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Ifyouhaveexistingdatabaseonyourcomputer(ornetwork)youcanusethatdatabasetoprint

labels.Simplycreateaspecialdatabasefunctionthatgivesyouvariablesyoucanusetoaccessthe

specificrecordsinyourdatabase.Thatwayyoucancompletelyautomatetheprocessofprintingthe

labelsforyourproduct.

Forexample,asnewproductsarecreated,youfillaspecialtablewithserialnumbersofthoseprod-

ucts.Theapplicationthenusesthistableassourcetoprintappropriatelabels.

Contents Providers

Contents Providerisanexpressionforanymethodthatcanbeusedasansourceofdataforobjects

onthelabel.Itisapplicabletoalllabelobjectsthatcanhavesomesortofdataassociatedwiththem

(Text,Textbox,Richtextbox,BarcodeandPicture).

Thecontentsproviderforobjectscanbeoneofthefollowing:

Fixed When you select Fixed, you can enter a desired value in the edit box.

This value will remain the same on each label. To edit the text, all

standard Windows editing features (cut, copy, and paste) can be

used. If you need to enter some special character, that is not acces-

sible via keyboard, click the button with the arrow to the right of

the dialog box. You can also right-click anywhere in the edit box and

select "Insert special character" from the menu.

Variable When the Variable option is selected, you can connect any variable

field to the object, just select the appropriate variable name from

the list. This approach will allow you to change the object value on

the labels.

Object is connected to some variable. The variable is defined on the

label. Its type can be Keyboard Input, Counter, Date/Time field etc.

When variable's value changes, the change will be reflected in the

appearance of the selected object.

If no variable is defined on the label, you should first create one.

Click Wizard button to start Variable Wizard, that will guide you

through the steps of creating the variable. Variable field will be

created very easily, but cannot be used for setting of all the options.

For advanced variable setup click New button. Edit button will let

you change properties of selected existing variable. You will find

more information about variables in the topic Variables.

Functions When this type of contents provider is selected, you can select the

proper function from the list of defined functions and then also the

output function-generate variable. This variable will be the source

of data for the object.

Click New to create new function. Click Edit to change function's

properties.

Database When this type of contents provider is selected, you can select the

proper database from the list of defined database connections. Then

select the proper field from this database. This field will be the

source of data for the object.

Click New to create connection to new database (click Wizard to

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