Using the Embedded Data Table Editor |
You can use the Embedded Data Table Editor to manage data for your BarTender document in the following ways:
You can create a database that becomes part of your BarTender document. This database can include multiple data tables and/or phrase libraries. A phrase library is a specialized data table that contains frequently used and/or translated text content that you can add to your templates at print time.
When you add a data table to the embedded database, you can connect to the data table in the same way as you would any other external database. When you add a phrase library to the embedded database, it automatically appears under Libraries in the Data Sources pane of the Toolbox.
For more information, refer to Reading Data from Databases and/or Using Library Phrase Data Sources.
To use the editor to create an embedded database
To connect your document to a data table in the embedded database
To connect your document to a phrase library in the embedded database
You can connect a data table or phrase library to a data entry control on a data entry form. This type of data source is supported by the following controls:
Dropdown list
List box
Radio button list
To connect a data table or phrase library to a data entry control
By using the Embedded Data Table Editor to create data tables, you can specify data types for the fields in a table (including auto-incrementing ID, text, number, date, time, check box, picture, and multiple choice) and select from various formats for each data type. You can specify that fields are required or unique within the table, and you can create validation rules for each field in a table and create the error message that you want to be displayed if validation fails.
By using the Embedded Data Table Editor to create phrase libraries, you can share frequently used text between documents. Phrase libraries can also be translated so that you can print a template design that uses different languages and/or select a language to print the design in at print time.
Using the Embedded Data Table Editor Interface
The Embedded Data Table Editor interface includes the Home tab (for data tables and phrase libraries) and the Fields tab, Data view, and Design view for data tables. Use these components to create and modify the embedded database.
Creating and Modifying Data Tables
Learn how to use the Embedded Data Table Editor to create and modify data tables, including how to add and remove tables, add and remove fields from tables, add and remove data from the tables, and import an external data table.
Creating and Modifying Phrase Libraries
Learn how to use the Embedded Data Table Editor to create, modify, import, and export phrase libraries.