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Restrictions on text frame

The restrictions on text frames are as follows:

Restrictions on placement and output

  • Text frame can only be configured in graphic mode.

  • Text frames can only be configured in Japanese and English forms. English form files are supported in Ver. 10.1 or later.

  • You cannot create repeat items for text frames.

  • Text frames do not appear at Batch setting of items or Print design information.

  • If a text string exceeds the area of the text frame, the exceeding part will not be output.

  • Unicode IVS (variation characters) is not supported for strings in text frame items.

Restrictions on field references

  • If the referenced fields are deleted, the tag string linked with the text frame is not deleted. You must delete the tag string manually.

  • If you mask a field in its property, you cannot reference this field in the text frame.

    If you want to enable data reference but do not want to print the referenced field, use a "page mask". For details, see "Set field not printed in multi-page (Page mask)".

  • Among the properties of referenced fields, the following setting values are ignored:

    X(dot), Y(dot), Pitch(dot), Full-width font, Half-width font, Font size, Vertical magnification, Horizontal magnification, Text direction, Rotation angle, Bold, Italic, Outline, Outline width(dot), Mask image, White letter, Shadow, Gradation, Gradation color1, Gradation color2, and Gradation type

  • The hierarchy of a text frame determines the hierarchy of the referenceable field. In the following table, ✔ means the hierarchy that can be referenced, and ✘ means the hierarchy that cannot be referenced. If you design a text frame within a record or formcopy and want to reference data for each output timing, place the field at the same hierarchical level.

    Hierarchy of field

    Hierarchy of text frame

    Directly under the paper

    Record

    Formcopy

    Directly under the paper

    ✔

    ✘

    ✘

    Subform

    ✔

    ✘

    ✘

    Record

    ✔

    ✔

    ✘

    Formcopy

    ✔

    ✘

    ✔

  • Copying a text frame and pasting it in a different XML form file will retain the tag string representing the link with the field even if the referenced field does not exist in that XML form file.

  • If the field data to be referenced includes the following symbols, printing will be suspended due to unsuccessful printing process for text frame and the form will not be output.

    To use the following symbols, therefore, you need to change to specifiers (entity references). If you do not change to specifiers (entity references), the operation is not supported.

    Symbol

    Specifier (entity reference)

    <

    &lt;

    >

    &gt;

    "

    &quot;

    '

    &apos;

    &

    &amp;

    (Half-width space)

    &nbsp;

    If it is difficult to use entity references, you can use the REPLACE function to convert symbols in text strings into entity references.

    Example 1. Example of converting symbol "&" to entity reference "&"

    REPLACE(testField, "&", "&amp;")



    To convert a symbol, double quotation ("), specify it as follows (double quotation cannot be specified in search strings).

    Example 2. Example of converting double quotation (") from symbol to entity reference

    REPLACE(testField, CHR(34), "&quot;")



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