Building a label starts in the same manner as building a form or report. First, you name the label and specify the table or view the label will draw data from, and then layout the label in the "Label Designer" window.
To build a customer mailing list label:
| 1. | Begin at the Database Explorer. If the database is not open, click the Databases tab, select SkyWrite, and click the Connect option. |
| 2. | Click the Labels option. |
| 3. | Click the "New Label..." option. |
The "New Label" dialog box opens.
| 4. | Enter "CustomerLabel" in "Label Name:". |
| 5. | Select "Customer" in "Table/View Name:". |
| 6. | Enter "Customer mailing list" in "Label Comment:". |
| 7. | Click the OK button. |
The "Label Templates" dialog opens.
R:BASE gives you a choice of templates that represent many of the standard label stocks used today, which range from single-feed laser printer labels to continuous-feed 3 x 5 index cards. You can choose from a Dot Matrix printer to Laser and Ink Jet. The "Products" panels displays a large number of product numbers for labels sizes.
| 8. | Select the Avery Standard "5161 - Address" from the "Products" panel. Press the "5" key on the keyboard to jump to that number. |
The template preview displays 20 labels with 2 columns, 10 labels in each column.
| 9. | Click the OK button. |
R:BASE opens the "Label Designer" window. Before you begin, take a look at the components of this window. You will notice that the Label Designer and the Report Designer are very similar.
The Label Designer displays three sections. The horizontal gray bands across the screen are:
•Column Header
•Detail
•Column Footer
The Column Header and Footer sections would be used if any data needs to be displayed in the first or last label of a label paper column. If you placed a field object in the Column Header on a label, and printed the label on a sheet with 30 labels (3 columns of 10), the field object would appear across the top three labels. The Page Header and Page Footer bands are also available.
R:BASE has placed the template size displayed in the Label Designer workspace to reflect the template size we selected.
To change the template for CustomerLabel:
| 1. | In the "Label Designer" window, choose File: Label Templates |
R:BASE displays the "Label Templates" dialog box.
| 2. | Select the Avery Standard "5160 - Address" from the "Products" panel. |
The template preview displays 30 labels with 3 columns, 10 labels in each column.
| 3. | Click the OK button. |
R:BASE will place the template size displayed in the Label Designer workspace to reflect the new template size we selected. The template will also be listed across the bottom of the designer in the status bar.
The next step in building this label is to define the variables that were identified in the sketch.
