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Report Generator
List &
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Report Generator
List &
... List & Label is totaly different from
all the other report generators that
you may know. We concentrate on
your core interests as a developer.
You are provided with a real develop-
ment tool which you can integrate
quickly.
Save time
• while implementing
• during the output
You save time when developing, your
end users save time when using the
reporting functions.
Slim
• Doesn't bloat your application,
redistribution is easy
• Easy on your resources because
processed pages are transferred
directly to the Windows spooling
mechanism without detour.
Save money
• No further royalties for the
Designer‘s implementation in most
desktop applications
• Considerable value for your appli-
cations‘ end users – with only a
few lines of code
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Why?
To enhance your applications with
reports, lists, diagrams, forms, labels,
mail merges and web reporting with
only a few lines of code. It takes only
one step to add classic printing options,
intelligent preview and comprehensive
export functions. Moreover,
you add real value to your application
by integrating the List & Label Designer:
provide your end users with the
opportunity to create custom print
projects.
For Whom?
Single software developers or development
teams.
How?
Integrates into nearly all development
environments (see page 4 for details).
Choose Component or DLL
Save time by using one of the .NET,
VCL or ActiveX components or achieve
maximum flexibility by using the DLL.
Information
You‘ll find all the comprehensive information
for your important decision. If
you miss something or if questions arise,
please don‘t hesitate to contact us!
Phone +49 7531 90 60 10
info@combit.net
Free Trial – a Must!
The complete programmer‘s reference
(PDF) is included, along with lots of
programming examples and a sample application.
Download your free 30-day-trial
from www.combit.net or call us.
Best Database Tool
2nd time in a row
Choose Data Binding Or
Database Independence
Using data binding only takes a few
minutes. Using database independence
provides you with full control over
your data, flexibility and pure speed.
Several databases — one project file.
Deploy the Designer
Intuitive handling by drag & drop,
page oriented designing of reports, the
ideal tool for your end users. Redistributable
with most of your desktop
applications without further royalty
fees when purchasing the Professional
Edition (please see the combit license
agreement for details).
Object Types For Every Purpose
Multi tables, cross tabs, text, RTF,
chart, barcode, OLE, user defined
objects, HTML, graphic...
Comprehensive Export Formats
PDF, HTML, RTF, Excel, TIFF...
Support & Security
You are choosing a German product and
support is provided directly from the
manufacturer. List & Label has proven
itself worldwide for over 14 years and has
received multiple awards. Quotes of press
and enthusiastic customers can be found
at www.combit.net.
Best Reporting Tool
rd time in a row

Areas of Application
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Reports, lists, crosstabs, including
multi-tables, master detail / sub-reports
and combinations with all other
object types, e.g. charts in tables.
Charts, solo and combined with
reports.
Forms and file cards: exact results
achieved, for instance, by using
scanned originals in the background.
Interactive forms enable end user
input within the print preview.
Labels incl. barcodes and graphics.
Over 35 barcode formats and more
than 2000 international label templates
are available, or design the size
as you wish.
Mail merges using the RTF object.
You can also integrate it as a control
into your dialogs and use it as a small
word processor.
Export and conversion: PDF, HTML,
RTF, Excel, MHTML, XML, JPEG, GIF,
BMP, EMF, TIFF, CSV...
Functional Principle
Classic Desktop Application
Either database independently (your
application transfers the data to List &
Label) or with data binding using .NET,
Visual Basic 6.0, Delphi or C++ Builder.
Server or Web Server Application
In order to web-enable your client-side
reports you just need to arrange a user
interface for the creation of reports within
your application.
Web reporting demo at www.combit.net
CLIENT
User
sends
request
to server
Redirect
User
receives
result
in browser
Neuer toller Screenshot
The List & Label Designer: centrepiece from the end user’s perspective. More info on page 6 and after.
Your
Application
List & Label
Print
Preview
Export
Your
Application
List & Label
Print
Preview
Export
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Designer
Desktop-
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Component? DLL?
