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1. 23 6 1 Printer settings M Label printer settings 1 Mmi x File Edit Tools Command Help DET GEB 7TEFKiICad gt AC Use default printer 7 Select printer printer Printer Pi b4 Printer settings Use defaut settings I Printer name Zebra 24M Plus 200dpi xxx OK Cancel CC el Use default printer Use default printer and settings from label setup Printer Use this printer instead of the default printer Use default settings Use the default settings of the selected printer Printer name Name of currently active printer Button Printer settings Opens the print dialog to select and configure a Windows printer Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 23 23 7 Label sample GDI The label sample explained in section 3 3 Label layouts looks as below when printed Etikett Bericht 123900515785 Empf nger GmbH z H Herr Meier Strasse 123 D 30519 Hannover Mitteilungen ber u erlich nicht erkennbare Sch den m ssen der DPD Organisation innerhalb von 7 Tagen schriftlich vorliegen D a 35 V3 08 OSE 323s 209 QE oof ora Lieferung Packst ck Nr besteht aus 049 30519 01 4 2 Pakete Gewicht in kg 130 01 Dyxon www dyxon com2. User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Version 1 7 Last Update 17 04 2011 Dyxon Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 2 23 Contents RT te te SSSR ee eek 3 MS ANN UNM BE 4 2 1 Prerequisites EE 4 2 2 Problems ocres de ee 4 3 ADO SAMI tune pe ea 5 3 1 FREE ENEE ee 5 3 1 1 Windows GODIN ee au 5 3 1 2 Generic Tale russian 5 3 2 KR eine 6 33 Jee eener 7 3 3 1 Label COMMUN ee ee lan 8 3 3 1 1 Tab page General er 8 3 3 1 2 Tab page Label settings 8 3 3 1 3 Tab page Printer settings sn ed 9 3 3 1 4 Tab page User input ee ENER DEE ege 10 23 19 e Cu 10 332 eeh fields ss ss Lt nds 12 33 3 Pin geet e E 14 3 3 4 Label field Content sat nenbn tnities 15 3 3 4 1 Content of the Label data table DYX_TmpLabelPrint 16 e E ur E 17 21 Per MOMOIS see eee 17 4 1 1 Printer Erleis EE EC Dee 17 4 2 Printers eee da eee do dm cts 18 4 2 1 Printer GCOMMANAS 88 0 een 18 Eeer 19 GN Kale le 19 5 2 Automatic label cutting ans dde tee 19 5 2 1 Ne 19 3 22 CDAD ed dois 20 6 Printing of master data labels 21 6 1 Printer Seins sa ns ee der de 22 7 Labelsample E ae 23 Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 3 23 1 Introduction Label printing is made easy with LabAX Any label printer can be used to directly print labels with text ba
3. Instead of real values placeholders are inserted into the fields e g ITEMID After the label has been configured it is printed into a file or a printer connected to the port File This file is then loaded into LabAX and can be edited Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 11 23 The sample template above has been created with ZebraDesigner see illustration below The number of copies has been replaced by NUMLABELS Alternatively the number of copies can be set to 9999 9999 can be replaced by a placeholder in the LabAX template field or used as a placeholder for the number of labels SS ZebraDesigner sample 1 lbl Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Gegenstand Tools Fenster Hilfe i JA C0 Sorucken Zoom Ansehen gt ei EZERA 0 ml SISIE D Ausw hlen Text Barcode z Bild Rechteck Linie Ellipse EP Invers EAN UPC Linear z 2D 7 G84 RSS Linear z RSS Zusammengesetzt v Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 12 23 3 3 2 Label fields The settings available depend on the field type For generic labels only the fields in the groups Field settings and Description are relevant Most settings for generic labels are stored in the template Placeholders in the template are replaced by values of these fields Fields General print conditions Cont
4. value to be printed Fields General Print conditions content Print Field if Table name items gt Field name item type gt Method I F DI Check text length I Value 1 cma Hide if no content 1 Label ES Print Field fan labels Table field name Field from which to check the content Method Field is a display method Comparison operator Select the comparison operator to compare the field value and the value specified Options are equal not equal greater than gt and less than lt Check text length Compare text length of field content instead of content itself Value Value to compare the field content with Hide if no content Do not print the field if the content is blank see tab page Content for content definition Predefined text is not treated as content Print field Print the field on all labels only the first or only the last label of a print job Please note If a field with serial number content is not printed on all labels the counter of the serial number is increased for every label nevertheless Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 15 23 3 3 4 Label field content Each text or barcode field can contain predefined text and data from one or several table fields or methods Table fields are embedded into the content via placeholders The position corresponds to the placeholder first field is 1 s
