File Locations |
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The File Locations page, accessible from the File Locations node of Administration Console, specifies where BarTender will store application specific files. In addition, you can set the default directories where BarTender will save and retrieve documents, images, and scripts, and save those settings for use with another instance of BarTender.
The File Locations page contains three sections:
The Folders pane contains a list of directories that BarTender uses to save and retrieve application-related files. To modify a location, simply select a file type in the list. Click the Change Location button and navigate to the desired directory using the Browse for Folder dialog. If the desired directory is not present, you can create a new directory using the Create New Folder button.
You can select directories for the following BarTender components:
Background Pictures: This directory is opened by default when you navigate to a picture you want to use as a background of a template.
BarTender Batch Files: This directory is opened by default when you navigate to a BarTender batch file you want to print.
BarTender Documents: This directory defines where the documents that you create will be saved by default, unless you browse to a different directory in the Save As dialog.
BTXML Scripts: This directory is opened by default when you navigate to a BTXML Script file you want to execute.
Components:
Database Connections:
Integrations: This directory defines where the integrations that you create will be saved by default, unless you browse to a different directory in the Save As dialog.
Pictures: This directory is opened by default when you browse to a picture you want to add to a template.
RFID Antenna Images:
Script Libraries:
To return any component to its default directory, click the Reset to Default Location button.
The Configurations Files pane contains a list of BarTender configuration files that define the behavior of the application. Using this pane, you can change the location and/or select a different file name for each file. To do so, highlight the desired configuration file and select the Change Location button. Navigate to the desired directory and enter the desired file name for the configuration file. To return any file to its default directory, click the Reset to Default Location button.
The settings contained within each of BarTender's configuration files can be saved in a single XML document and transferred between instances of BarTender.
To export configuration files, highlight the desired file(s) and click the Export Settings button to open the Save File dialog. Using this dialog, you can specify a file name and location for the BarTender settings file.
To import settings saved from a different instance of BarTender, use the Import Settings option, and browse to the desired settings file.
You can select the locations of the following BarTender files using the Configuration Files pane:
Advanced Printer and Driver Settings:
License Server: Connection Settings:
Message Settings:
Page Setup: Custom Stocks: BarTender is installed with size and layout definitions of most of the stock types of nearly every common manufacturer of media stock. If you create your own stock definitions, they will be stored in a stock file with the extension *.stk.
Printer Code Templates: Print Systems: When you export printer code templates, you can either use a pre-defined system of delimiters and data field names (such as SAPscript-ITF) or define one of your own. These custom print systems are stored in a custom print systems file with the extension of *.xml.
SAP IDoc Definitions:
Weighing Scales: Installed Scales: All scales that are installed using the Add Scale Wizard are stored in a file with the extension *.xml.
Weighing Scales: User Defined Models: All user-defined scale models and protocols are stored in a file with the extension *.xml.
Click the Backup Locations button to save your folder and file locations to an XML file.
Click the Restore Locations button to restore your files and folders to a previously saved backup file.