Adding text to the receipt is done on a language by language basis. While the instruction set below covers changing text in the receipt, this same set of instructions can be used to change any element of text on any screen within the software. To add the text for the receipt (or edit the text for any language string), do the following:
Example: Adding New Text to the Receipt
New Text |
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Pickup Hours are from 2pm until 6pm |
New XML |
<receipt> |
19. Save the apmlang_custom.xml file and close.
20. Open apmconfig_receipt.xml in Notepad.
21. Locate the section of the file where the new customized text will appear on the receipt.
22. Hit enter to create a new line
23. Use the following sample as a guideline
<item name=”footer” type=”text” pts=”10” face=”times new roman” bold=”false” italic=”true” align=”center”>txtThankYouFooter</item>
24. Create an empty template using the following items:
<item name=”” type=”” pts=”” face=”” bold=”” italic=”” align=” “></item>
25. In the name= enter a new name for the text.
26. In the type= enter text.
27. In the pts= enter the size of the font.
28. In the face= enter the font to be used.
**Note: The font name has to match the font name in Windows and also has to be properly loaded into the machine.
29. In the bold= enter true or false depending on whether boldface will be used or not.
30. In the italic= enter true or false depending on whether italics will be used or not.
31. For alignment of the text enter left, center, or* right* in align=.
32. Between the > < enter the name of the txt created for the text as it was in the apmlang_custom.xml file
Example: <item name=”footer” type=”text” pts=”10” face=”times new roman” bold=”false” italic=”true” align=”center”>txtThankYouFooter</item>
33. Repeat steps 22-31 for each line of new text created in the apmlang_custom.xml file.
34. Save the file and then open it in Internet Explorer to check for errors.