5. A text command label layout can usually only be printed on devices of one vendor due to the vendor specific commands Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 6 23 3 2 Types of labels The standard module comes with two label types Blank and Master data Blank labels can only contain data from the logged on user e g name and date and time information Blank labels can be used as separation between large print jobs Master data labels can include information from any AX table or linked tables To integrate LabAX into existing AX processes or modules new label types should be developed Depending on the label type only tables available are displayed in the label designer form The label type can be used as a filtering criteria to show only layouts of a certain type Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 7 23 3 3 Label layouts The form to configure label layouts is available in the menu Basic gt Setup gt Labels IS Eile Edit Tools Command Help DHXImA ITEPEI e 4 bHA AIO Overview General Label settings Print settings User input Print test label Label Descriptin iabeltype Printer type Functions d Divider Divider label Blank Item Item label Master data Freight DPD Freight label for DPD Master data E Freight UPS Freight label for UPS Master data GDI SSCC pal
6. form to configure printers is available in the menu Basic gt Setup gt Labels be printers Ge Anel File Edit Tools Command Help DHXImLAG IFTEFFI ad bHA E Ale Model Printer name Printer type Zebra Zebra 24M Plus 200dpi Generic HP LaserJet SP Zebra Zebra 24M Plus 200dpi Generic Printer settings Shipping dept _ Printer D active Description Has value Command value Printer command P RH Label start always active E XA Cutting mode Darkness 10 to 10 Media type T ribbon D thermal Tr MMC Brief description of transaction EUR cee lusr Don spi S 9 4 Printer Unique identification for this printer Description Printer description Model Printer model see above for details Printer name Name of printer as displayed in Windows printer settings Printer type Generic or GDI printer Button Printer settings Opens the standard AX printer dialog The printer can be selected and configured in the dialog 4 2 1 Printer commands All commands defined for the selected model are displayed Adding removing and editing commands are possible on the model form only Active Send this command to the printer Description Display only see printer model form Has value Display only see printer model form Command value User selectable value for the command Printer command Command made up of base command and value exact
7. be activated through the Dyxon Add ons gt LabAX Label Printing configuration key the option for vertical elements via the Extended GDI sub key 2 1 Prerequisites e To print vertical elements on GDI labels NET framework 2 0 and DyxonLabels exe must be installed e lf the add on is installed in AX 3 0 service pack 6 for the kernel is required to print generic labels with binary templates Service pack 2 is sufficient for printing simple text templates 2 2 Problems If incomprehensible problems arise after the installation of the program it often helps to delete the client cache The client cache files are located in the folder for local settings usually C Documents and Settings lt user_account gt Local Settings Application Data The files are named auc in Dynamics AX 4 0 and AX 2009 aoc in AX 3 0 They are given the hidden attribute and shall only be deleted if the client is not running If the problems persist the entire application requires recompiling Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 5 23 3 Label definition 3 1 Printer types LabAX supports label printing in two ways Windows GDI and generic printing printer specific text commands 3 1 1 Windows GDI printing Labels are created as standard Windows graphics print i e a common AX report is created and printed dynamically A windows printer driver is required for the label pr
8. e first row from the top edge in mm Distance from the left edge in mm Distance from the top edge in mm or from the top of the row if a row section has been selected Width of the field in mm Height of the field in characters or mm Specify the height for multi line fields otherwise only the first line is printed User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 13 23 Rotation Line thickness Alignment Font Size Barcode scale Bold Italic Underline Foreground colour Background colour Only for Text and Barcode fields Rotate the field by 0 90 180 or 270 degrees Only for field type Box or Line thickness of the line Alignment of text left centre or right Font type for text For barcodes only a matching font can be selected The default font of the label applies if this field is left blank Font size The default font size of the label applies if this field is left blank For barcode type EAN13 only scale related to recommended size Print text in bold Print text in italics Print text underlined Foreground colour of text and graphic elements Text can be printed white on black Colour of text filling colour for field type Box Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 14 23 3 3 3 Print conditions In this section it is possible to specify whether a field is printed or not depending on the
9. e in the menu Basic gt Periodic Current settings such as label texts printer settings and filter are stored per user and recalled when a label is selected PER Eile Edit Tools Command Help 1HXIAGIFTE FFM wma HAO Select label items fia a Label item E Item number p Printer settings Number of labels 10 Print test label Label text text Print Qty E Close Weight 35 Controller EJ Printing details Printer name HP LaserJet 5P Number of records 12 Total number of labels 120 Selection and setup of job search Label Number of labels Label text Printer name Number of records Total number of labels Buttons Select Printer settings Print test label Print Close Dyxon www dyxon com Label to be printed Different label layouts can be printed without closing and reopening the form Number of labels per record Values entered by the user see 3 3 1 4 Tab page User input for details Name of selected printer Number of records depending on filter settings for which labels are printed Number of labels printed when clicking the Print button Filter settings for master data table Filters defined in the label setup cannot be overridden by the user See below for details Print a test label on the selected printer Print labels Close this form User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 22
