Active X/OLE Automation • • Connectivity Runtime Integrator Version • Full Tracking Report (Available in 3 Formats) • Printing Services Management (ASCII Text File ...) • Multi-Thread Print Server •

Complete User Profile Security (Password & Login) • Network Users Observer • Document Audit • • Backup / Restore Automatic Procedure • • Administration and Security Normapack for Textile, Transport and Chemical Application • • Text Library (Import text files, recording repetitive sentences) • • Advanced Formula Field (concat, substract, math, « if then else »… ) • • Custom Date / Time Stamping (Date calculation) • • Custom Mask Edit • • Advanced Counter • • Public Variable Data (shared with all documents) • • Prompt Field • • • Private Variable Data (integrated in your document) • • • Text, Barcode and Image Variables • • • Variable SQL Query Builder visual interface •

Native Database Access (DB2, Informix, Interbase, • Oracle, SyBase, SQL/Server,

Database Manager • • Database Query by Filters • • ODBC 32 bit drivers and OLE DB Database Access • • Native Database Access (Access, Foxpro, Paradox) • • Selection of Database Records by Key Index • • • Direct Access to Excel, dBase and ASCII Text File (fixed or • • • Datasource Manager based on Windows Explorertm Type • • • Database Batch Print Performer • Report Error LOG File • Personal Formulary Builder • Print Only Version • Native Drivers for Transfer Thermal Printers • • • All Windows Printer Drivers • • • Printing Document Security Facilities • Import Graphic by TWAIN Interface with Colour Reduction • • IAS UCC/EAN 128 • • Document Converter • • • Bitmap Preview • • • Magnetic Guide Line • • •

Grid view / Snap to Grid • • • Full Colour Support • • • Print / Unprint Objects • • • Unlimited Undo / Redo • • • Rich Text Editor • • • MDI (Multi Document Interface) • • • WYSIWYG design and label preview • • • Document Design Network Version • On-line documentation • • • Multilingual Support • • • New IAS Process (Identification Assistant System) • • • Dockable Menu & Toolbars • • • Sidebar Outlooktm style Navigation System • • •

X One Highly user-friendly, reliable and ready to use, X One lets you rapidly and efficiently create and manage labels. The new I.A.S. (Identification Assistant System) guides you through the steps. Excel, ASCII and dBase files can be accessed, enabling com-panies to manage their labels needs. X Pro Fully-featured, powerful and fast, X Pro provides SMEs with the extra functions their business requires. It offers more sophisticated design and printing functions, as well as the ability to connect with many other databases and use advanced functions such as a variable “Formula”. A library of texts and document audits are included. X Pro extends your possibilities, providing a smarter way to work. X Pert Modular, secure and the peak of its sector, X Pert provides a personalised response to the needs of mid- to large-sized companies. Powerful tools with a broad range of func-tions are combined with flexibility and a range of parameters. akewa* X Pert works with the latest industry standards (Interactive HTML Page Generator, User Profiles, Personal Formula Rebuilder, Full Tracking Report log, etc.). It also integrates with ERP-type software and networks. The power to back up your strategic choices.

What do you need most in your identification system: performance, reli-ability, security? akewa* offers all that and one more benefit that makes all the difference: simplicity. akewa* is as easy to use as office and graphic software – but with the innovative functions that industrial software requires. So you work, cre-ate, print and manage all your labels in an integrated environment. What’s more, akewa* comes in 3 versions: X One, X Pro, X Pert. The key to akewa*’s simplicity lies in the new Identification Assistant System (I.A.S). This lets you write a text, insert all barcode standards (linear, 2D stacked and matrix) and even an image with a preview with a simple click. Database connection takes place in real time and you choose your variable fields using Drag and Drop. Functions such as Personal Formulary Builder, Interactive HTML Page Generator, Batch Print Performer, multi-thread print server let you ex-ploit the full potential of your labels. akewa* optimises the use of Windows drivers for laser and ink-jet print-ers and fully exploits all the characteristics of thermal transfer printers using native drivers. The ActiveX/OLE Automation interface offers a vast range of connectivity possibilities.

You get more from your labels with akewa* – working exactly the way you want.

32 bit version. Windows 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP environments • • • General

1D / 2D barcodes (X Pro and X Pert only), custom ratio and density • • •

Printing Services

Recommended Configuration - IBM-compatible PC - Microsoft Windows 98™ , Me™ , NT™ , 2000™ or XP™ operating system - Pentium 200 processor or equivalent - 40 MB of free space on your hard disk - XVGA monitor - CD-ROM reader - A mouse with 2 buttons

Features X One X Pro X Pert

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Highly user-friendly, reliable and ready to use, X One lets you rapidly and efficiently create and manage labels. The new I.A.S. (Identification Assistant System) guides you through the steps. Excel, ASCII and dBase files can be accessed, enabling companies to manage their labels needs.

Fully-featured, powerful and fast, X Pro provides SMEs with the extra functions their business requires. It offers more sophisticated design and printing functions, as well as the ability to connect with many other databases and use advanced functions such as a variable “Formula”. A library of texts and docu-ment audits are included. X Pro extends your possibili-ties, providing a smarter way to work.

