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You can set the User Options to have PlanetPress Design monitor the original sample data file and
prompt for confirmation to update its internal copy if it detects changes in the original. See Set
User Options (Behavior): Notification Messages.
7.4.3 Select and Set Up an Emulation
You need a sample data file to create a PlanetPress Design document and various emulations can be used to
read the data.
To select an emulation:
1. Choose Tools | Open Active Data.
The Data Selector is displayed.
2. If you have not already done so, associate a sample data file with the document. PlanetPress Design
selects the default emulation for the selected data file type and displays it in the Emulation box.
3. Adjust the data related options as necessary.
Read in binary mode: Select this option to force the printer to read the incoming data in binary mode.
Use this option with the ASCII emulation to fix problems related to line spacing caused by LFCR
character pairs found within the data. Use it with the ASCII emulation and with the Tab on carriage
return option to fix problems related to data formatting caused by isolated CR characters found within
the data. This option can only be used with the ASCII and User defined emulations. Note that you
cannot select this option if the document is to be installed on a printer that cannot run in binary mode.
Cut on FF character: Select this option if you want to force a page break whenever a Form Feed
character is found in the data, regardless of the number of lines in the current page. This option cannot
be selected when either Database or XML is selected in the Emulation box
Data encoding: Select the appropriate encoding for the sample data file. You may look at the data in
the Data pane (non-English characters especially, if any) to see how the your selection affects the data.
4. If required, change the emulation currently selected in the Emulation box.
5. If required, change the emulation options currently selected (if any) in the Emulation options group.
Line printer emulation options
This emulation allows no specific configuration option.
PDF emulation options
This emulation allows no specific configuration option.
ASCII emulation options
Tab on carriage return:Select this option to fix formatting problems caused by isolated CR characters
found within the data. When this option is selected, isolated CR characters are spaces, as defined in the
Number of spaces in the tab box below. Note that this option is available only when the Read in
binary mode option is selected.
Number of spaces in the tab: Enter the number of spaces you want the application to use when an
isolated carriage return character is found within the data. This number typically corresponds to the
maximum column number. If your data is formatted so as to occupy a maximum of 120 characters on
each line, enter a value of 120 in this box, so when an isolated CR character is found, the data following
the CR character will appear starting from column 121. Note that this option is available only when the
Tab on carriage return option is selected
Number of spaces per tab: Enter the number of spaces you want to use when actual TAB characters
are found within the data.
Remove HP PCL escapes: Select if you want all Hewlett Packard Printer Control Language escape
sequences to be removed from the data.
CSV emulation options
Text delimiter: Enter the character used to mark the beginning and end of each field within the data.
Text delimiters are required if the character entered in the Delimiter box is present within the data
itself. If the fields are separated using commas, and if the data itself contains commas, for example,
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