The following are the pros and cons of Shared Text Merge layouts.

 

Unlike Text Merge layouts, Shared Text Merge layouts are used only for tickets and vouchers. Like Text Merge layouts, they too can be output to a wide variety of specialized printers. Most commonly they are used with Cognitive and Boca printers (see Printer commands for more information on creating layouts for Cognitive and Boca printers). They are also created as .txt files using a text editor, but are then shared by several printing applications or items, so must be saved.

Shared Text Merge layouts are stored in Siriusware\Layouts. For more information on how layouts are stored, see Appendix A: Packing and unpacking layouts.