dBase label format

The following file format is produced by any of the following:

A file(s) with the following format is produced when the QuickFill Label Splitter is run using the 'dBase' output type. The name assigned to the dBase label files created is in the format QFLABnnn.DBF, where nnn is a number. QuickFill saves the dBase files it produces in the mail-merge directory. The "About QuickFill" screen displays the exact location of this directory.

 

Field name

Width

Type

Note

Description

RECNUM

7

Numeric

 

Record number

BILLREN

18

Character

1

Indicates if a bill or renewal was produced and what kind

PUB

6

Character

1

Publication code

FORM

4

Character

1

Form ID for a corresponding bill or renewal

PACKAGE

6

Character

1

Package code for a corresponding bill or renewal

ISSUE

4

Numeric

1

Issue number being served

PREMIUM

6

Character

1

Premium code to be served with the issue

SPLIT

6

Character

1

Label split code

SERVICE

2

Character

1

Service code

SHIPCLASS

1

Character

1

Shipping class

COPIES

4

Numeric

1

Number of copies

TOPLINE

40

Character

 

Top line of label

LABEL2 - 7

40

Character

 

Label image lines 2 -7

PREFIX

12

Character

 

Prefix

FNAME

20

Character

 

First name

LNAME

30

Character

 

Last name

SUFFIX

5

Character

 

Suffix

NAME

40

Character

 

Customer name
(including prefix and suffix)

TITLE

40

Character

 

Title

DEPT

40

Character

 

Department

COMPANY

40

Character

 

Company

STREET1

40

Character

 

Street address 1

STREET2

40

Character

 

Street address 2

CITY

26

Character

 

City

STATE

2

Character

 

State

ZIP

10

Character

 

Zip code

ZIP2

2

Character

 

+2 portion of Zip+4+2

CARRT

4

Character

 

Carrier route

CNTRYCODE

4

Character

 

Country code

COUNTRY

24

Character

 

Country name

PHONE

20

Character

 

Telephone number

FAX

20

Character

 

Fax number

EMAIL

60

Character

 

E-mail address

USERID

15

Character

 

User ID

PASSWORD

15

Character

 

Password

SALUTATION

15

Character

 

Salutation

SEX

1

Character

 

Sex

DEMCODEA

4

Numeric

 

Demographic code A

DEMCODEB

4

Numeric

 

Demographic code B

DEMCODEC

4

Numeric

 

Demographic code C

DEMCODED

4

Numeric

 

Demographic code D

DEMDATA1

19

Character

 

Demographic data 1

DEMDATA2

19

Character

 

Demographic data 2

CASSDATE

8

Date

 

CASS certification date

ACSKEY

21

Character

3

ACS (Address Correction Service) key line

CUSTNUM

9

Character

 

Customer number

ORDERNUM

9

Character

1

Order number

EXPDATE

20

Character

1

Expiration date

TRACK

6

Character

1

Tracking code of subscription

SOURCE

6

Character

1

Source from the order the issue was served from

SUBSCRIBER

1

Logical

1

T=Paid (or Request) F=Free (or Non-request)

SUBCLASS

3

Character

2

Subscription class when issue was served

REQTYPE

3

Character

2

Request type when issue was served

QDATE

8

Date

2

Qualification date

QBATCHDATE

8

Date

2

Batch date when qualification data was entered

QBATCHNUM

4

Numeric

2

Batch number when qualification data was entered

PERSID

20

Character

2

Personal ID data used to verify qualification

Q1-Qnnn

varies

Character

2

Responses to qualification questions. The field names match the question numbers on the publication's qualification form.

 

Note 1: the fields BILLREN through COPIES and ORDERNUM through SUBSCRIBER are not present in the files created by the Customer Data export, nor for files created by the Label Splitter from promotional, agency, group, and one-shot labels.

Note 2: these fields are only present for issue label files created for audited publications.

Note 3: There are two available formats for the ACSKEY field: all numeric or alphanumeric. You make your choice of formats on the Preferences screen. You must use the alphanumeric format if you have or expect to have more than 10 million customer or order records in your database.

The format of the numeric ACSKEY field is #1111 1111 2222 2223# where the 1's represent the QuickFill customer number (including check digit and left padded with zeros), the 2's represent the related QuickFill order number (without the check digit and left padded with zeros), and the 3 represents the USPS check digit.

The format of the alphanumeric ACSKEY field is #ACCC CCCC OOOO OOOX# where the A is literally the letter 'A', the C's are the customer number encoded in hexadecimal, the O's are the order number, also encoded in hexadecimal and the X is the USPS check digit.

 
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