{"id":709,"date":"2014-09-24T23:06:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T23:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/?p=709"},"modified":"2014-11-18T23:37:55","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T23:37:55","slug":"positional-data-block-variables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/positional-data-block-variables\/","title":{"rendered":"Positional Data Block Variables"},"content":{"rendered":"
From the eFORMz Input Data Viewer, select a string of characters (left click + drag), right click and select Add Variable<\/em>.<\/div>\n

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\"pdb_variable1\"<\/a><\/div>\n

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The Variable dialog box will display.<\/div>\n

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\"pdb_variable2\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Options include:<\/h3>\n

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Name<\/strong><\/div>\n
Variable name as displayed in the project layout.<\/div>\n

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Horizontal\/Vertical Position<\/strong><\/div>\n
The variable location in decipoints (180 decipoints = 1\/4 inch).<\/div>\n

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# of characters<\/strong><\/div>\n
The number of characters included in a variable.<\/div>\n

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Height<\/strong><\/div>\n
Variable height. Allows you to customize the variable line height.<\/div>\n
*0=Form line height<\/em><\/p>\n
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Sets the line height to the default of the form.<\/div>\n

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Keep Spacing<\/strong><\/div>\n
When checked, eFORMz inserts spaces in the variable value. This occurs when things on the same line are positioned by a cursor command other than spaces, and there is empty space between them. When Keep spacing is unchecked, no spaces are inserted in the empty space.<\/p>\n
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Repeat<\/strong><\/div>\n
The number of data lines a variable will be implemented.<\/div>\n

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Increment line by<\/strong><\/div>\n
Enables the skipping of lines. A value of one (1) applies a rule or function to every line selected, a value of two (2) applies a rule or function to every other line, and so on.<\/div>\n

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Copy original data to output<\/strong><\/div>\n
(Default is unchecked) When checked, leaves the selected characters in there original position in the eFORMz Viewer.<\/div>\n

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Include variable in XML output<\/strong><\/div>\n
For use with eDIRECT when checked, default unchecked. Variable names cannot include special characters such as !, @, $, &, * when this option is selected. This selection option only pertains to projects configured using the \u2018old\u2019 eDIRECT Wizard method of generating output.<\/div>\n

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Use as a bookmark in PDF output<\/strong><\/div>\n
Variable will be bookmarked for pdf file output.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the eFORMz Input Data Viewer, select a string of characters (left click + drag), right click and select Add Variable.     The Variable dialog box will display.   Options include:   Name Variable name as displayed in the project layout.   Horizontal\/Vertical Position The variable location in decipoints (180 decipoints = 1\/4 inch). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1675,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions\/1675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}