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 %