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BTXML Script allows you to automate many of the tasks that are normally completed using the BarTender interface. This section describes several of the more common tasks you may want to automate to get you started using BTXML Script.

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• Printing Items Using BTXML Script

  You can execute BTXML Script that passes instructions to BarTender that define how to print a document.

• Automating Database Printing

  Using BTXML Script, you can automate BarTender print jobs that read data from a database or data file, or accept data from user prompts.

• Setting Template Object Data

  You can use BTXML Script to specify values for named data sources in the BarTender document that you want to print.

• Exporting a Label to an Image

  If desired, you can use BTXML Script to export the "print preview" image of your document to an image format.

• Using the XML Response

  You can use the XML Response generated by your BTXML script for troubleshooting and record keeping.