2019.2
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to PrintShop Mail Connect 2019.2
- Setup And Configuration
- System and Hardware Considerations
- Installation and Activation
- Where to obtain the installer
- Installation - important information
- Installation - How to guides
- Activation
- Installation Prerequisites
- User accounts and security
- Installing PrintShop Mail Connect on Machines without Internet Access
- Installation Wizard
- Running Connect installer in Silent Mode
- Activating a License
- Migrating to a new workstation
- Upgrading
- Backup these folders
- Backup your database
- Preferences
- Clean-up Service preferences
- DataMapper preferences
- Database Connection preferences
- Editing preferences
- Email preferences
- Emmet preferences
- Engines preferences
- Hardware for Digital Signing preferences
- Language preferences
- Logging preferences
- Parallel Processing preferences
- Print preferences
- Project Wizards preferences
- Save preferences
- Scripting preferences
- Engines preferences
- Parallel Processing preferences
- Connect: a peek under the hood
- Known Issues
- Connect Updates failing due to Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable prod...
- Issues associating PDF files with Connect.
- The OL Connect 2019.1 license update does not cater for existing AFP input li...
- The Update Client OL for Connect 2019.1 does not cater for standalone Connect...
- Page break changes in 2019.1
- Minor differences in AFP and IPDS output introduced in 2019.1
- Issue with image placement in 2019.1 when using some customized AFP and IPDS ...
- Issue after erroneous or incomplete update or re-installation
- Backend database might require periodic maintenance
- Windows 10 Search service impacting Connect
- Job Creation Presets: External Sorting change introduced in 2018.2
- Business Graphics: Backward Compatibility Issues introduced in 2018.1
- Known Font issues
- Minor differences in PCL, AFP and IPDS output introduced in 2018.1
- Windows Server 2016 issue
- Limit of 100MB of image files within a single job
- Print Output: Booklet Impositioning changes introduced in 2018.1
- Installation paths with multi-byte characters
- Switching languages
- GoDaddy certificates
- MySQL Compatibility
- Available Printer Models
- Color Model in Style Sheets
- Image preview in Designer
- VIPP Output
- Magic Number changes when installing Docker
- Uninstalling
- General information
- The Designer
- Designer basics
- Content elements
- Snippets
- Styling and formatting
- Personalizing content
- Preferences
- Clean-up Service preferences
- DataMapper preferences
- Database Connection preferences
- Editing preferences
- Email preferences
- Emmet preferences
- Engines preferences
- Hardware for Digital Signing preferences
- Language preferences
- Logging preferences
- Parallel Processing preferences
- Print preferences
- Project Wizards preferences
- Save preferences
- Scripting preferences
- Writing your own scripts
- Translating templates
- Designer User Interface
- Australia Post Settings
- Codabar Settings
- Code 39 Settings
- Code 128 Settings
- Data Matrix settings
- EAN-8 Settings
- EAN-13 Settings
- GS1-128 Settings
- Interleaved 2 of 5 Settings
- Japan Post Settings
- KIX Code (Dutch Post) Settings
- PDF417 Settings
- QR Code Settings
- Royal Mail 2D Mailmark Settings
- Royal Mail 4 State (CBC) Settings
- Royal Mail 4 State Mailmark C Settings
- Royal Mail 4 State Mailmark L Settings
- UPC-A Settings
- UPC-E Settings
- US Postal Service IMb Settings
- US Postal Service IMpb Settings
- Designer Script API
- Standard Script API
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Example
- Example
- Example
- Example
- Example
- Examples
- Creating a table of contents
- Example
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Replace elements with a snippet
- Replace elements with a set of snippets
- Example
- Example
- Creating a Date object from a string
- Control Script API
- Examples
- Setting the margins of a Print section
- Setting the header and footer of a Master Page
- Examples
- Designer Script API
- Generating output
- Print Manager
- Print Manager Introduction Video
- Print Manager usage
- Print Manager Interface
- License Update Required for Upgrade to Connect 2019.x
- Backup before Upgrading
- Overview
- OL Connect 2019.2 Enhancements
- Connect 2019.2 Designer Improvements
- Connect 2019.2 Output Improvements
- Print Manager Improvements
- Known Issues
- Previous Releases
- License Update Required for Upgrade to Connect 2019.1
- Overview
- OL Connect 2019.1 Enhancements
- Connect 2019.1 Designer Updates
- Connect 2019.1 Output updates
- Print Wizard and Preset Wizard Improvements
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 2018.2.1 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.2 Enhancements
- Connect 2018.2 Designer Updates
- Connect 2018.2 Output updates
- Print Wizard and Preset Wizard Improvements
- Connect 2018.2 Print Manager updates
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 2018.1.6 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.5 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.4 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.3 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.2 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.1 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 General Enhancements
- Connect 2018.1 Designer Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 Output Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 Print Manager Enhancements/Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 1.8 General Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Performance Related Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Print Manager Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 1.7.1 General Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.7.1 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.7.1 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 1.6.1 General Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.6.1 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.6.1 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 1.5 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.5 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.5 General Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 1.4.2 Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.4.1 New Features and Enhancements
- Connect 1.4.1 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.4.1 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Knowledge Base
- Legal Notices and Acknowledgements
5.
Check the Toggle Visibility option, if you want the opposite action to be performed if the
condition evaluates to false. By default, this option is checked.
6.
Click the downward pointing arrow next to Field, to select the data field that should be
evaluated.
7.
Click the downward pointing arrow next to Condition to expand the list of conditions with
which the data field can be evaluated. The options are: Equal to, Not equal to,
Contains, Does not contain, Begins with, Ends with.
8.
Type the Value or values (each on a new line) that should be used for the conditional
check.
Values (in Strings) are case sensitive, unless the option Case insensitive is checked.
Dates should be entered in ISO standard notation (yyyy-mm-dd).
The selected action will be performed if the condition evaluates to true with one of the
given values.
If, conversely, the condition evaluates to false, and the option Toggle Visibility is
checked, the opposite action will be performed.
Note
If you need more complex conditions, click Expand and edit the code of the script.
See "Writing your own scripts" on page380.
9.
Click Apply or OK.
10.
To see the result, toggle to the Preview tab at the bottom of the workspace (or select View
> Preview View on the menu).
Showing or hiding several elements with one conditional script
To apply one conditional content script to several elements, you have to use a CSS class or
HTMLelement as the selector of the script. When using a CSSclass, apply that class to the
elements in question:
1.
Double-click the conditional script in the Scripts pane to reopen it, or create a new
conditional content script and follow the actions described in "Showing or hiding
elements using the Conditional Content Script wizard" on the previous page.
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