You are free to choose! Quickly
integrate one of the components
.NET, VCL or ActiveX, or enjoy pure
flexibility by using the DLL.
List & Label in Delphi
Online Help for .NET
Implementation
Supported
You have the choice of developing environments
and can swap any time!
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.NET 7
Access 1
AcuCobol 6
Alaska Xbase++ 2
Asymetrix Toolbook 3
C# (by special .NET component) 7
C/C++ (examples for VC++) 4
C++ Builder 9
C# Builder 7
Centura SQL 3
Clarion 3
Cobol 6
Delphi 5
Delphi for the MS .NET Framework 11
Excel (VB examples partly usable) 6
Java 10
Lotus Script 3
Powerbuilder 3
Progress ProVISION 6
Visual Basic 8
Visual Basic .NET (by special .NET
component) 7
Visual C++ 4
Visual DataFlex 12
Visual dBASE 12
Visual FoxPro 13
Visual Objects 13
Watcom C/C++ 3
WinWord (VB examples partly usable) 6
1 Declaration file, 2 examples
2 Declaration file, 3 examples
3 Declaration file
4 Declaration file, 6 examples VC++
5 VCL, 17 examples
6 Integratable
7 .NET component, 15 examples each
8 Declaration file, 14 examples
9 VCL, 10 examples
10 JNI-DLL, 1 example
11 Declaration file, 5 examples
12 Own component, 1 example
13 Declaration file, 1 example
As of October 2006
You can also integrate many others.
If you miss something here, please ask us!
Phone +49 7531 90 60 10
Data Binding
.NET
You have the free choice of data access
object. Whether DataSet, DataViewManager,
DataReader, DataTable or even
arbitrary enumerations, you can add data
quickly and easily to List & Label. DataRelations
between tables are automatically
analyzed and transferred. The excellent
online help assists you during the development
process.
VCL
Whether ADO recordset or BDE, each
descendant of DataSource can be easily
added. Master-detail relations are automatically
analyzed and passed accordingly.
Database Independent
Using List & Label with data binding is
definitely the fastest, but the databaseindependent
use offers a lot of advantages
too!
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Direct exchange of data. You are
completely free from any particular
database format. You control the
exchange of data and create the
interface.
Flexibility and speed. No database
engine is loaded twice. Moreover,
there is no need for a database.
Several databases – one report.
This aspect saves much time and your
application can be equipped universally
without further development
effort. SQL Server, Sybase, Access etc.
with just one project file!
Stability. Your reports will remain
functional even if a field is added to
the database.
Slim redistribution. Since there is
no need for the database engine to
be installed by the end user, redistribution
is simple and the file package
is extremely small, starting at 15 MB!

.NET
protected void button1_Click
(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
try
{
// Bind to a DataSet object
LL.SetDataBinding(myDataSet,
"Orders");
// Set Properties
LL.AutoDesignerFile = "subrep.lst";
LL.AutoProjectType = LlProject.List;
LL.AutoDialogTitle = "Sample";
LL.AutoShowSelectFile = true;
// Call the Designer
LL.Design();
}
// Catch Exceptions
catch (Exception LlException)
{
MessageBox.Show("Information: " +
LlException.Message,"Information",
MessageBox.IconInformation
|MessageBox.OK);
}
}
Delphi
{Start the Designer}
procedure
TForm1.DesignButtonClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
// Assign data source
LL.DataSource := dsCustomers;
//Pass customer data as fields
LL.AutoMasterMode := mmAsFields;
//Set the default project name
LL.AutoDesignerFile := ‘subrep.lst’;
//Switch print mode to preview
LL.AutoDestination := adPreview;
//Call Designer
LL.AutoDesign(‘Invoice List’, ‚);
end;
Examples: Starting the Designer
C++
// Define special fields,
// normal text field
LLDefineFieldExt(job, "Text", "Testtext",
LL_TEXT, NULL);
// Footer field, i.e. numeric
LLDefineFieldExt(job, "Subtotal",
"12.34", LL_NUMERIC |
LL_TABLE_FOOTERFIELD, NULL);
// Barcode field
LLDefineFieldExt(job, "BC_EAN_128",
