Picture Property Page

The Picture property page contains options which allow you to choose which picture to import, how to import it, and how BarTender will respond if the original picture file is not found at print time. The Picture property page only allows you to determine the image that will print on your items; adjustments to the position of the image are made using the mouse or the Position property page and modifications to the appearance are usually made using the Size, Picture Adjustments, Cropping, and/or Effects property pages. The Edit Picture button allows for additional modifications to embedded pictures using your computer's default image editing software.

Picture Source

• Picture Source. Determines how BarTender imports a picture into your template. For more information, refer to Selecting a Picture Source.

The options listed below are located in a dynamic area of the Picture property page; the options available depend on which Picture Source you select.

Embedded Picture

• Get Picture From. Allows you to import a picture file into your template from your computer, scanner, or camera.

  When importing images from a scanner or camera, you must set up the device using the Scanner and Camera Setup dialog. This allows BarTender to communicate with the device, so that the pictures on the device are available for selection.

• Edit Picture. Opens the selected picture in your computer's default image editing program. This option is useful if there are specific changes you wish to apply to the image, such as applying advanced formatting changes not available in BarTender.

• Save Picture. Saves any changes made to the picture as a new picture file for future use.

• Apply Image Processing Permanently. Saves all picture adjustments, cropping, and effect changes as the new defaults, and saves the modified image as a new image.

  Selecting Apply Image Processing Permanently locks in any changes you have made and makes them the new default settings. For this reason, Apply Image Processing Permanently should only be used once all editing has been done.

External Picture File

• Specify file name. When selected, specifies the path and file name of the desired image. BarTender will insert the image at the specified location into the template; therefore, if the original picture file changes, BarTender will update the picture displayed on the template.

• Get file name from database field. When selected, specifies the database field containing the path and/or file name of the desired image. If a path is not specified in the database, you can enter it into the Default Path field. BarTender will reference the specified database field, and print the image contained in each database record on your items.

• Get file name from data source. When selected, inserts an image based on the path and/or file name specified on the Data Source property page. If a path is not specified in the data source, you can enter it into the Default Path field.

Binary Database Field

• Field Name. Specifies the database field containing the binary data which comprises the picture. BarTender will reference the specified database field, and print the image contained in each database record on your items.

Print-Time Image Capture

• Control. Specifies the picture control on the data entry form which is linked to the selected picture object.

• Select Sample Picture. Allows you to select an image from your computer to show in place of the default picture on your template.

Encoded Picture Data

• Encoding. Specifies the type of code to decipher when inserting an image onto your template.

• Select Sample Picture. Allows you to select an image from your computer to convert to Base64.

Options

• Error Handling. Opens the Error Handling dialog, which determines how BarTender will handle a print job if an error condition occurs while locating a linked picture.

Related Topics

• Importing Pictures into a Template

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