Design elements

Design elements

The elements, that you can use to build up a design (or template as they are called in InterformNG2) are described below. 

The elements are found on the top of the designer and are marked below with the pink frames:



The bottom row is displayed if you click the '+' icon in the top row. 

There are also 2 special elements, that can only be inserted outside the page element. To view these elements, you need to click 'Template' in the element list on the left:


 

These two elements are explained in the bottom of this list. 

The elements are from left to right:
  Component: Inserts a common component/sub template, which is a selection of design elements. Useful for common header/footers.
   Image: Inserts an image.

   Translation: Refer to translation table e.g. for a multi-language template.

   Table: Add a fixed or dynamic table of cells to e.g. organize the output into fixed columns/rows with or without lines.

   Text: Add a text element. This can a fixed text, XML data, an Xpath expression or translation text.

   Container: A 'folder' to group elements together. Elements inside are positioned relative to the container.

   Line: Inserts a line.

   Flow direction: Sets the flow direction of a selected page or container. This is used when elements are inserted relatively (default).

   Fill color: Fills a selected containertable or cell in a table with a color.


Borders: Add borders to a selected containertable or cell.

The icons of the second row:

   Dynamic text style element.
   Barcode: Insert a barcode.
   Page Break: Inserts a page break.
   Line break: Inserts a line break. This is only available for containers with a horizontal flow (row).
   Comment: Adds a comment to the design. Not visible in the merged result.

   Embed a file: (Require the AdvancedPDF module). Adds an embedded file to the merged PDF result.

  RFID tag: Inserts an RFID tag on RFID capable ZPL compatible printers.

   Form field: Inserts a input field in the output PDF file.
   Bookmark: Inserts a bookmark in the output PDF file.
   Chart: Inserts a chart in the output.
   Repeat: Repeats the elements inside this folder a number of times.
    If element: Inserts/executes the folder if a boolean expression (condition) is true.

   Select element: Similar to the If element. Branches out with multiple conditions and an Otherwise branch.

    Variable: Defines and set a value for a variable.

  Skip iterations: Skips a number of iterations in the parent repeat element. This can only be inserted in a repeat and should be inserted as the last element.

The elements to be inserted outside a page only:

   Page element: Inserts an extra page element in the merged result.
   Template properties: The general properties of the template.
Workflow variable: Defines and set a value for a workflow variable.