There are two parameter files that are used by the CFF2 export tool. They are located in the normal settings folder as described on the File Locations page.
The files are used together to create the order details section of the CFF2 file.
When exporting a file the defined order details appear as a set of questions and answers for the user to fill in. This only happens if the option Prompt for header information on the CFF2 Export page of the Import/Export Settings MTS is switched on. If this option is switch off, then no order details are included in the exported file.
LANGUAGE.PAR
This file allows the questions to be displayed in the current language in which Impact is running. Each line within the file has the following format:
Prompt number, Language, Prompt
There is no limit to the number of these that can be included in the file. An example file could look like this:
1, ENGLISH,Customer name
2, ENGLISH,P.O. Number
3, ENGLISH,Delivery
4, ENGLISH,Board caliper
5, ENGLISH,Die required (Y/N)
6, ENGLISH,Rule the die (Y/N)
7, ENGLISH,Plywood thickness
8, ENGLISH,Cutting rule height
9, ENGLISH,Creasing rule height
10,ENGLISH,Score/Half-cut rule height
1, DEUTSCH,Kundenname
2, DEUTSCH,Bestellnummer
3, DEUTSCH,Lieferung
4, DEUTSCH,Materialdicke
5, DEUTSCH,Wird Werkzeug benoetigt (Y/N)
6, DEUTSCH,Wird das Werkzeug bemessert (Y/N)
7, DEUTSCH,Holzdicke
8, DEUTSCH,Schneidlinienhoehe
9, DEUTSCH,Rillenienhoehe
10,DEUTSCH,Ritzlinienhoehe
This example allows for 10 prompts to be displayed either in English or German.
CF2_AUX.PAR
This file defines the text that makes up the order details.
It starts with the line:
ORDER
This can be followed by any number of lines in either of the following formats:
%n : Response
Question : Response
Where n is the prompt number referred to in LANGUAGE.PAR allowing for the prompt to be translated and Question is a prompt that is not to be translated. Response is the optional default response
Either of these formats can be preceded by a $ character, which means that the following text will be send directly to the output file without first being shown to the user.
The file finishes with:
END
An example file could look like this:
ORDER
$%1 : Impact Customer
%2 : 9999
%3 :
%4 :
$
$*** DIE ***
$
View as PRINT :
%5 :
%6 :
%7 :
%8 :
%9 :
Cut/crease :
%10 :
Punches : N
$
$*** STRIPPING BOARDS ***
$
Male stripper reqd. : Y
Female stripper reqd.: Y
$
$***ADDITIONAL INFO ***
$
Comments :
Comments :
Comments :
Comments :
END
In this example:
- The prompts labelled %1 - %10 would take their text from the corresponding entry in the language.par file
- The lines starting with a $ would not be shown
- The text prompts would appear without any translation
Specifically:
- The text Customer name : Impact Customer would be the first line of order details exported to the CFF2 file - the user would not have the opportunity to override this
- The prompt P.O. Number would be the first one offered to the user, and this would have a default answer of 9999, but this could be overridden
- This would be followed by the prompts Delivery and Board caliper where text could be entered
- The text *** DIE *** would be output to the CFF2 file
- The rest of the parameter file would be processed in a similar way