Lasernet Form Editor 9 - Designing Forms

Lasernet Form Editor 9 is an application where you can design and maintain forms using DataSet, CSV, EDI, TXT, XLS or XML as input formats. It can enrich this data by applying rearranges with font types and inserting text, barcodes, charts, images, ...

In this exercise, you can learn how to add a new form and design a report by using XML as input data. You are also to set up the required criterion/criteria to recognize the form. The form criterion is used by the Form Engine to look for the key da...

In this exercise, you can learn how to rearrange data from the XML data view to the output view. When we talk about rearranging a text, we refer to the process of defining how data contained in the input grab file is represented/manipulated in the f...

We are now looking at the settings with which we need to work to handle letters not fitting a rearrange box in the horizontal direction. When a word is too long, this work process takes place in the Auto Y and Manual modes. Force Line Break ...

Let us now consider how to align a text box relative to the X / Y position of a Rearrange object by using the Box vertical and Box horizontal alignment settings. Box horizontal alignment The horizontal alignment of a text box on the o...

Let us now consider how to align text inside a fixed-size box by using the Text vertical and horizontal alignment settings. Text horizontal alignment The setting implies a horizontal alignment of a text within the text box. Text verti...

Whitespace is handled for the left and right edges of the output rearrange. The Before and After columns refer to the left and right rearrange edges. This option retains whitespace introduced by automatic new lines and can be useful when applied i...

Line height can be set as either Absolute or Relative . In the Absolute mode, you can define a specific line height in millimeters. In the Relative mode, the line height is automatically defined based on the font type and size you choose. ...

You can add an optional background color or surrounding rectangle to your text. In addition, you have the possibility to specify a margin (in millimeters) from the text to the rectangle edge. While selecting, positioning, and resizing the Rearrange...

The Text tool is a Rearrange object that appears in the form view only. You can activate the tool by clicking the Text button on the toolbar or by adding a text element to an existing Rearrange by clicking the Add button on the Objects tab o...

You can use the Image tool to insert an image in the design form from an external file or as an image embedded in data. By default, images you insert into the output are stored in the Images folder. However, you can also manually specify a path ...

With the Shape tool, you can create lines and shapes in the form editor. The shapes with which you can work here are either a rectangle or a rounded rectangle. To create a line or a shape, click a down-pointed arrow next to the Shape tool. On t...

The Barcode tool works the same way as the Rearrange tool. When you select data, the barcode object becomes visible in the form on the right-hand side, and you can position it to fit your form requirements. You can insert Barcodes via TrueType f...

Overlays represents a way to add graphical design elements to your forms. You can design and maintain overlays outside Lasernet Developer, mostly using a Windows design applications that can print to the Lasernet Print Capture printer, an integral p...

In Lasernet, patterns are used to recognize specific line items in the input. Rearranges, barcodes, images, text, shapes, etc. added to a pattern are automatically included in the Conditional Area of the form. When you add rearranges to a pattern, ...

Each sheet has a First , Middle , Last , and Single Page for formatting the output. These pages can contain overlays providing the graphical presentation of the print, rearranges representing the actual printed data, fixed texts and scripts. ...

You can keep pattern instances belonging to the different patterns at the same page. By using the Group until setting, you can create a group starting at every instance of the current pattern and ending with any pattern available in the list (simi...

With the Calculation tool, you can insert calculations in the Conditional Area. In this exercise, we are going to focus on subtotals and the sum of all item lines. Sum : Generates a rearrange script in the output calculating the sum of all val...

You can use the Calculation tool to calculate groups of item lines in the Conditional Area. Selecting the Sum Group option of the Calculation tool allows creating a new script rearrange that sums over all values of rearranges selected within ...

With the Image and Shapes tools, you can add images, lines, rectangles, and rounded rectangles to your form design. You can also assign multiple images or shapes in a dynamic vertical position to the Conditional Area by dragging the pointer in ...

You can use top and bottom margins of the table to manage the table style. It could be useful if you need additional space between header/footer and the Conditional Area in a particular form. In this exercise, we will add additional space for trans...

In the table settings, you can use the Relative to and Vertical lines t o options to manage the table style and the position of headers and footers relative to the body. Exercise Download and import the attached configuration called 22. Tables...

In the table settings you can use the Relative to and Vertical lines to options to manage the table style and a position of headers and footer relative to the Conditional Area. Exercise Download and import the attached configuration called 23...

With the Regions function, you can organize data (patterns) in a Conditional Area and you can add one or more fixed regions to the same Conditional Area. You can also set individual rearranges assigned to the header and the footer of a region like...

With the Regions function, you can organize data (patterns) in a Conditional Area as well as you can add one or more regions to the same Conditional Area. You can also set individual rearranges defining the header and the footer of a region as lab...

With the Regions function, you can organize data (patterns) in a Conditional Area as well as you can add one or more regions to the same Conditional Area. You can also set individual rearranges defining the header and the footer of a region as lab...

The order of regions in the form design is determined by the order of regions in the Conditional Area dialog. Exercise Download and import the attached configuration called 27. Regions (Order and Page Break) in Lasernet Developer 9 . Afterward,...

You can distribute your conditional data between several Conditional Areas. By default, there always exists Default Conditional Area defined by the system, but you can also create custom Conditional Areas. You can hereafter assign a set of patterns ...

Lasernet supports processing the master sheet, a technique used for populating rearranges, patterns, tables, overlays, JobInfos, etc. from one sheet to another. When having two sheets, an original one, and a copy, and there are only minor difference...

You can mix and combine sheets depending on your requirements for printing sheets in the duplex mode or combine sheets into a single document (job). You can maintain the settings for mixing and combining pages via the Sheet Order and Page Numberingt...

In this exercise, you can learn how to define data for a chart in the input and then insert a chart image in the output for the specified data set. Exercise Download and import the attached configuration called 31. Charts in Lasernet Developer 9 ...

Dynamic regions is an extended functionality of Regions and allows organizing data (patterns) in the output file more flexible. One or more dynamic regions can be added to the existing region at a time, with a possibility to organize data within...

In this exercise, you can learn how to apply the Alternating tool to detect an available pattern(s) so you can design a table in the output by highlighting odd and even rows (which are actually instance(s) of a pattern) by setting a background col...

In this exercise, you can learn how to apply the Alternating tool to detect available pattern(s), so you can design a table in the output by highlighting odd and even rows (which are actually instance(s) of a pattern) by setting a background color...

You can use the Subform tool to add definite content as a standalone entity to your document or report. For example, you need to create several reports for different departments; with that, you want to add the same fragment to all of them. So, not...

To simplify your daily routines when creating documents and reports with the same repeating text, fragments, or the other elements, you can use both global and local subforms designed for this purpose. In this exercise, you can learn how to add and...

The Formatting substitution tool allows you to visually differentiate text within the same rearrange based on definite criteria and using the preferable settings. Changing your document layout in such a way can help you to arranged information in ...

You can also add subforms for output formats such as XML, EDI, and JSON. The procedure is the same for all the mentioned output formats. In this exercise, you can learn how to add subforms to an output of the EDI format and then edit it as needed. ...

The Multiple areas  functionality allows the automatic generation of  multiple subareas in the output at a time. This way, you can avoid creating many subareas within one custom conditional area one by one but create multiple at a time b...