About Broadcast Forms
Broadcast forms can be printed to any selected device.
Forms include:
- ASCII forms
- WYSIWYG forms
ASCII forms
ASCII Forms are simple text data. Broadcast provides a text editor in which you can define the ASCII forms that are broadcast to output devices.
ASCII forms and their companion Control Character Token files exist in three states.
Files in each state are located in a separate folder in the following project directories.
Form/File | Directory | |
ASCII forms | <project name>\CimForms\ASCIIForms | |
Control Character Token files | <project name>\CimForms\CCharFiles |
The subfolders in which the files are located according to the form's states are as follows.
Subfolder | Form State | Description |
Old | Archived | Were published, but have been removed from production. |
Prod | Published |
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Working | Under development |
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WYSIWYG forms
WYSIWYG forms are created in a WYSIWYG Graphical Editor in which you can layout several types of objects including
- Text, and bar codes that can report real data when they are printed.
- Rectangle and line graphic objects to aid in form layout.
- Graphic images.
Files in each state are located in a separate folder in the following project directories.
Form/File | Directory |
WYSIWYG Forms | <project name>\CimForms\WYSIWYGForms |
The subfolders in which the files are located dividing the forms into functionality are as follows.
Subfolder | Form State | Description |
Old | Archived | Were published, but have been removed from production. |
Prod | Published |
|
Working | Under development |
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