Shop-Trak Customizing Default Labels

This topic describes how to customize the default labels that come with Shop-Trak.

Customizing the Default Labels

NOTE: Please see the Shop-Trak Creating and Printing Employee Badges topic for customizing the employee badge labels.

Use the BarTender label software to modify the default labels for your organization's needs.

Open the BarTender label software.
Select Open an existing BarTender document.
Select the desired default label located in the BTLabels folder of your download package.
You can add, change, or delete objects. For example, to add new label and data source objects:

LABEL OBJECT

Select an existing label object and Copy/Paste it to the desired location.
Double-click on the object.
On the Data Source tab erase the old label name and specify a new one in the Embedded Data field.
Click Close.

DATA SOURCE OBJECT

Select an existing data source object and Copy/Paste it to the desired location.
Double-click on the object. On the Data Source tab, click the Change Data Source Name button at the end of the Name field.
Select Create a new named data source and specify the data source name in the Name field. For the available data sources, see the Tables and Fields for Custom Labels listing. Specify the data source using the format tablename.fieldname.

Click OK.

On the Data Source tab:

Keep the type as Embedded Data.
Specify a new data source description in the Embedded Data field. This description appears on the label when displayed in BarTender. When the label is printed, the actual data from the table replaces the description.

Click Close.
Save the label to a shared network path that is accessible to the workstation that will be printing the labels. When making changes to the default labels, it is recommended that the modified labels be saved as a different file name to keep a copy of the original labels intact.
For more information on using BarTender, please refer to the BarTender Online Help.

Adding Calculated Fields

Calculated fields can be added to labels to display information from the results of a mathematical formula.

In order to add calculated fields you should be familiar with how to modify field properties in BarTender. The fields that contain the data must be on the label. They can be hidden so they are not visible when printed. Use a Data Source Type of Visual Basic Script to hold the results of the calculation. The Name of the field must begin with lccalc. For example, lccalc.tocomplete. Please refer to the BarTender Online Help for more information on creating Visual Basic scripts for calculated fields.

Setting Up Label Parameters and Rules

1. Enable Label Printing Using the Shop-Trak Parameters Form - Main Tab

Open the Shop-Trak Parameters form and select the Main tab.
Select the Labels check box in the Available Menu Options, Info section.
Save the changes.

2. Specify the Label Path Using the Shop-Trak Parameters Form - Labels Tab

Please refer to the Shop-Trak Defining Labels Parameters topic.

3. Specify a Rule Using the Shop-Trak Label Rules Form

Open and unfilter the Shop-Trak Label Rules form.
Select the desired label type from the Type list. This is a required field.
Specify criteria for the remaining fields or select the * (asterisk) to include all criteria.
Specify the label's file name (the .btw file) in the Label Name field.
Specify the printer name in the Printer field. Type the printer name exactly as it is listed in the Windows Control Panel.
Save the changes and close the form.
For more information, please refer to the Shop-Trak Label Rules topic.