10. econds 2 etc If no placeholders exist the values of the table fields are stringed together The following tables are available User information SysUserInfo Company information Companylnfo Label data DYX_TmpLabelPrint Employee Emp Table and additional tables depending on label type For the label type Master data the additional tables are query table see 3 3 1 1 and linked tables Fields General Print conditions Content Content Cost price 1 Content fields _ Appli Table name Field name _ Method Number of characters Min length Prefix Suffix Line number Decimals Decimal separator LG Items CostPcsPrice 3 Point Content One line or multi line content of the label field containing predefined text and or data from Dynamics AX tables Application identifier Application identifier for EAN128 barcodes Table name Source table for the content Field name Field or display method of the table Method The field is a display method From character To print only part of the data field define the first character in this field Number of characters To print only part of the data field define the number of characters in this field Min length Minimum length of the field If the value has less characters prefix or suffix characters are pre or appended Define either prefix or suffix but not both Prefix Character to fill the value to its minimum length Suffix Character to fi
11. ent Field setup MA Field type jar code Bar code type interleaved 2 of 5 x Placeholder ES Print barcode text I Encode content V Description Description Field type Barcode type Placeholder Print barcode text Encode content Description Row section Row position Y Position X Position Y Width Height Dyxon www dyxon com Box number barcode Sen Font Es Row section one Font BC 125 HD Medium x Position Y 0 00 Size Ia Layout Barcode scale GE Position X so Bold E Position Y 55 00 Italic Width ms Underline IS Height Unit character Colors Rotation d Foreground colour E Line thickness None Background color FI Alignment La gt Type of this field Types available are Text Barcode Horizontal and Vertical line Box and Image For generic labels only Text and Barcode are available Code39 Code128 UPC A UPC E EAN8 EAN13 EAN128 or Interleaved 2 of 5 For generic labels only placeholder as defined in the template Print human readable text below barcode Encode value depending on barcode type Should always be active for GDI labels Generic label printers can usually encode barcode values Description of the field Use this option to print several records from one table e g a list of items in a carton onto the same label All fields of the same row section are printed together Distance of th
12. inter and GDI printing must be supported Most of the recent printer models from Zebra Toshiba and other suppliers are capable to print in GDI format The label layout is configured in Dynamics AX and contains fields which are positioned by setting x and y values The content of the field can consist of one or several AX table fields and or predefined text A GDI label can be printed on different printer models from different manufacturers The following elements can be printed e Barcodes A font for the barcode must be installed on the client machine AX comes with fonts for Code39 Code128 UPC A UPC E EAN8 EAN13 EAN128 and Interleaved 2 of 5 e Textin any font installed on the client machine e Lines and rectangles e Images in BMP or JPG format 3 1 2 Generic label printing Labels are sent to the printer as text commands The layout is created with a software compatible with the printer e g ZebraDesigner BarTender Codesoft A placeholder is built into the layout for each value which is supplied by AX Once the layout is complete a test label can be printed into a file and the content of this file is loaded into LabAX The placeholders are then mapped to AX table fields Setting up layouts in a text editor or directly in LabAX is possible but knowledge of the printer commands is required to do that Nearly every label printer supports generic printing All barcodes fonts and graphical objects of the printer can be used
13. let label Master data Generic Up b 15 00 oom 44 40 8 10 Image O 20 00 20 00 E 20 00 33 00 Horizontal line gD 0 00 41 00 Text E Informati 2 00 42 00 Horizontal line O 0 00 49 00 Box number barcode Bar code IT 5 00 55 00 Route version Text No bar code O v3 08 5 00 81 00 Unique identifier For the label layout EUR cee ur Si 8 Ui Buttons Print test label Print a test label to the default printer Functions gt Copy label layout Create a copy of the selected layout Functions gt Validate setup Validate settings such as selected table fields Up Down Change sorting of fields Fields are printed in the order displayed on the form the order is only relevant in case of overlapping fields on GDI labels Image Load an image only for field type mage on GDI labels The image is stored in the database Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 8 23 3 3 1 Label configuration 3 3 1 1 Tab page General Overview General Label settings Print settings User input Template Identification Master data query Label kaal Table name items Select Labeltype Master data Printer type Generic Serial number items D Description Description Item label Label Unique identifiaction for the label layout Label type See 3 2 Label types for details Pri