"123456789abcd",
LL_BARCODE_EAN128, NULL);
// Variable graphics by file name
LLDefineFieldExt(job, "Regular Graphic",
"sunny.bmp",LL_DRAWING, NULL);
// File open dialog with sketch
LLSelectFileDlgTitleEx(job, hWnd,
"Open File", LL_PROJECT_LIST,
szFile,sizeof(szFile), NULL);
// Remove a certain menu command
// from the Designer
LLDesignerProhibitAction(job, 211);
// Start the Designer with the above fileds
LLDefineLayout(job, hWnd, "Title",
LL_PROJECT_LIST, szFile);
Visual Basic
Private Sub ButtonDesign_Click()
‘Start the Designer with the title
‘“Invoice” and the file “Invoice.rpt”
ListLabel1.Design(0, hWnd,_
“Invoice”, LL_PROJECT_LIST,_
“Invoice.rpt”, 1)
End Sub
For data definition the event
ListLabel1_CmndDefineFields is used.
3 Steps – 5 Minutes
List & Label with .NET
• Add component
• Adjust property window features
• Start print/design
“By separating the report from
the database, we have become
very flexible in designing our
printouts.”
Björn Sievers
INFORDATA Software Design GmbH
“Top-quality product, which pays
off in a short time. List & Label
leaves nothing to be desired.”
Thomas Wallat
Falke KG

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Working Visually
List of Variables
Formula Assistant
“Reliable and simple layout of
forms.”
Michael Bladeck
DaimlerChrysler Services Leasing
The Designer
Core for the End Users
Integrate the List & Label Designer and
enhance your application with powerful
functions – all in one go and without
much expenditure of time. Put yourself
ahead of your competitors and give the
end users the flexibility they want. Integrate
the Designer seamlessly into your
application by choosing between several
dialog styles. You can choose from Win95
to Office 2000, XP and 2003 styles. With
the Professional Edition you may integrate
the Designer into most of your desktop
applications without additional royalty
fees! Please see the combit license agreement
at www.combit.net for restrictions.
Intuitive and Powerful
Even less experienced users will be familiar
with the "drag & drop" handling. You
will be impressed with the ease in which
reports are laid out. A page is dealt with
as a single entity and not as a sum of
different bands. This is the natural way of
generating reports! Rulers, ruler guides,
groupings, multiple copies and other
known add-ons facilitate and speed up
the design of reports.
Tool Windows
You can dock all tool windows in arbitrary
places, or let them freely float as extra
windows.
• Report Structure. Here you can
define the sequence of the desired
tables, charts and cross tabs just by
clicking and arranging.
• Property List. Quick overview and
fast input of all the selected report
objects’ properties. The property list
concisely displays all settings for each
object. Apart from simple values you
can also enter formulas, e.g. printing
negative red is a piece of cake.
Dynamic layouts are created almost
as easily as static ones.
• List of Variables. Once all databa-
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se tables are passed, the Designer
automatically shows all fields in a
hierarchic tree. This allows you, for
example, to quickly fill RTF and table
objects using drag & drop.
Object List. Allows you to name,
identify and lock objects, assign
printing sequences, and generate
object links.
Layers. These are shown including
their print conditions. Object groups
are separated by colors and fade
in and out within layout and print,
making it easy to keep track.
Preview. Helps you control the
layout with sample data that you can
determine yourself.
Formula Assistant
The formula assistant supports you when
using formulas for mercantile forms, appearance
conditions for lines within lists
or similar purposes. This assistant offers
short help texts, parameter selection
with drag & drop for variables, syntax
highlighting, autocomplete, automatic
conversion of datatypes, tooltips, syntax
check in the result area and the option to
provide additional custom help texts for
each data field.
