Link Embedded Picture To Prompt

Legacy Poster

• December 11, 2012 00:19

[font="Lucida Console"]Edition: Automation
Version: 9.4 SR3
Build: 2781
OS: Windows 7 Professiional [x86], SP1


Hi,

I am trying to add an approval logo to a label for my product. However, some configurations of the product get the logo and others don't. I use a drop down list and some VB to change text of the label as needed but I can't seem to find a way to make the logo print for some configs and not the others. I read about linking a picture object to a database but I don;t need to print different pictures at this time, just blank it out for certain configs. I don't even know where to start with the whole "binary image data" thing anyway. Any help at all is appreciated.
Example:
1 .btw file for 5 products
Product......Logo1....logo2....NewLogo
1............Yes......Yes......No
2............Yes......Yes......Yes
3............Yes......Yes......No
4............Yes......Yes......Yes
5............Yes......Yes......No

I'm not sure if that example help or not but I can clarify if needed.

Thanks,
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  Ian Cummings

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  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • December 11, 2012 09:29
  If you data source a picture object by linking to the path and file name, then specifying nothing for the filename will result in no logo printing. However, when you do this you need to set the picture sourcing error handling under the "Picture" tab to "Never abort print job" when picture file is not found.

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  Legacy Poster

  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • December 11, 2012 23:57
  [quote name='Ian C - Seagull Support' timestamp='1355218187' post='3895']
  If you data source a picture object by linking to the path and file name, then specifying nothing for the filename will result in no logo printing. However, when you do this you need to set the picture sourcing error handling under the "Picture" tab to "Never abort print job" when picture file is not found.
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  Could you possibly send a sample file with a picture linked to a database? The "binary image data" part is still throwing me off a bit. Could you clarify?
  
  Thanks

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  Ian Cummings

  Moderator

  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • December 12, 2012 10:09
  What is in your database field? The name of the picture file that you wish to print? Example: ProductImage.jpg
  
  Ignore the BLOB and Base64 image types as I guess this is not what you wish to use.
  
  If that is the case then you just used a linked file data sourced picture object, specify the folder in which your picture files are stored and set the error handling under the "Picture" tab to "Never abort print job". For the data source, choose the appropriate field name, we will assume that you've already made the database connection, for the "Database" data source. There really is nothing more to it than that.

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