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Note:

Youcandefineconditionsonmultiplefieldsatthesametime.

Database Access

Databaseaccessfunctionsarefunctionsusedtoretrievedatafromthedatabase.

Therecordscanbeobtainedfromthedatabaseusingdifferentapproaches.

1. Youcansuccessivelyreadrecordbyrecordfromthedatabaseandusethemallonthe

label.

2. Youcanselectrecordsforprinting.

3. Youcandefinefiltersthatwillbeusedtoretrievejustasubsetofrecordsfromyourdata-

base,thatwillcomplytoyourconditions.

Theresultofthedatabaseaccessfunctionisasetofvariables,oneforeachselectedfieldofdata-

basetable.Eachdatabasevariableisnamedthesameasthedatabasefield,buthasadditionalprefix

ofadatabasename.Thisallowsyoutoquickeridentifyfromwhichdatabasetablethevariable

comesfrom.

For example:

IfyouhaveafieldnameProductinthedatabasetableDBPROD,theresultinglabelvariablewillbe

namedDBPROD.Product.

Thelabelingsoftwaresupportsalltypesdatabase.Theonlyconditionisthatyouhavetheappropriate

databasedriverinstalledintheWindowssystem.ThelabelingsoftwarecanworkwithOLEDB,

ODBC,BDEandotherdatabasedrivers.

Forconnectivitytomodernmulti-lingualUnicodedatabasestheOLEDBproviderisavailable.

UsingthistechnologytheUnicodevaluescanbeusedonthelabel.Thesearethedatavaluesindif-

ferentcodepages.Youcanusethetableswithdifferentlanguagesettingsonthesamelabel.

Changing the Order of Database Records

Youcanchangetheorderinwhichthelabelingsoftwareprintstherecordsfromthedatabasetable.

Bydefaulttherecordsareprintedfromthefirstonetothelastoneinorderastheyappearinthe

table(ifyoudonotenablerecordselectionfeature).

Toorderrecordsbyonefieldfromthedatabase,dothefollowing:

1. Connectthedatabasetabletothelabel.

2.

MakesuretheDatabasetoolbarisvisible,thenclickonthe (Edit)button.

TheDatabase AccessdialogboxopenswithGeneraltabdisplayed.

Note:

IftheDatabasetoolbarisnotvisible,selectToolbarsfromtheViewmenu,thenclickDatabase.

3. IntheOrderdialogboxselectthefield,bywhichyouwanttosorttherecords.

Whenyouwillprintorpreviewthelabeltherecordsareorderedbytheselectedfieldin

ascendingorder.

4. ClickOK.

Toorderrecordsbymultiplefieldsfromthedatabase,dothefollowing:

1. Connectthedatabasetabletothelabel.

2.

MakesuretheDatabasetoolbarisvisible,thenclickonthe (Edit)button.

TheDatabase AccessdialogboxopenswithGeneraltabdisplayed.

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