Xml As Data Source

Legacy Poster

• October 16, 2015 15:58

Is there any way to use xml file as a data source for a label?  Or can it be used in commander to populate prompts for the label mask?  We have a request where the label file name, printer name, data for the label are all in an xml that needs to be printed when the xml is saved in a particular folder.

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  Ian Cummings

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  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • October 17, 2015 20:49

  You should use Commander for this purpose.  Upon detection of a trigger two commands should be executed, the first to perform an XSL Transform on the XML, to put the trigger data into a BarTender readable format, and the second to perform the print job with the transformed data.

   

  Unfortunately there is no XML field mapper tool with BarTender/Commander, so you'll have to hand code the XSLT.  Here are some resources to help you:

   

  http://www.zvon.org/comp/m/xslt.html

   

  http://www.tizag.com/xmlTutorial/xslttutorial.php

   

  https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms256058(v=vs.110).aspx

   

  http://xslt.online-toolz.com/tools/xslt-transformation.php

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