifies the linked image file format for image controls used in the report when INCLUDE_IMAGES option is set to ON.

JPEG_QUALITY

value

0 - 100

Specifies the quality of the JPEG image when INCLUDE_IMAGES is set to ON and IMAGE_FORMAT is set to JPG.

IMAGE_DPI

value

Specifies the depth of image as "dots per inch" to enhance the image. By increasing this value, the file size will increase. An example would be 200. The Default Value is -1.

PIXELFORMAT

1 : 1bit

4 : 4bit

8 : 8bit

15 : 15bit

16 : 16bit

24 : 24bit

32 : 32bit

Specifies the pixel format of the image file (bits/pixel).

GRAPHIC_DATA_IN_BINARY

ON (default)

OFF

Specifies whether graphic data is to be encoded in binary format. Set to ON to encode graphic data in binary format. If OFF, graphic data is encoded in hexadecimal format.

OPTIMIZATION

POSITIONAL_ACCURACY (default)

EASE_OF_EDITING

Specifies the type of encoding of the RTF document. Resulting RTF document can be either optimized for positional accuracy (meaning that the placement of the objects will be as close as possible to a printed report), or for ease of editing (meaning that everything is treated as simple text and it is much easier to edit the file at the expense of aesthetics). Set OPTIMIZATION EASE_OF_EDITING if you wish to easily modify the resulting RTF document.

TITLE

value

Specifies the title of the report

SUBJECT

value

Specifies the subject of the report

AUTHOR

value

Specifies the author of the report

KEYWORDS

value

Stores the list of keywords used in the report. Specify a list of keywords for the document that should be encoded as the Keywords Meta content in RTF document property summary.

OPEN

ON

OFF

Specifies whether the report should be opened after it is generated.

PAGE_SETTINGS

ALL

FIRST

LAST

PAGE_LIST

Specifies the option to print All, First, Last or a given number of pages. When PAGE_LIST is set as the value for PAGE_SETTINGS, the PAGE_LIST_VALUES parameter must be used with option in order to specify the page list.

PAGE_LIST_VALUES

value

Specifies the values for number of pages, such as, 3,5,8 or 3,8 or 3, or 1-3,8 or 3,5,9-15.  This option must be used with the PAGE_SETTINGS parameter when PAGE_LIST is specified.

PAGE_STYLE_SETTINGS

ALL    

FIRST

LAST

Page List  e.g.  1,4-6,10-12,20

Determines the pages in which the Page Style will appear on.

MARGIN_LEFT

value

Specifies the horizontal position on the page where printing should begin. All report component positions are relative to the margin. In other words, if the MARGIN_LEFT parameter is set to 0.25 inches and you place a report component in a band and set the component's "left" parameter to 0, then that component will print 0.25 inches from the edge of page (or at the left margin).

MARGIN_TOP

value

Specifies the vertical position on the page where printing should begin. All report component positions are relative to the margin. In other words, if the MARGIN_TOP parameter is set to 0.25 inches and you place a report component in a band and set the component's "top" parameter to 0, then that component will print 0.25 inches from the edge of page (or at the top margin).

MARGIN_RIGHT

value

Specifies the horizontal position on the page where printing should stop. All report component positions are relative to the margin.

MARGIN_BOTTOM

value

Specifies the vertical position on the page where printing should stop. All report component positions are relative to the margin.

EMAIL

ON

OFF

Specifies the report output (defined as FILENAME filename.ext ) to be sent via e-mail as an attachment. See additional options when EMAIL value is set to ON. EMAIL SET ON

 

Note: Each additional OPTION parameter must be separated by the pipe | symbol.

                                                 

 

Example:

 

--To print a label as a RTF document

LBLPRINT CustomerLabels WHERE CustID = 128 +

OPTION RTF +

|FILENAME CustLab128.RTF +

|SHOW_CANCEL_DIALOG ON +

|BACKGROUND_FILE NONE +

|BACKGROUND_TYPE CENTER +

|INCLUDE_LINES ON +

|INCLUDE_SHAPES ON +

|INCLUDE_RICHTEXT ON +

|INCLUDE_IMAGES ON +

|IMAGE_FORMAT JPG +

|JPEG_QUALITY 100 +

|IMAGE_DPI -1 +

|PIXELFORMAT 32 +

|GRAPHIC_DATA_IN_BINARY ON +

|OPTIMIZATION POSITIONAL_ACCURACY +

|TITLE Customer Label +

|SUBJECT Sales Order +

|AUTHOR Consolidated Computer Company +

|OPEN ON