System Variable option of RBASE 7.6 for Windows Label Designer provide various options and what type of label information is printed in the label.

From the Label Designer, click on System Variable to locate the following options available in the drop-down combo-box on the far left of the Edit Bar.

System Variables	Description
Date	Current system date
Date Time	Current system date and time
Document Name	Name of the report
Print Date Time	Date and time the report was printed
Page Count	Total number pages in the break/report
Page Set	Current page number and total pages in break/report
Page Set Desc	Textual summary of page number and page count
Page No	Current page number
Page No Desc	Textual summary of current page number
Time	System time

You can control the appearance (Font, Alignment, etc.) of above System Variables at design-time by using the Format Bar of the Label Designer.

You can also set key properties by using the speed menu. To access the speed menu, position the mouse cursor over the System Variable object located on the label and then click the right mouse button.

Use the "Display Format" option to control how data is formatted for a label. For example, '#,0' would display 10000 as 10,000. If the data field is a DATE or TIME type, then you can use the standard formatting
characters for those types ('mm/dd/yyyy', 'hhnnss').

From the Label Designer you can access the Display Format property by positioning the mouse cursor over the System Variable object located on label and then clicking the right mouse button. A speed menu containing the key properties for the component will be displayed. Select Display Format... from this menu. The Display Format dialog will be displayed.

Example of available Display Format options:

Date

Display	Format
3/4/02	m/d/yy
03/04/02	mm/dd/yy
03/04/2002	mm/dd/yyyy
4-Mar-02	d-mmm-yy
04-Mar-02	dd-mmm-yy
March 4, 2002	mmmm d, yyyy
3/4	m/d
Mar-02	mmm-yy
March-02	mmmm-yy
Monday, March 4, 2002	dddd, mmmm dd,yyyy

Document Name

Name of the report

Print Date Time

Display	Format
3/4/02 13055 PM	m/d/yy hnnss AM/PM
3/4/02 133055	m/d/yy hnnss
3/4/02	m/d/yy
03/04/2002	mm/dd/yyyy
4-Mar-02	d-mmm-yy
04-Mar-02	dd-mmm-yy
March 4, 2002	mmmm d, yyyy
3/4	m/d
Mar-02	mmm-yy
March-02	mmmm-yy
Monday, March 4, 2002	dddd, mmmm dd, yyyy
Monday, March 4, 2002 13055 PM	dddd, mmmm dd, yyyy hnnss AM/PM

   

Page Count

Display	Format
1	#,0;-#,0

Page Set

1 of 1

Page Set Desc

Page 1 of 1

         
Page No

Display	Format
1	#,0;-#,0

Page No Desc

Page 1

Time

Display	Format
130 PM	hnn AM/PM
1330	hnn
13055 PM	hnnss AM/PM
133055	hnnss

Other Formats

Display	Format
-1,234	#,0;-#,0
-1,234.40	#,0.00;-#,0.00
(1,234.40)	#,0.00;(#,0.00)
($1,234.40)	$#,0.00;($#,0.00)
-$1,234.40	$#,0.00;-$#,0.00
$1,234	$#,0;-$#,0
($1.234)	$#,0;($#,0)
-1234.4%	0 %
-1234.40%	0.00 %