Suggested by David Jackel – New
Concerning all forms in which label layouts are created and maintained. E.g.
- wave labels layouts
- container label layouts
It is very impractical to create ZPL codes in these tables. You are forced to work with external programmes (Labelary, ZPL designer, ...), which requires constant copying and pasting, which in turn is time-consuming and error-prone. Furthermore, the text fields in which the ZPL codes are maintained are usually too small for common ZPL code lengths, which reduces the overview.
If you could extend the label layout forms so that you can see the finished label directly (similar to Labelary.com), this would be already a huge step forward.
If it were also possible to see not only the data field ‘placeholder’, but also validate whether the data field is correctly linked via the label layout data source, this would save a significant amount of time when testing labels designs. (particularly beneficial if label layout data sources consist of several table joins)
Additionally, it would be way more user-friendly, if you could insert the placeholder directly where it should be in the ZPL Code, and not always at the end of the code. This makes working in the code unnecessarily exhausting.