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Test Remote Label Print
Label Printer
Export Test Page
]"Export Text File" exports the label data to
the file "Labels.txt"
"Export FileMaker Pro File" exports the
label data to the file "Labels.fp3"
"Test Remote Label Print" runs the above
two scripts, and then calls an external script:
"Remote Import" in Label Printer.
"Open Label Printer" merely opens Label
Printer and brings it to the foreground.
he foreground.
Open Label PrinterS
This is intended as a simple test page
to demonstrate how Label Printer can be
quickly and easily integrated with other
FileMaker Pro Databases.h
Take a look at the four scripts defined
in the Script menu. To look at how these
simple scripts were created, open
ScriptMaker from the Script menu.iaFor detailed step by step directions on
how to write your own scripts, please
read Help pages 1-3j4Copyright
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or address books to print labels.
SIMPLE HOW TO:
Simply described, importing from another program can be done as follows:
In the other program:
1. Chose the information you want printed
2. Save the information to a file called: Labels.txt
3. Run Label Printer
4. Chose Preferences from the Script Menu
5. Set
Import File to Use
to
~Labels.txt
6. In the Setup page, setup the label page
7. Click the import button
STEP BY STEP:
Steps 1 and 2
These steps are done in the program you use to generate your Label data, and therefore are not covered in depth here. Some important details for step 2 can be found at the end of this help page.
Step 3
Double-click on the Labelpri.fp3 icon, then enter Label Printer.
Label Printer Help
DETAILS FOR STEP 2:
The only tricky part of the above may be step 2. Below, I describe in more detail what needs to be done to make it all work without a hitch.
File Name:
The information or data you want printed needs to be saved to a text file called Labels.txt
File Location:
The text file also needs to be in the same folder or directory as Label Printer.
Tab-Separated Format:
For Label Printer to import your data, the data must be saved in a format called tab-separated or tab-deline
*ated. The option to save data as tab-separated is usually available in programs when you save. As the name suggests, tab-separated files contains the data you want to print out separated by tabs. This makes it easy for FileMaker Pro to figure out where one label ends and where the next one begins.
Rather than making you type in label data each time, Label Printer is able to use the information you store in other programs such as contact databases or address books to print labels.
SIMPLE HOW TO:
Simply described, importing from another program can be done as follows:
In the other program:
1. Chose the information you want printed
2. Save the information to a file called: Labels.txt
3. Run Label Printer
4. Chose Preferences from the Script Menu
5. Set
Import File to Use
to
~Labels.txt
6. In the Setup page, setup the label page
7. Click the import button
STEP BY STEP:
Steps 1 and 2
These steps are done in the program you use to generate your Label data, and therefore are not covered in depth here. Some important details for step 2 can be found at the end of this help page.
Step 3
Double-click on the Labelpri.fp3 icon, then enter Label Printer.
AAStep 4
In the Setup page, chose Preferences from the Script Menu
ALStep 5
In the Preferences page, set
Import File to Use
to
Labels.txt
Step 6
In the Setup page, setup the label page by selecting the appropriate Label Type, Row and Column. The number of Labels to Print doesn
t need to be selected, as Label Printer determines the appropriate number of labels to print based on the number of labels imported.
Step 7
Click the import button
K4Copyright
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All Rights Reserved.M'Using Label Printer with other ProgramsN5Return to the Setup page by clicking the back button.
ScriptsB
Label Printer Help
AAStep 4
In the Setup page, chose Preferences from the Script Menu
ALStep 5
In the Preferences page, set
Import File to Use
to
Labels.fp3"
Label Printer Help
AAStep 4
In the Setup page, chose Preferences from the Script Menu
ALStep 5
In the Preferences page, set
Import File to Use
to
Labels.fp3"
K4Copyright
1998 Eric Fandrich.
All Rights Reserved.M,Using Label Printer with FileMaker Solutions
Label Printer can easily use information from other FileMaker Pro databases. This help sheet is a description of how you can integrate Label Printer with your own databases.
SIMPLE HOW TO:
Simply described, importing from another FileMaker Pro database can be accomplished as follows:
In your FileMaker solution:
1. Find and sort the information you want printed
2. Export the information to a file called: Labels.fp3
3. Run Label Printer
4. Chose Preferences from the Script Menu
5. Set
Import File to Use
to
Labels.fp3
6. In the Setup page, setup the label page
7. Click the import button
STEP BY STEP:
Step 1
Step 1 usually requires you to find and sort the data you want to send to Label Printer. I assume that you are familiar with the find and sort functions in FileMaker Pro.
Step 2
The only tricky part may be step 2. Below I describe in more detail what needs to be done to make it all work without a hitch.
Export Label Data:
To export the label data in yourC6 own FileMaker Pro solution, chose the following menu:
AHStep 3
Double-click on the Labelpri.fp3 icon, then enter Label Printer.
