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Use BTXML script to automate many of the tasks that are typically completed by using the BarTender interface. To get you started in using BTXML script, this section describes several of the more common tasks that you might want to automate.

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• Printing Items by Using BTXML Script

  You can run BTXML script that passes instructions to BarTender to define how to print a document.

• Automating Database Printing

  By using BTXML script, you can automate BarTender print jobs that read data from a database or data file or that 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

  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 that is generated by your BTXML script for troubleshooting and record keeping.