Tristan: If this is a label here and there type of job or volume printing? Have you considered using a Label printer instead? I'm using a P-Touch QL500 and love it. They even have macros for Word, Excel and Outlook so you just select the text, the printer and they arrange the data for the label and print. There are other options like Dymo, etc. They work just any other regular printer and the labels come in various sizes. The pros are the labels are always in place to print and you don't need to buy anymore supplies like ink, etc. so the cost $150 - $200 is recovered in a few months depending on the workload.
I haven't work with this on VFP but believe is easier to work with something one at a time that something that have many labels which is moving and must keep track of where the last label was printed. If its volume printing then disregard this message. Regards, AiR Aida I. Rivera-Benítez, MSMIS AiR Information Systems, Inc. Medical Billing Software & Clearinghouse P.O. Box 270152 San Juan PR 00927-0152 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tristan Leask Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 6:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Label printing Hi guys... We have got an option of printing labels from within our system which works fine. However, it has only been done for a set few standards (i.e. a couple of Avery products). Now I would like to make the label size definable to the user so they are not stuck to the few ones I have setup. I thought of possibly opening the label designer up to the user, but I this wouldn't be particle as it would involve telling the user how to work the editor. My initial idea is to have a standard label that is included in the program, but then give an option to the user to specify the size of the label they want to print to, and then by use of a report hack, programmatically scale the measurements in the table. Has anyone else done something similar to this, or have they gone about it a different way? Thanks Tristan Leask Software Developer Marine Software Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.marinesoftware.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- This email was sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unless otherwise agreed expressly in writing by Marine Software Limited, this communication and attachments are to be treated as confidential and the information in it may not be used or disclosed except for the purpose for which it was sent. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication you should destroy it without copying, disclosing or otherwise using its contents. Please notify the sender immediately of the error. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
