[duxuser] Basic editing of the EMB.ELT file in DBT 10.5
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:35:35 -0000
Following on from the recent thread about embosser defaults,
I am hoping the following may help a few of you change your
embosser's basic defaults. Note that I am only describing
cell and line defaults here.
The first and absolute golden rule is to make a copy of a
file called emb.elt. You will usually find this in the
Duxbury folder. If you mess this file up for any reason,
you will need to replace it with the copy.
The second and also golden rule is to NOT under any
circumstances use DBT itself to edit the file. Use a plain
text editor such as Notepad, or even DOS's editor.
The third rule is to remember that I can (and often do) make
mistakes!
If you are not 100% certain about any of the above, STOP AND
ASK for more details.
When you open the emb.elt file in Notepad, and get past the
general information at the top of the file, you will see
that the file is divided up into multiple sections which
basically begin with the embosser make and model contained
inside double quote marks.
You first need to locate the section relating to your own
embosser. This is where the Search option may be useful,
for example to look for say, "Enab to find the beginning of
the section relating to Enabling Technologies embossers.
However in this example, I will use the "Generic Interpoint"
section.
The following is how it may appear in the file.
}
"Generic Interpoint"
# *** Embosser definition unchanged since 05/20/2004
# no escape sequences used
{
MaximumCells = 42
MaximumLines = 26
BreakLimits
CanDoInterpoint
Form "10_n" = 85 x 100 ; SinglePage ; 34 x 22 ; 32 x 22
Form "11_n" = 85 x 110 ; SinglePage ; 34 x 25 ; 32 x 25
Form "11_w" = 115 x 110 ; SinglePage ; 42 x 26 ; 40 x 25
Form "12_n" = 85 x 120 ; SinglePage ; 34 x 28 ; 32 x 28
Form "12_w" = 115 x 120 ; SinglePage ; 40 x 28 ; 40 x 28
SortToTop
}
Arrow down to the lines which begin with the word Form.
Note that the word Form is followed by a number, an
underscore, and a letter, inside double quotes.
The number represents the form length (From top to bottom)
in inches.
The letter represents the width of form, generally assumed
to be around 9 inches where the letter n appears, and
between 11 & 12 inches where a letter w appears. There are
not set in stone, and intended as a general guide.
The numbers after the equals sign refer to the actual page
width and dept, measure in tenths of an inch. Therefore for
example 115 x 110 is actually 11.5 inches wide, by 11 inches
deep.
The word "SinglePage" (Note the capital letter P) follows
after a semi-colon.
After that, are two sets of numbers, separated by and
following another semi-colon. ; 42 x 26 ; 40 x 25
The first represents the maximum capability of the embosser
for the given size of paper - 42 cells x 26 lines.
The second represents the "suggested" default, 40 cells by
25 lines.
You may now change the first set of numbers. In the example
here (shown below), I have changed them to 38 cells by 25
lines.
I have gone a stage further in my example below, and have
removed the "10_ and "12_ lines. Take care when you do this
to ensure that the remaining "Form" line remains indented by
two characters.
The net result is that when I use the "Generic Interpoint"
embosser, I would now only have one choice of form size, and
that would be defaulted at 38 cells by 25 lines.
However, I can still over-ride these settings in Document
Embosser Setup if I wish.
The modified section described above follows.
}
"Generic Interpoint"
# *** Embosser definition unchanged since 05/20/2004
# no escape sequences used
{
MaximumCells = 42
MaximumLines = 26
BreakLimits
CanDoInterpoint
Form "11_w" = 115 x 110 ; SinglePage ; 38 x 25 ; 40 x 25
SortToTop
}
There's a lot more we can do in emb.elt, but I hopefully for
now you will at least be able to control the default paper
size and layout.
George W F Bell, Managing Director
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
76 Bunting Road Ind. Est.
NORTHAMPTON, NN2 6EE, United Kingdom
Tel: (01604) 792777
Fax: (0604) 792726
mailto:george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.techno-vision.co.uk
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