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Receipt Builder user interface overview

Use the different elements of the Receipt Builder user interface when you want to create a new receipt or edit an existing receipt.

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UI item

Description

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Menu bar with the following menus and commands:

  • File

    • New project — Select to create a new receipt project

    • Open project — Select to open an existing receipt project

    • Recent projects — Shows a sub menu with recently closed receipt projects

    • Close project — Select to close an open receipt project

    • Save project — Select to save changes to a receipt project

    • Save project as — Select to save a receipt project to a different folder

    • Exit — Select to close Receipt Builder

  • Edit

    • Cut — Select to cut the selected item

    • Copy— Select to copy the selected item

    • Paste— Select to paste a cut or copied item

    • Delete— Select to delete the selected item

  • Tools

    For more information, see Receipt Builder Tools menu.

  • View

    • Data — Opens the Data tab in the navigation pane

    • Language — Opens the Language tab in the navigation pane

    • Special — Opens the Special tab in the navigation pane

    • Last printed data — Selects 'Last printed' as input data

    • Example data — Selects 'Data example' as input data

    • Look and feel — Shows a sub menu with layout options

  • Help

    • Select to open PayComplete™ Help Center

    • Select to open the About Receipt Builder dialog box where you can see which version you have installed

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Toolbar with the following buttons:

  • set_root_folder_button.png — Select to create a new receipt project

  • select_receipt_project_file_button.png — Select to open an existing receipt project

  • receiptj_save_button.png — Select to save changes to a receipt project

  • receiptj_delete_button.png — Select to delete the selected element

  • receiptj_edit_button.png — Select to edit the XSL layout

  • receiptj_settings_button.png — Select to edit the project properties

  • receipt_edit_printer_and_preview_button.png — Select to edit the printer and preview settings

  • receiptj_print_receipt_button.png — Select to print a receipt

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Navigation pane

Contains elements you can use to build the receipt.

The navigation pane has the following tabs:

  • Data — Contains the content of the currently selected Data file. Drag any items from the tree structure into the receipt in the work area to create a suitable receipt item for that data. You can also double-click a data-node to create a receipt item at the end of the receipt. Drop simple data elements (data elements without any children) inside an existing row to create a new column. The maximum number of columns is four. Right-click a simple data element to show a popup menu. From the popup menu you can select Add as barcode, Add as template, or Add as language key.

  • Language — Contains all labels and phrases in the language file. Drag elements to the receipt in the work area or double-click them to add them to the receipt. Edit the phrase for a label by double-clicking the phrase. Select the buttons below the list of labels and phrases to add new labels or delete existing labels.

  • Special — Select to add empty lines, separators, free text, and images. Drag or double-click elements to add them to the receipt.

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Current data path

Shows the path to the data for a template open in the work area.

You can return to previous templates using the Back button Back_16.png.

Select the Back button to go back to the previous template. Select the template for the data element to open up the table together with the header. 'Path' now shows the path and the Back button. Select a data row in the table to navigate into the template. 'Path' shows the path to the layout where the layout is stored. Here you can edit the rows in the table. Select Back to return to the template.

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Work area

Shows the selected receipt.

In the work area, you click inside a receipt to select a row or a template in the receipt. You can drag rows and templates to a new position to rearrange the receipt layout. You can drop one row inside another to merge them as columns on the same row. The maximum number of columns is four. You can copy, cut, paste, and delete functions on the currently selected part. You can double-click a template to edit it.

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Properties pane

Shows properties for the part of the receipt currently selected in the work area, provided that the part has properties. If you have selected a row of text columns, you can rearrange the columns by dragging them to a new position. Click anywhere on the gray area inside the properties for a column and then drop it on a dark gray area with the text 'Drop columns here'. You can drop items directly from the navigation pane into the Properties pane.

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Help pane

Shows tips and tricks for the selected part of the receipt or for the pane the pointer is currently hovering over. The Help pane tells you what you can do, or why there is an error on a selected part.

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Data to use

Select whether to use the data example or the last print as data when you edit a receipt. The selection you make decides how the Data tab is populated in the navigation pane and how the receipt is rendered in the work area.