Export user defined IMpb data
The following instructions incorportate user defined data into the IMpb while exporting:
- Presort your database. In the Print Presort window, click on Print Labels.
- in Print Settings, click on the Output pull down menu and choose Disk File. Click Continue.
- In the Export Setup window, select your export map or select the fields you'd like to export.
- Add an extra line to the export and name it impb. Make the width 40.
- Expression to Export IMpb Printable Characters:
| oPrintBc.IMpb(zip,mailerid,servicetype,serialno) |
zip = The name of the field in your database that contains the ZIP or ZIP+4 code
mailerid = 6-digit or 9-digit Mailer ID from a field or in placed quotes, e.g., "123456789"
servicetype = 3-digit IMpb Service Type
serialno = 7-digit unique serial number for 9-digit Mailer ID; 10-digit unique serial number for 6-digit Mailer ID
serialno = can also be the record number, e.g., RECNO(). To start at record number 5000 use RECNO()+4999
Expression to Export IMpb Digits:
| oPrintBc.IMpb(zip,mailerid,servicetype,serialno,1) |
Note: Notice the "1" as the last parameter
