JetForm IFD Conversion
eFORMz has a built-in preprocessor, the JetForm IFD File Parser, that converts legacy JetForm IFD forms into eFORMz projects (.efz). Essentially, .ifd information is entered which parses the ...
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July, 2021
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July, 2021
Troubleshooting: Windows Error 1068
Problem: You tried starting or restarting the eFORMz service, and received the following message: “Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start.” Solution: The eFORMz ...
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July, 2021
Adding a ZPL printer
Director Toolkit Windows There are three ways to start the Director Toolkit while running Windows: From your Windows desktop, select the Director Toolkit shortcut icon. From eFORMz Composer, ...
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July, 2021
Matches and Groups in the Text To XML Preprocessor
For more on Text to XML, view the following: Text to XML Reference Values from text files are transferred into XML format as Parameters. Initially Parameters could be read from Lines using ...
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June, 2021
Sending PDF output to ZPL printers
Most carriers return labels in ZPL format, which is fairly compact and prints nicely. However, some carriers return labels in PDF, which have to be converted to image format in order to be ...
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June, 2021
Wordwrap (chunking a string into fixed length pieces)
Although using a combination of concatenation, appending a new line and enabling wordwrap can be used to create multi-line variable, there are situations that require a different method. For ...
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June, 2021
Troubleshooting: Ship/FX Exception – Query was empty
Problem: Ship/FX returns the following exception:com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLSyntaxErrorException Query was empty Solution: You must use eFORMz Version 11.03.13 or later, otherwise you ...
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June, 2021
SATO Troubleshooting: Disable Sub-Port
An improperly configured sub-port can cause communication complications with SATO GY-412 printers that prevent fluid label printing. For example: In this instance, there’s an active ...
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June, 2021
eFORMz.ini Purpose and Parameters
The file “eFORMz.ini” is used by most of the *.exe applications in the eFORMz_6 folder, including the eFORMz Composer, eFORMz.exe. eFORMz.ini defines:1. Which Java installation to start.2. The ...
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May, 2021
Debugging Email
You can get detailed email debugging data, including responses from the email server, by including the following string in your eFORMz startup parameters before Run.jar: -DDEBUG.SMTP=true The ...