How To Handle Multiple /f Parameters In A Trigger File

Legacy Poster

• 17. Juni 2014 19:42

I have one trigger file that contains data for two bartender designs

 

How can I handle this in one trigger file

 

I tried a set-up like this , but it does not work

 

 

 

%BTW% /AF="C:\directory\name.btw" /PRN="M4" /R=3 /P /D="%Trigger File Name%" /C=1 /S=1 /Close /AF="C:\directory\products.btw" /PRN="M4" /R=5 /P /D="%Trigger File Name%" /C=1 /S=3 /Close

%END%

"name";"address";"city"

"aaa";"bbb";"ccc"

"name";"product";"description"

"hhh";"jjj";"kkk"

"hhh";"www";"mmm"

"hhh";"ggg";"vvv"

 

 

How to handle multiple /F  or /AF parameters

Each design has its own parameters

 

 

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  Shotaro Ito

  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • 18. Juni 2014 09:32

  As I know, Commander script cannot handle two or more %BTW% commands (which actually calls BarTender) with embedded text database, within a trigger file.

  There's some workarounds:

  • a. Just create two commander script triggers.
    Note that if you're running multiple command handlers(BarTender processes), the print order may not be kept.
    Is that why you trying to include two btw documents in a trigger? In such case, XML script is the option - or give some break before dropping next trigger to the same printer.
     
  • b. Use XML Script trigger, by creating BarTender XML Script from your application.
    XML Script can contain multiple document with different text database.(Enterprise Automation Edition required)
    For how to write BarTender XML Script, please read BarTender's online help > Automating BarTender > Automation with BarTender XML Script.
    There's some articles about XML script that might helps.
    http://forums.seagullscientific.com/index.php?/topic/2630-specifying-printer-label-template-serialization-and-data-from-trigger-file/
    http://forums.seagullscientific.com/index.php?/topic/1570-printing-multiple-record-in-an-xml-file-was-working-fine-with-bartender-75-csv/?p=4623
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  • c. Use template selector to select template, depends on database field value.
    BarTender Automation 10.0 or later introduced Template Selector to dynamically select template.
    Note that you need to have a common text database for multiple templates - all templates in a btw document connects to the same text database, so the text database need to have all required fields for all templates, and a template name field.
    For this feature, refer to what's new white paper of BarTender 10.0
    http://www.seagullscientific.com/label-software/whitepapers/whitepaper_whatsnewinbt10.pdf
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  Domingo Rodriguez

  Moderator

  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • 9. Juli 2014 12:48

  Actually, you can indeed call 2 BTW commands within the same text trigger file, but if the trigger file also contains data, then both BTW calls will share the same set of data unless you set a query prompt on the database:

   

  As an example:

   

  %BTW% /AF="C:\directory\name.btw" /PRN="M4" /R=3 /P /D="%Trigger File Name%" /C=1 /S=1 /Close 

  %BTW% /AF="C:\directory\products.btw" /PRN="M5" /R=3 /P /D="%Trigger File Name%" /C=1 /S=3 /Close

  %END%

  Your shared data here

   

  Or

   

  %BTW% /AF="C:\directory\name.btw" /PRN="M4" /R=3 /?myquery="A1" /P /D="%Trigger File Name%" /C=1 /S=1 /Close 

  %BTW% /AF="C:\directory\products.btw" /PRN="M5" /R=3 /?myquery="A2" /P  /D="%Trigger File Name%" /C=1 /S=3 /Close

  %END%

  Your shared data here

   

  Where myquery is a database query prompt which you've previously created in BarTender (at design time) via the "Query" tab of BarTender's database connection setup dialog. By using a query prompt, you can make it possible for one BarTender document to print a certain set of data, and the other BT document to print a different set of data.

   

  However, if you own the Enterprise Automation Edition of BarTender, then your best solution is to make use of BarTender XML Script, as it is a more powerful solution than using Commander Script parameters.

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