14. ll the value to its minimum length Line number To print only a certain line of a multi line value e g one line of an address field define the line number in this field Decimals Value 7 means default number of decimals normally 2 for floating point values and no format change for text values For values gt 1 numeric values are formatted accordingly Text values are formatted as well if they represent a numeric value Decimal separator Windows settings are used when Default is selected Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 16 23 3 3 4 1 Content of the Label data table DYX_TmpLabelPrint These fields of the Label data table are available for every label type e Created date and time e Created by e Counter e Number of labels e Label e Serial number e Text 1 10 Printing date and time ID of logged on user Number of current label Counter from 1 to number of labels Number of labels to be printed Label layout ID Serial number for current label see 5 1 Serial numbers for details Values entered by the user see 3 3 1 4 Tab page User input for details These fields are not available on all label types Please note If the serial number or counter fields are used all labels are printed separately This can cause large print jobs see also Max print job size in 3 3 1 3 Tab page Printer settings Dyxon www d
15. ly as it is sent to the printer Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 19 23 5 Special features 5 1 Serial numbers The form to setup serial numbers is available in the menu Basic gt Setup gt Labels 10 x PA serial numbers 1 cee Serial number Items ll Sl Eile Edit Tools Command Help Eile Edit Tools Command Help DHX aa EPRA bp i DHX sa F EFF rer 4 gt wow PA serial numbers 1 cee Serial number Items All Items Overview General Overview General _ Serial number Description Format Reset Identification Hu Items All Items Tae M Never Serial number ISS Standard YYYY MM DD Description Description a Items Format ELEC Reset ever zl Next number fi Last use D EUR cee ur S 9 EUR cee ur 2 Serial number Unique identification for this serial number setup Description Description for serial number setup Format Serial number format These placeholders can be used YY YYYY Year with two or four digits QQ Quarter MM Month DD Day running number with number of digits Reset How often should the counter reset Resets are always performed on the first day of the period Reset periods are Never Daily Weekly Monthly and Yearly Next number Next serial number Last use Date of last use of this serial number This data is relevant for the reset of the counter 5 2 Au
16. nter type See 3 1 Printer types for details Description Description of the label Table name Only available for label type Master data Main table for data printed on this label Serial number Serial number setup See 5 1 Serial numbers for details Button Select Only available for Master data labels Opens an inquiry form to specify linked tables and filters Data from all tables selected in the inquiry from can be printed on this label 3 3 1 2 Tab page Label settings All settings on this tab page are only available for GDI labels Overview General Label settings Print settings User input Columns J Font Column offset 0 0 Size s Rows o Top 50 Row offset l 0 0 Bottom 5 0 Bitmap elements Left 5 0 Resolution Right 5 0 Smoothing TI Columns Number of labels per row For label rolls sheets with several labels per row Please note When using serial numbers or the Counter field from table Label data only one column is printed Column offset Distance between left column edges in mm Rows Number of rows per sheet Row offset Distance between top row edges in mm Resolution Resolution of bitmap elements Vertical texts and barcodes are printed as bitmaps If the field is left blank the printers resolution is used Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 9 23 Smoothing Smoothing of text printed as bitma
17. p Font type and size Default font type and size for text and barcode elements Margins Non printable margins 3 3 1 3 Tab page Printer settings Overview General Label settings Print settings User input Template Printer Prefix label Default printer jz Label Divider zl Max print job size D Number of labels gt In ET Label gt Number of labels gt fo Default printer Default printer for this label layout Labels are printed to this printer if the user doesn t select a different printer at the time of printing Max print job size Maximum number of different labels sent to the printer in one print job 0 no limit If there are problems with the print spooler or with the printer memory this value should be adjusted Multiple copies of the same label are always printed in one job except when using serial numbers or the counter field Prefix label Label to be printed before the print job if the total number of labels is more than the value selected or the value is 0 Suffix label Label to be printed after the print job if the total number of labels is more than the value selected or the value is 0 The prefix and suffix labels can be used as visual dividers between large print jobs Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 10 23 3 3 1 4 Tab page User input Up to ten fields can be customised for user input The value