File Name:
The information or data you want printed needs to be saved to a text file called Labels.fp3
File Location:
The file also needs to be saved to the same folder or directory as Label Printer.
FileMaker Pro Format:
For Label Printer to import your data, the data should be saved as a FileMaker Pro file. A FileMaker Pro file preserves the label data as a field in the file, making importing data seamless.
Export Field Order Dialog:
Doing the above will cause FileMaker Pro to create a file Labels.fp3 on your hard disk. The next step is to select the field to export that contains the label information you want to print.
In the Export Field Order dialog, make sure that you have only one field selected for exporting in the Field Order box because Label Printer expects only one field in the Labels.fp3 file. When there is only one field selected in the Field Order box, you can select the
button to export the data.
In the example given below, there is a field called "Label" that contains the information to be printed with Label Printer.
Step 6
In the Setup page, setup the label page by selecting the appropriate Label Type, Row and Column. The number of Labels to Print doesn
t need to be selected, as Label Printer determines the appropriate number of labels to print based on the number of labels imported.
Step 7
Click the import button
V5Return to the Setup page by clicking the back button.
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Label Printer HelpK4Copyright
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All Rights Reserved.M&Integrating Label Printer with Scripts
Label Printer HelpK4Copyright
1998 Eric Fandrich.
All Rights Reserved.M&Integrating Label Printer with Scripts
This is an advanced technique, and requires that you have some knowledge of scripting in FileMaker Pro: to integrate Label Printer, you need to be able to write a script using ScriptMaker in your own database. This help sheet will lead you step by step through the necessary steps.
In brief, integrating Label Printer is as accomplished as follows:
SIMPLE HOW TO:
In Label Printer:
1) Set Preferences
Remote Input Method
to
In Foreground
or
In Background
and "Import File
-To Use" to "Labels.fp3"
In your FileMaker Pro solution:
2) Select and export your label data to a file called: "Labels.fp3"
(See the help sheet on
Using Label Printer with FileMaker
for more details)
3) Run a script that calls the
Remote Import
script in Label Printer.
STEP BY STEP:
.Step 3 External Scripts
I lead you step by step through the process of crafting the scripts, but if you are unsure of what external scripts imply, I draw your attention to the FileMaker Pro manual chapter 5:
Using ScriptMaker and buttons
(FileMaker Pro 3.0 manual) or from FileMaker Pro online Help:
A^Step 2
This step is covered in detail in the
Using Label Printer with FileMaker
Help sheet.
Step 1
Preferences:
Label Type
When calling Label Printer with a script, the current default label type in Preferences is used.
AnRemote Import Method
There are two options for the Remote Import Method:
In Foreground
and
In Background
In Foreground
is selected, you are led to a setup page during the import process in which the label type, row and column numbers can be set by the user. The number of labels is automatically set by the number of labels imported.
When
In Background
is selected, the default values set in the preferences are used. This means that the default label type as well as the current label row and column position are used. Label Printer functions in the background, but the shareware dialogBj boxes and error messages may be seen by the user.
Import File to Use
This should be set to
Labels.fp3
Detailed step by step:
In your FileMaker Pro solution, open ScriptMaker: We
will create one script that will both export Label data
and call Label Printer to print it in two steps.
^%Create the Script by typing its name:_FFrom the Available Steps list, double-click
the "Export Records" Step:`
Click the Create button:a<In the Script definition window, click the
Clear All button:bLSpecify the file to export to by clicking on the
appropriately named button:cYSpecify the file to export as follows, remembering to select the FileMaker Pro
file type:d8Your Script Definition window should now look like this:grNext, we need to call a script in Label Printer
From the Available Steps list, select the
"Perform Script" Step:j>Specify the script to perform by selecting the
<unknown> menu:k*Select External Script... from the menu:l
Click the Save button:n
Select the Change File button:o0Select Labelpri.fp3 then click the Open button:p!Select the <unknown> Script menu:q{Select "Remote Import" from the pop-up menu. I have pre-defined this script in Label Printer for you to execute remotely.
rgThis is how the Specify External Script window should look when you are finished.
Click OK to continue:s
This is how the Script window should look when you are finished. There are two scripts defined: one exports the records to a file called Labels.fp3, and the other calls the external script "Remote Import" in Label Printer.t
This is how the Script menu should look when you are finished. The Export my... script can be selected from this menu at any time.
When you run this script, it will prompt you for the Export Field order. Here you specify the data that you wish to export to Label Printer. In this example, I have a chosen a field which is conveniently called "label". Any field will do as long as it isn't a container field.
That's it! I hope that this has been useful for the casual FileMaker Pro user. FileMaker Pros will know what to do, and probably don't need the hand holding. For the rest of us, however...
To keep the Export Field Order dialog window from showing up every time you run your script, check the "Perform without dialog" button in the Scrip Definition window as shown below:
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W4Copyright
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