Character Template Dialog

The Character Template dialog, accessible from the Transforms tab of the Data Source property page, allows you to set or modify a character template for a data source's input. A character template allows you to add characters to the input, which will format the data into a particular arrangement. In barcodes, a character template adds characters in the human readable text that will not be encoded into the actual barcode. For text objects, a character template allows you to easily format strings such as a phone number, address, or zip code.

Use character template. When enabled, allows you to specify extra characters and their position in the data string.

Template. Specifies the character template for the selected data source or human readable text.

Opens a list of available characters to use in a custom template.

Character	Purpose	Example using 5980395957
?	Inserts the next available character from the data source.	"(???)???-????" yields "(598)039-5957".
%	Insert all remaining characters from the current data source.	"Code%" yields "Code5980395957".
*	Inserts all remaining characters from all data sources. Only available as a transform for Human Readable.	"Call * for details" yields "Call 5980395957 for details"
@x	Inserts all characters up to, but excluding the specified character, as defined by "x".	"@7" yields "598039595".
@x?	Inserts all characters up to, and including the specified character, as defined by "x".	"@3?" yields "59803"
~?	Suppresses a single character from the data source.	"????~??????" yields "598095957".
~%	Suppresses all remaining characters from the current data source.	"??????~%" yields "598039".
~*	Suppresses all remaining characters from all data sources. Only available as a transform for Human Readable.	"???~*" yields "598"
~@x	Suppresses all characters up to, but excluding the specified character, as defined by "x".	"~@9" yields "980395957".
~@x~?	Suppresses all characters up to, and including the specified character, as defined by "x".	"~@3~?" yields "95957".
\n	Inserts a line break.	"?????\n?????" yields "59803<<CR>>95957"
\t	Inserts a tab character.	"?????\t?????" yields "59803 95957".
\\	Inserts a literal "\" character.	"?????\\?????" yields "59803\95957".
\?	Inserts a literal "?" character.	"??????????\?" yields "5980395957?".
\%	Inserts a literal "%" character.	"??.????????\%" yields "59.80395957%"
\*	Inserts a literal "*" character.	"??????????\" yields "5980395957"
\~	Inserts a literal "~" character.	"\~??????????" yields "~5980395957".
\@	Inserts a literal "@" character.	"\@??????????" yields "@5980395957".
\x##	Inserts an ASCII character using its 2-digit hexadecimal value.	"\x3E??????????" yields ">5980395957".
\u####	Inserts a Unicode character using its 4-digit hexadecimal value.	"??????????\u00B6" yields "5980395957¶".

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