User-Defined Functions
Enhance the Designer with your own
functions by using the .NET, VCL or ActiveX
component. The end user won’t be
able to distinguish them from regular List
& Label functions.
Format Editor
The format required for an expression
can be set easily by choosing a pattern
resembling what the end product should
look like. Your users are already familiar
with this system, which is employed by
many office applications.

Included Projects
If object groups appear unchanged
in several projects, e.g. a letter head,
existing projects can be integrated into
new projects. The included objects are
embedded with all their properties, but
are blocked against editing. The maintenance
of a single included project affects
all projects, which simplifies considerably
and saves time.
Labels & Forms
List & Label is not only is strong with
reports but also with labels and forms.
Simply fill out one of more than 2000
standard label templates of international
manufacturers (Avery, Badgepoint, Boeder,
Devauzet, ERO, Herlitz, Herma, Leitz
and MAY+SPIESS) or use free dimensioning.
As well as standard functions such
as spacing and font definition for each
line, you are provided with real high end
features. You may ignore undesired empty
lines and spaces, skip used start labels
or even change the print order of the
labels to maintain label sheet stability.
Filling in Existing Forms
Save time and set a scanned document as
a background pattern. This way, objects
can be placed fast and precisely, with an
accuracy of up to 1/1000th of an inch or
1/1000 mm.
More Features
• DTP control in three design modes:
Layout, Layout-Preview and Preview
with own zoom
• Free positioning of objects in 1/1000
inch or 1/1000 mm increments!
• Alignment of multiple objects using
menus or shortcuts
• Free positioning grid and "Snap to
Grid"
• Rotation of text and barcodes in 90°
increments
• Intelligent context menus
• Appearance conditions for layers,
single and multiple objects simultaneously,
and in combination
• Sum variables, either group, page or
project wide
• User variables, e.g. to build up formulas
from recurring components
• More than 130 functions and 20
operators for calculations, conditions
and filters plus user defined functions
by using one of the components
Labels Under Control
Format Editor
Frame Editor
“I’m very happy each time I can
adapt my labels and lists very
quickly to my customers’ wishes
using the comprehensive func-
tionalities of List & Label.”
Edmund Martin Schauer
SMT Medical Technic GmbH
“The number of functions for
building expressions is almost
overwhelming.”
Visual Studio Magazine 04/2006

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Report Container
Report Berichtsstruktur Structure
Table Properties
Definition of a Crosstab
Crosstab Result
„Prodigy of printing ... the top
dog among the reporting tools“
dot.net magazin 01/02-2006
Designer Objects
Wide Choice
From simple tables to comprehensive
reports with master details / sub reports,
crosstabs, charts, RTF text, barcodes,
graphics and OLE objects. And with the
components, a lot of your custom objects
can be seamlessly integrated. List & Label
does the output.
Create and Fill Visually
With the List & Label report container you
enjoy purest flexibility. You can control
any sequence of tables, crosstabs and
charts. To create a simple list, just drag
the report container to the desired size,
select table as object type and drag &
drop fields/variables from the list of
variables.
Combine Freely
You even have full control over more
complex tasks such as charts within table
columns. You just specify where the data
comes from — the rest is done by List &
Label. If you start with one of our multi
table examples or use the List & Label
data binding for .NET or VCL, you can
— with one code — control any sequence
of: tables and sub reports; tables, charts
and crosstabs; charts in table columns.
Multi Tables / Sub Reports
You can define relations between tables
and sub tables as well as several, independent
tables. With this feature you
can now print clearly arranged reports of
your customers, orders and order details
or even more complex structures that are
regularly found in relational databases.
Special commands allow you to pass
database tables including their relational
structure and possible sort orders – and
for the end users it‘s a breeze to handle
relational databases in the Designer. With
the data binding of the .NET/VCL component
it‘s a piece of cake: 1:n relations
are declared automatically and are even
resolved backwards as 1:1 relations.
