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Videojet DataFlex 6530 Service Manual - Rev AA B-11

B.1.3 Formatting the CIFF Data File

Hierarchial Layout of XML Tags, Attributes and Elements

This section provides an overview of the layout of the information within the CIFF Data File

structure. This overview is provided for information only and does not represent an actual CIFF

data file.

Titles shown in bold are elements which contain sub-elements those with the '@' character as the

first letter are attributes and all others are basic elements. Elements or attributes suffixed with

the ‘*’ character are considered optional and can be safely left out of a CIFF data file if not

required. When an item is left out, the default value of the particular item is used.

Information about the use and meaning of each individual element can be found in the section

entitled “CIFF Data File Element Descriptions”.

..... @ReferenceCiff*

..... <Date>*

..... ..... @Name

..... ..... @Type*

..... </Date>

..... <Field>*

.......... @Name

..... </Field>

..... <Price>*

..... ..... @Name

..... </Price>

..... <Params>*

..... </Params>

Sample CIFF Data File

The following is a sample CIFF data file that would be used to update a User Entered Date called

“ExpiryDate” and a User Entered field called “Weight”.

</ImageData>

Note: XML files are free format. The formatting used above is used purely for display purposes, and the

same effect could be achieved with the following:

<ImageData><Date Name=”ExpiryDate” Type=”UserEntered”>10/08/2002</Date> <Field

Name=”Weight”>160</Field></ImageData>

The names of the tags and attributes are case-insensitive; however the attribute values are case

sensitive. You must ensure that the field and date names, match those assigned in the image

design package exactly.

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