Very Computer

Can anyone tell me how to create and print address/mailing labels from
a VB 6.0 database?  I will be printing Avery labels on a dot matrix
printer but the application should provide the user the capability of
printing the labels on other stock and on other printers.

thanks in advance.

Jim

says...

Quote:> Can anyone tell me how to create and print address/mailing labels from
> a VB 6.0 database?  I will be printing Avery labels on a dot matrix
> printer but the application should provide the user the capability of
> printing the labels on other stock and on other printers.

> thanks in advance.

> Jim

And you want to do this from a "VB 6.0" database? What exactly is a "VB
6.0" database? VB can access database from any number of sources.
Although it has a data manager, the databases that it creates are really
Access databases. It sounds to me like you want a "canned" approach to
this such that you dont really have to code much, eh? :)

Most report writers will give you this kind of control. Try Crystal
Reports. If you want to get your fingernails a bit dirty, you could do
this yourself with the "Printer" object, though. If your needs are not
large (just printing text at specific locations on the page) it should
not be very difficult to do - even for a beginner.

Good luck,
Dan

What type of database?  If it's ODBC-compliant, you could use the free Avery
templates for Word and create the equivalent of a "mail merge" form in Word.

Otherwise, there are *many* labels sizes and as well as printers, to try to
accomodate .

VB3 source code: http://thelabwiz.home.mindspring.com/vbsource.html
VB6 source code: http://thelabwiz.home.mindspring.com/vb6source.html
VB6 - MySQL how to: http://thelabwiz.home.mindspring.com/mysql.html
Fix the obvious to reply by email.