Tables, crosstabs and charts can also
be used as independent objects — see
below. You will, however, not gain the full
benefit until you use them in the report
container.
Table Object
There's barely a table that cannot be
displayed by List & Label.
It contains separate headers, data lines,
group headers, group footers and footer
lines in addition to general table layout.
Each area can be configured independently,
can contain up to 150 separate
line definitions and has a different color
in the layout mode. The column can be
visually dragged to the desired width or
adjusted exactly in the property list. It
couldn't be simpler! You combine it with
any other object type. An overlapping
title stretching over two columns? As
little a problem as multipage tables. To
keep the overview, you can remove superfluous
data lines in the Designer. By using
properties, you accomplish grouping
directly in the Designer. With multiple
group or datalines, change and design
conditions allow program activation, deactivation
and switching between various
lines by code.
Crosstab Object
A crosstab combines data in several
dimensions. It can answer nice questions
like “How is the product turnover
distributed over the years, and how is it
distributed between the employees?” In
the crosstab result on the left, you can
see that you build up even more complex
structures by adding additional layers,
such as “quarter”. An assistant supports
you in creating crosstabs. For convenient
calculations in crosstabs, List & Label
provides a series of special functions.
There’s practically no limit to your design
requests.
Chart Object
Pie, cylinder, bar, pyramid, band…
The chart function provides impressive
visualizations of your reports. Charts can
be rotated in both axes, are provided in
the variants 2D/3D, staggered, grouped,
stacked or single, and you can assign
colors to particular values — just think of
election night... a feature for everyone.

RTF
As an Object Within the Designer
Along with reports you can create mail
merges. Since several RTF-objects can be
linked and one can overflow into another,
you have layout possibilities like newspaper
style columns and picture and table
circulation at your fingertips.
As Control and Inplace Control
Why not provide your end users with a
little word processor? The complete RTFeditor
can be called as an independent
control or integrated into dialogs as part
of the .NET, VCL and ActiveX controls.
You may keep the end user away from
the Designer and generate individual text
entry for mail merges or forms by using
the RTF-control.
OLE Object
These containers allow you to easily
integrate various OLE server documents
which have been created in other programs,
e.g. Word, Excel, or Visio. A double-click
activates the respective program,
and changes are displayed instantly.
Generally only single page documents can
be displayed, multi-page documents must
be split first.
User-Defined Objects
With the provided .NET, VCL and ActiveX
components, you offer your customers
user defined objects in the Designer,
hardly distinguishable from regular objects.
In other programming languages,
user-defined objects can be handled by
callback and callback-dialog events.
Barcode Object
List & Label supports more than 35 barcode
types, which means it most probably
leads the way compared to other
reporting tools. To receive the best results
you can set a fixed bar width and adjust
the bar ratio — that is if the barcode type
was designed for variable ratios.
• 2of5 (Interleaved / Industrial / Matrix
/ Datalogic)
• 3of9 alias Alpha 39 alias Code 39
(with/without CRC)
• Codabar
• Code 11
• Code 93/Code 93x 0
• Code 128
• Deutsche Post Identcode
• Deutsche Post Leitcode
• EAN-8/JAN-8
• EAN-13/JAN-13
• EAN-13 P2 (ISSN) Magazines
• EAN-13 P5 (Bookland, ISBN) Books
• EAN-128
• German Parcel
• Japanese Postcode
• KIX, Postcode of the Netherlands
• MSI / MSI Plain / MSI + 10 + 10 /
• MSI + 10 + CD / MSI + 11+10
• SSCE
• PZN Royal Mail, UK Postcode
• UPC-A/E
• US-FIM
• US-Postnet
• 2D Barcodes in the Professional
Edition (see figure)
Further Objects
• HTML Object
• Text Object
• Line, Rectangle, Ellipse Object
• Graphic Object, Formats: WMF,
BMP, PCX, TIF, JPEG, GIF, EMF, PCD,
DIB, RLE, PNG
• Form Controls: Filled out by the end
user in the print preview
• Form Template Objects: Graphics
e.g. a scanned bitmap can be placed
in the background to assist design
Chart Object
Chart in Multitab
RTF Editor as Inplace Control
Word Document in OLE Container
2D Barcodes

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All in One Dialog
Printing and Franking
Exporting and Signing
“The tool is very powerful, so
it should definitely be a basic
element of current development
environments.“
PC Magazin 10/2005
Output
The Possibilities
The examples on the right side show how
easy it is to address the print engine.
