Postal Address Object
The Postal Address Object is used to display an address on your page and add specific address-related functionalities to your document. You can of course display an address with other objects such as a Text Object or a Data Selection Object, but the Postal Address Object includes features not available in other objects.
The Postal Address Object only works when using Optimized PostScript Stream or Windows Output task. It will not function in Printer Centric mode.
Metadata
The Postal Address Object was originally created in order to facilitate communication with postal sorting software, which uses the metadata created by PlanetPress in order to sort the data and print in the correct order. However, this metadata can also have other uses to you, and the exact level at which the metadata level is added (and what levels are created) depends on two options: Use Data for Postal Sorting, and the Group ID input box. Please review the table below for more precise details:
| Group ID Present
|
Postal Sorting Checked
|
Metadata in level
|
Group ID In Metadata
|
Metadata divided on
|
| No |
No |
Page |
No |
Datapage |
| Yes |
No |
Page |
Yes |
Datapage |
| No |
Yes |
Document |
No |
Document |
| Yes |
Yes |
Document |
Yes |
Group & Document |
In addition to the common object properties, postal address objects have the following properties in the Address data tab:
Data Tab
- Custom data selections:
- 1 Through 8: The 8 data selection boxes are where you put your address. Just like any other PlanetPress Talk-enabled input box, you can enter any PlanetPress Talk expression in these inputs. You can also concatenate them, for example @(1, 1, 50) + ', ' + @(2, 1, 2) + ' ' + @(3, 1, 5) for City, State ZIP.
- Group ID: Enter a PlanetPress Talk expression that defines the Group ID for your data file. See Metadata (above) for more information on the behavior of this option.
- Lines per Inch: Determines the vertical spacing between the line by changing the lines per inch. A lower value will place more spacing (less lines per inch, thus lines take more space) and vice versa. Note that font size will also affect the spacing.
- From bottom to top: If you wish your address to be bottom-aligned, select this option, which will push all the lines to the bottom of the object.
- Skip Empty Lines: Check if you wish option is checked, empty lines in the data selections will be removed from the result on the page. If used in combination with the From bottom to top option, the empty lines will cause the rest of the information to move down, instead of up.
- Use Data for Postal Sorting: Generates additional hidden fields that are for use with Postal Sorting/Address Cleansing tasks in PlanetPress Workflow Tools. This also changes where the metadata is located (see table above).
Advanced Options Tab
- Address Lines: The display names for each of the 8 address lines and the Group ID field.
- Metadata Field Name: The names of the metadata fields that will be created whenever metadata is regenerated either from PlanetPress Design or PlanetPress Workflow Tools.
- Restore Defaults: Restore the default metadata field names.
- Generate Names: Generate unique and random metadata field names.