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Videojet DataFlex 6530 Service Manual - Rev AA B-13
Name
This attribute specifies the name of the date field to update. The name is case sensitive and must
match the name assigned to the date field within the image design package. Within CLARiSOFT
the name of a field can be set by opening the properties for the field, selecting the General tab,
and typing the name into the “Field Name” box.
Price
The <Price> tag can be used to update price values. The value of the tag should contain only the
digits 0-9 and optionally a single decimal point character, which may be '.' ',' or '·'. If the price
field is set up to use major and minor currency units (i.e. the @DecimalPlaces attribute is greater
than zero) the value is interpreted as being in major units. For example, if @DecimalPlaces has
the default value of 2, “15” is interpreted as “15.00”, “15.09” is interpreted as “15.09”, and “.9” is
interpreted as “0.90”.
Name
This attribute specifies the name of the price field to update. The name is case sensitive and must
match the name assigned to the price field within the image design package. Within CLARiSOFT
the name of a field can be set by opening the properties for the field, selecting the General tab,
and typing the name into the “Field Name” box.
Params
The parameters tag is a reserved tag for future development. It should not be used at the
moment.
Troubleshooting
This section describes some of the more common reasons why the variable data is not updating
correctly.
1. The XML file is not valid. XML files are parsed to ensure that they are in the correct format
before they are processed. All opening tags (e.g. <ImageData>) must be matched by closing
tags (e.g. </ImageData>). A simple way of ensuring that the XML file is valid is to load it
into Microsoft Internet explorer version 5.0 or later. Simply create a text file, copy in the data,
and give it a file name ending.xml. Then double clicking on it, causes the browser to load,
and indicate any problems with the data formatting.
2. The field data contains reserved characters or non-western European characters. Certain
characters are reserved within XML data sections. Table A-2 indicates the characters that are
reserved and the characters that should be used to generate those characters.
Printer Parts Escape Sequence
<&lt;
>&gt;
&&amp;
‘&apos;
“&quot;
Table B-2: Reserved Characters