Print Layouts Concepts

Use this workspace to maintain a list of the layouts available for printing.

You define layouts in text files, using the MPL programming language. You can edit these text files to create multiple layouts for a single print. You can also specify that a print should be translated into different languages.

When you finish editing a layout, you can import that layout into Maconomy. You can then use the layout for the printout to which the layout is assigned.

Using this workspace, you can export layouts from the server to your own computer so that you can edit the layout. After you edit a layout, you can save the text file again and update the layout on the server by importing it. When it imports the layout, Maconomy checks if it complies with the required structure and if all elements are within the paper format's margins.

If you select the Localization Desired field on the line in the Print Layouts table, Maconomy localizes the edited layout via dynamic translation.

You can assign an access level to a specific layout to restrict the use of that layout.

The name of a Maconomy printout is displayed in the header of the workspace. In the Print Layouts card, you can assign various layouts to the current printout. Print layouts is an add-on product for Maconomy.

In the Layout Selection Rules assistant, you can configure rules that specify which layouts Maconomy should use for different reports based on various conditions.

You can create a number of layout selection rules, each of which is related to a database table and a printout. In a layout selection rule, you also specify the layout to be used when the printout of an item in the selection table matches the criteria for the layout selection rule.