18. rcodes and graphic objects from Microsoft Dynamics AX Efficiencies can be increased considerably thanks to the Dynamics AX integration of the printing solution With no additional software being required for label printing errors can be minimised Pre defined text can be combined with data from any Dynamics AX table Printing is possible via Windows GDI or text commands in the language of the printer Printing labels with data from any AX table is possible without additional modification of the software A simple programming interface for the integration of this module into existing processes e g goods inward dispatch etc is included Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 4 23 2 Installation The add on is delivered as source code in an xpo file The labels are contained in separate files The code is based on the Dynamics AX version stated in the customer s purchase order The program shall be installed by an expert Ifthe application has already been modified the user might merge these with the add on program code The programme code is divided into two separate files base module and extended GDI The second component is only required if text or barcodes have to be printed vertically onto GDI labels To install and register the DLL required file DyxonLabels exe must be run on every client machine that will use the module to print vertical elements The add on can
19. s can be specified at the time of printing The contents of the fields are available in table Label data DYX_TmpLabelPrint Overview General Label settings Print settings User input Template Label text fields _ Active Description Type Decimals Mandatory E V Qty Number 0 IT Weight Number Controller Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text mjm m m jma ac e mO O O 4759 Active Enable field and show on print dialog Description The description is displayed on the print dialog Type Text or number The user input is validated if the type number is used Decimals Number of decimals for type number Mandatory User must fill in a value when printing labels 3 3 1 5 Template All settings on this tab page are only available for generic labels Overview General Label settings Print settings User input Template AXAheTA000 ISNALTOSMNWAMTD PON PMNALHO O IMA PR4 4 MDO JUSALRNACIO XZ Import File AKA F ABY2 3 236 FT44 435 BCN Y N FD gt AFS AFT9 131 AON 42 40 FH FDArtikel ITEMIDEFS AFT22 567A0N 29 28FH FDInhalt QTY UNIT FS APQ Re ALSO ABY2 3 236 FT44 435 BCN AN Ei The template contains printer specific commande and distinct placeholders for values from Dynamics AX The template can be created with label software e g ZebraDesigner All label settings and fields position font etc are set up in this label software
20. tomatic label cutting There are several printer dependent ways of cutting labels To cut each label the cutting interval in the printer driver or generic label template can be set to 1 The next section lists a few options for cutting labels after each print job 5 2 1 Generic labels e Activate cutting in the template The number of labels to be cut can be defined with a placeholder equal to the number of labels printed E g Zebra PQ NumLabels NumLabels 1 Y XZ Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 20 23 e Use of a suffix label with a cut command e g Zebra activate delayed cut function MMD in main label then send a cut command JK in the suffix label Please note this only works if both labels use the same default printer or if the user selects a printer at the time of printing e Add a field with the condition Print field Last label The content of the field contains the cut command Zebra MMC 5 2 2 GDI labels e Activate the cutting option per print job in the printer driver if the driver supports this e Use a suffix label with cutting enabled in the default printer settings Please note This only works if labels are printed to the default printer of each label Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 21 23 6 Printing of master data labels The label print form is availabl
21. yxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 17 23 4 Printer setup 4 1 Printer models Printer models can be used to define generic printer configuration commands The commands are sent to the printer at the beginning of each label It does not make much sense to define printer models for GDI printers The printer models form is opened from menu Basic gt Setup gt Labels 10 x File Edit Tools Command Help DHX aeli7 EF ied Pea 5 AIO Zebra printer Citizen CLP Printer commands commands E _ Description Printer command Has value Command value New line XA SMMC qaf Brief description of transaction EUR lee usr Dyxon_SP1 E H zx Model Unique identification for this printer model Description Printer model description 4 1 1 Printer commands Description Description of the command It is helpful for the user if information about possible values is explained here Printer command Command as it is sent to the printer 1 serves as placeholder for the user selectable command value Has value Does this command have a user selectable value Command value Default value for this command Can be overridden on the printer table form New line Append new line after command Button up down Change sort order Dyxon www dyxon com User Manual Microsoft Dynamics AX Add on LabAX Label Printing Page 18 23 4 2 Printers The
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