Modular, secure and the peak of its sector, X Pert pro-vides a personalised response to the needs of mid- to large-sized companies. Powerful tools with a broad range of functions are combined with flexibility and a range of pa-rameters. akewa* X Pert works with the latest indus-try standards (Interactive HTML Page Generator, User Profiles, Personal Formula Rebuilder, Full Tracking Re-port log, etc.). It also inte-grates with ERP-type soft-ware and networks. The power to back up your stra-tegic choices.

X One X Pro X Pert

akewa* lets you work rapidly and efficiently. Its user-friendly features save you pre-cious time and are a snap to use.

* Enjoy a new intuitive interface with Outlook™ navigation Easily navigate through all the program’s functions with a simplified, more intuitive

design. akewa* promises a more productive work experience.

* Use the new I.A.S. (Identification Assistant System) Without any prior knowledge, you will be creating documents, inserting barcode sym-

bologies, connecting your databases and creating variables thanks to I.A.S. akewa* brings you all the convenience and user-friendliness of office software for your labeling.

* Personalise your desktop with the

menu and toolbars you use most Create and personalise your

desktop, giving instant access to the functions you use most. With akewa*, you work the way you want– rather than having to adapt to complicated processes.

* Start benefiting from the latest

functions in office software for your labelling

View and manage several docu-ments simultaneously using MDI (Multi Document Interface), drag and drop your objects for a more efficient and intuitive way of working, use a Rich Text Edi-tor that boasts a full suite of word processing functions. akewa* is the labeling software that does exactly what you want it to – the way you want to do it.

akewa* Ease of use leads directly to increase productivity and efficiency.

USER-FRIENDLY

* Get More From Your Labeling Software

OPEN

As well as being compatible with your other IT equipment, akewa* has been devel-oped to be open to the latest innovations. Streamlined programming reinforces its interfacing possibilities. What’s more, the software offers the possibility of creating RFID labels or cards using the same easy interface.

* Print your labels from anywhere with the Interactive HTML Page Generator Exploit the technological possibilities of Internet / Intranet by printing labels from out-side your office, even on a computer without the software. akewa* provides the tools for the way you work.

* Communicate with other applications for the best integration of your labelling solution Using the ActiveX/OLE Automation interface and programming languages such as Vis-

ual C++, Visual Basic and Delphi, your software can interact dynamically with the docu-ment and database print core. akewa* lets you choose your level of connectivity.

* Manage multiple prints using the print by file Batch

akewa* acts like a multi-thread print server, optimising print management of your host sys-tem. So you totally master your printing systems.

* Choose the print option that suits you best

No matter what print option suits you best – ASCII, FTP, Socket IP, HTML, XML, etc. – your host will capture, manage and automati-cally print your data flow with-out having to change environ-ment. akewa* brings all the flexi-bility of genuine distributed knowledge. akewa* The tools to simplify your work, communicate and stay open.

akewa* brings higher levels of security and confidentiality to your data. Benefit from a new standard in labelling that is totally different, efficient and reliable.

* Discover the comfort that a daily Backup/Restore brings

If something goes wrong in a system, bring your labeling solution back to its previous configuration using Backup/Restore. If you access data via a network (databases, variable data), the system supports fault tolerance and guarantees referential integrity. So akewa* brings you peace of mind.

* Easily share data as you implement your solution and safeguard your system using user profiles

Partial or total implementation of the system guarantees the best utilisation of the solution by its users. The profile definition authorises access to resources. This function meets inter-national standards of data confidentiality. So akewa* becomes a reliable partner.

* Use text libraries for handling international standards Being able to handle the most recent standards in the chemical, textile and transport

sectors brings your labelling one step further. Normapack, which is included in the software, offers you standards and pictograms in more than 10 languages. akewa* puts you in line with international standards for the highest levels of efficiency.

* Instant access to your data using Document Audit

Explorer Integrated exploration functions let you find the

labels you need fast and easily. Visualise your labels and preview the contents, using Search/Replace to update them. akewa* brings you innovative func-tions that simplify labeling.

akewa* Reliability and peace of mind for your labeling.

RELIABLE

POWERFUL

akewa* is a more powerful labeling software that lets you rapidly concentrate on the most important elements.

* Work using direct access to all the databases Driver using direct access, with no need for ODBC links: Excel, dBase, Paradox, Access,

Foxpro, Oracle, Informix, SyBase, SQL/Server... Simulate your database requests using filters and SQL. Enhance the connection possibilities with other databases using ODBC and OLE DB technology. akewa* brings you direct, easy access to all the industry stan-dards.

* Share one database for all your labels Make your data available on any number of selected labels. akewa* is the first label-

ing software to offer this level of flexibility.

* Import all the images you want from a digital camera or scanner using the TWAIN interface

Now really personalising your labels is a snap. With a simple click, you can instantly insert and modify objects, such as your own text, barcodes, logo and other graphic elements.

* Don’t lose your existing labels – simply update them with the new document converter

Why lose all your existing docu-ments and label masks when akewa* enables you to convert them? So you don’t start from scratch and can easily update the labels to benefit from the full power of akewa*. akewa* Easy access and total flexibility that lets you get more from your work.