The possible output targets are:
• Printer
• Print Preview
• Export
A single parameter makes the difference.
The rest is done by List & Label automatically.
Easily added value for the end user
in one single print dialog.Learn more
about it on the following pages.
Printing & Franking
Optionally available is the exclusive access
module for STAMPIT BUSINESS, the
franking software of the Deutsche Post.
Print stamped labels, envelopes or mailmerges
with List & Label — all in one
go. First of all you need to conclude the
correspon ding cooperation agreement
with Deutsche Post. Then you can access
STAMPIT BUSINESS from List & Label,
using the access module. Learn more at
www.combit.net.
Exporting & Signing
Offer your customers the the option of
digital signature — for that we have got
together with the suppliers secrypt and
e•siqia and now support their signatures
straight out of the box. Basic requirement
is, of course, an installation of
either digiSeal® office of secrypt GmbH
or OPENLiMiT® SignCubes software
with license keys of e•siqia holding AG
on the customer's PC. Generally, you
can sign multi-TIFFs, text files and PDFs.
Depending on the signature type, you
receive one or several files. The signature
format is changed by API. The receiver
can always check whether something has
been altered since the signature. For this,
secrypt and e•siqia provide free products.

.NET
private void button2_Click(object sender,
System.EventArgs e)
{
try
{
// Bind to a DataSet object
LL.SetDataBinding(myDataSet,
"Orders");
// Set properties
LL.AutoDesignerFile = "supreport.lst";
LL.AutoProjectType = LlProject.List;
LL.AutoDialogTitle = "Example";
LL.AutoShowSelectFile = true;
// Start print
LL.Print();
}
// Catch Exeptions
catch (Exception LlException)
{
MessageBox.Show("Information: " +
LlException.Message,"Information",
MessageBox.IconInformation |
MessageBox.OK);
}
}
Delphi
{Printing}
procedure TForm1.PrintButtonClick(Sender:
TObject);
begin
//Assign data source
LL.DataSource := dsCustomers;
//Pass customer data as fields
LL.AutoMasterMode := mmAsFields;
//Set the default project name
LL.AutoDesignerFile := ‘subrep.lst’;
//Switch print mode to preview
LL.AutoDestination := adPreview;
//Print
LL.AutoPrint(‘Invoice List’, ‚);
end;
C++
Examples: Output
//==============================
void CMainFrame::DoLabelPrint()
//==============================
{
// Define special fields, regular text field
LlDefineVariableExt(job, "Text","Testtext",
LL_TEXT, NULL);
// Numeric field
LlDefineVariableExt(job, "Subtotal",
"12.34", LL_NUMERIC, NULL);
// Barcode field
LlDefineVariableExt(job, "BC_EAN_128",
"123456789abcd",
LL_BARCODE_EAN128, NULL);
// Variable graphic by file name
LlDefineVariableExt(job, "Graphic",
"sunny.bmp", LL_DRAWING, NULL);
// Start printing
LlPrintWithBoxStart(job,
LL_PROJECT_LABEL, szFile,
LL_PRINT_EXPORT,
LL_BOXTYPE_BRIDGEMETER, hWnd,
"Printing...");
// Print label
nErrorValue = LlPrint(job);
// End printing
LlPrintEnd(job,0);
}
Visual Basic
Private Sub ButtonPrint_Click()
'Print the project "test.rpt" on the printer
Data1.Recordset.MoveFirst
ListLabel1.Print(0, LL_PROJECT_LIST,
"test.lst",_True, LL_PRINT_NORMAL,_
LL_BOXTYPE_NORMALWAIT, hWnd,_
"Print, True, Environ$("temp"))
End Sub
Private Sub ListLabel1_
CmndDefineFields(ByVal nUserData As
Long, ByVal bDummy As Long,
nProgressInPerc As Long, pbLastRec
As Long)
'This event is called by the commands
'Print and Design. It is called for each
'record to declare the fields and their
'contents to List & Label.
