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InterFormNG2 Manual

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Design elements

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The elements, that you can use to build up a design (or template as they are called in InterFormNG2) are described below.

 

The elements are found on the top of the designer and are marked below with the blue frames:

 

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The bottom row is displayed if you click the '+' icon in the top row.

 

There are also 2 special elements, that can only be inserted outside the page element. To view these elements you need to click 'Template' in the element list on the left:

 

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These two elements are explained in the bottom of this list.

 

 

The elements are from left to right:

 

Component: Inserts a common component/subtemplate, which is a selection of design elements. Useful for common header/footers.

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Image: Inserts an image.

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Translation: Refer to translation table e.g. for a multi-language template.

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Table: Add a fixed or dynamic table of cells to e.g. organize the output into fixed columns/rows with or without lines.

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Text: Add a text element. This can a fixed text, XML data, an Xpath expression or translation text.

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Container: A 'folder' to group elements together. Elements inside are positioned relative to the container.

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Line: Inserts a line.

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Flow direction: Sets the flow direction of a selected page or container. This is used when elements are inserted relatively (default).

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Fill color: Fills a selected container, table or cell in a table with a color.

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Borders: Add borders to a selected container, table or cell.

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The icons of the second row:

 

Barcode: Insert a barcode.

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Page Break: Inserts a page break.

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Line break: Inserts a line break. This is only available for containers with a horizontal flow (row).

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Comment: Adds a comment to the design. Not visible in the merged result.

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Embed a file: (Require the AdvancedPDF module). Adds an embedded file to the merged PDF result.

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RFID tag: Inserts an RFID tag on RFID capable ZPL compatible printers.

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Form field: Inserts a input field in the output PDF file.

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Bookmark: Inserts a bookmark in the output PDF file.

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Chart: Inserts a chart in the output.

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Repeat: Repeats the elements inside this folder a number of times.

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If element: Inserts/executes the folder if a boolean expression (condition) is true.

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Select element: Similar to the If element. Branches out with multiple conditions and an Otherwise branch.

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Variable: Defines and set a value for a variable.

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The elements to be inserted outside a page only:

 

Page element: Inserts an extra page element in the merged result.

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Template properties: The general properties of the template.

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Workflow variable: Defines and set a value for a workflow variable.

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