Hi All,
I’m probably mising a simple line in my script here - so wanted to ask the hive mind for help.
I am trying to print a label based on information in a Vision form to a Zebra label printer.
I have so far looked at the comments on here under the topic and I have structured some code -
But it is printing the string of {root container etc… rather than the vaule within)
Please see my script below…
from java.net import Socket
from java.io import DataOutputStream
RollNum = "{Root Container.Form Container.Roll_no_Form Numeric Text Field.Roll_No_Numeric Text Field.intValue}"
width = "{Root Container.Form Container.Width_Form Numeric Text Field.Width_Numeric Text Field.intValue}"
Supplier = "{Root Container.Form Container.Form_Suoolier_drop_down.Supplier_Dropdown.selectedStringValue}"
SupplierRoll = "{Root Container.Form Container.SUPPLIER_PIECE_NO_Form Text Field.Supplier_Piece_No_Text Field.text}"
PurchaseOrder = "{Root Container.Form Container.PO Form Text Field.POText Field.text}"
Length = "{Root Container.Form Container.Length_Form Numeric Text Field.Length_Numeric Text Field.floatValue}"
strMessage100 ="^XA"
StrMessage110 ="^CF0,40"
StrMessage111 ="^FO35,50^FD%s^FS" % RollNum
strMessage112 ="^CF0,30"
StrMessage113 ="^FO30,115^FDWIDTH:%s ^FS" % width
StrMessage114 = "^FO30,155^FD%s ^FS" % RollNum
StrMessage115 = "^BY5,1,45"
StrMessage116 = "^FO35,200^BC^FDROLL %s^FS" % RollNum
StrMessage117 = "^FO30,290^FDSUPPLIER:%s ^FS" % Supplier
StrMessage118 = "^FO30,330^FDPURCHASE ORDER: %s ^FS" % PurchaseOrder
StrMessage119 = "^FO30,370^FDLENGTH:%s ^FS" % Length
StrMessage120 = "^XZ"
strOut = strMessage100+StrMessage110+StrMessage111+strMessage112+StrMessage113+StrMessage114+StrMessage115+StrMessage116+StrMessage117+StrMessage118+StrMessage119+StrMessage120
printerIP='172.016.007.133'
port=9100
try:
# Open Socket Connection
clientSocket=Socket(printerIP,port)
#Open data output stream
outToPrinter=DataOutputStream(clientSocket.getOutputStream())
#Send Data to Printer
outToPrinter.write(strOut)
#close data stream and socket
outToPrinter.close();
clientSocket.close();
except IOError:
print "Error", row
Any help and pointers for an absolute beginner would be great 
Also, please edit your post to place your code in a formatted block. (Highlight the code then click the </> button.)
Thanks - but I am writing the script as a script & I don’t see the property and flag browser buttons
see photo of screenshot
Gotcha. I would make the script a function and pass your values into the function.
def printLabel(RollNum, width, Supplier, SupplierRoll, PurchaseOrder, Length):
from java.net import Socket
from java.io import DataOutputStream
strMessage100 ="^XA"
StrMessage110 ="^CF0,40"
StrMessage111 ="^FO35,50^FD%s^FS" % RollNum
strMessage112 ="^CF0,30"
StrMessage113 ="^FO30,115^FDWIDTH:%s ^FS" % width
StrMessage114 = "^FO30,155^FD%s ^FS" % RollNum
StrMessage115 = "^BY5,1,45"
StrMessage116 = "^FO35,200^BC^FDROLL %s^FS" % RollNum
StrMessage117 = "^FO30,290^FDSUPPLIER:%s ^FS" % Supplier
StrMessage118 = "^FO30,330^FDPURCHASE ORDER: %s ^FS" % PurchaseOrder
StrMessage119 = "^FO30,370^FDLENGTH:%s ^FS" % Length
StrMessage120 = "^XZ"
strOut = strMessage100+StrMessage110+StrMessage111+strMessage112+StrMessage113+StrMessage114+StrMessage115+StrMessage116+StrMessage117+StrMessage118+StrMessage119+StrMessage120
printerIP='172.016.007.133'
port=9100
try:
# Open Socket Connection
clientSocket=Socket(printerIP,port)
#Open data output stream
outToPrinter=DataOutputStream(clientSocket.getOutputStream())
#Send Data to Printer
outToPrinter.write(strOut)
#close data stream and socket
outToPrinter.close();
clientSocket.close();
except IOError:
print "Error", row
Then, (assuming you’re calling this from a button), it would look something like this.
RollNum = event.source.parent.getComponent("Roll_No_Numeric Text Field").intValue
width = event.source.parent.getComponent("Width_Numeric Text Field").intValue
Supplier = event.source.parent.getComponent("Supplier_Dropdown").selectedStringValue
SupplierRoll = event.source.parent.getComponent("Supplier_Piece_No_Text Field").text
PurchaseOrder = event.source.parent.getComponent("POText Field").text
Length = event.source.parent.getComponent("Length_Numeric Text Field").floatValue
PRINT_GI_LABEL_SCRIPT.printLabel(RollNum, wodth, Supplier, SupplierRoll, PruchaseOrder, Length)
However you call it from the window, that editor will let you browse the property paths.
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You’re writing a project library script. You could potentially call this script from anywhere (Vision, Perspective, an alarm notification pipeline, etc), so even if the curly brace syntax works (which, again, it doesn’t in scripts), there would be no ‘context’ to know which Root Container to use.
Also, Jordan already beat me to the ‘make it a function’ advice, but one other improvement is that you can use a multiline string and new-style formatting to make things a bit more readable (in my opinion):
def print_gi_label_script(rollnum, width, supplier, supplierRoll, purchaseOrder, length):
strOut = """
^XA
^FO35,50^FD{rollnum}^FS
^CF0,30
^FO30,115^FDWIDTH:{width} ^FS
^FO30,155^FD{rollnum} ^FS
^BY5,1,45
^FO35,200^BC^FDROLL {rollnum}^FS
^FO30,290^FDSUPPLIER:{supplier} ^FS
^FO30,330^FDPURCHASE ORDER: {purchaseOrder} ^FS
^FO30,370^FDLENGTH:{length} ^FS
^XZ
""".format(rollnum=rollnum, width=width, supplier=supplier, purchaseOrder=purchaseOrder, length=length)
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On a side note, it is MUCH easier to just install the zebra as a printer on the Gateway machine and print reports to it. Design your label as a report and then print it using system.report.execute.
This does away with the need to maintain templates on the printer and to use ZPL language too.
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That is assuming they purchased the reporting module.