'Repeat for all fields of a record
For i = 0 To
Form1.Data1.Recordset.Fields.Count - 1
content$ = Data1.Recordset.Fields(i)
nRet = ListLabel1.LlDefineFieldExt _
(Data1.Recordset.Fields(i).Name,_
content$, LL_TEXT)
Next i
'Skip to next record
Form1.Data1.Recordset.MoveNext
'Stop printing if last record is reached
If Form1.Data1.Recordset.EOF = True
Then
pbLastRec = 1
End If
End Sub
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Print Preview
Filling in Forms
"Fast adjustment,
simple programming,
good documentation."
Tobias Ueberwasser
Mettler-Toledo
Print Preview
Convenient for checking, printing and directly
e-mailing reports. You can zoom in
on the pages steplessly in order to check
the details. After the final inspection,
start printing the file, export it, save it or
send it via e-mail.
Filling out Forms
Form control objects are placed in the
Designer where the end user is supposed
to make entries in the preview. With this
feature you are provided with flexible
possibilities of predefined forms, which
can be filled out directly without any data
transfer.
Further Data Use
Once all the entries in the preview have
been made by the end user, the printing
or exportation process can be started
directly, e.g. with XML. It is possible, for
instance, to send a preview file which is
to be filled in by the recipient. The entered
data can be exported with the click
of a button and sent back to where the
imported XML data can be analyzed.
Direct Integration in Custom Dialogs
As part of the .NET, VCL and OCX components,
the inplace-preview control may be
integrated into your dialogs.
Viewer Application
Just a double-click and the receiver views
a preview file in full screen mode, prints
and resends it without having the regular
List & Label DLLs. The viewer application
may be distributed without additional
licensing fees! We also provide everything
you need to create your own viewer application.
Internet Viewer
A special OCX/ActiveX object that also
allows real-data preview and adaption.
The OCX/ActiveX is digitally signed.
Sending via E-mail
Preview or export files can be directly sent
via MAPI, xMAPI or SMTP. With SMTP you
predefine the mail settings in the control
panel, e.g. the sender. If requested, just
compress the preview for transmission.
An additional option is to export straight
to HTML e-mail, rather than a text e-mail
with an HTML attachment.
Supervision of Print Jobs
You can follow the progress of a printjob
after having passed it on to the spooler.
This is the only way to really ensure that
it has not been interrupted or canceled
while in progress. One event for this
feature is in each of the the components
.NET, VCL and OCX (Windows NT/2000/
XP), otherwise with callback.
Endless Paper and Forms
Besides a layout-oriented text export, text
can be sent directly to a dot-matrix printer
by bypassing the printer driver. This
ensures perfect performance when using
endless labels and forms.

Export Formats
PDF
The PDF export delivers small files fast
and provides you with an encryption up
to 128 bit and the ability to allow or prohibit
print, process and copy separately. It
also lets you embed the fonts used. Learn
more about signing PDF files on page 10.
RTF
Text is positioned with text boxes and is
therefore easy to process in Word afterwards.
Excel
Choose either pure data export where you
edit the result like a regular Excel sheet,
or choose complete layout adoption,
where the layout is displayed in Excel as
accurately as possible. Without any OLE
mechanisms you are independent from
an existing Excel installation. If you wish
you can create one worksheet per page
and name them sequentially, e.g. "Article
list P. 1/2/3/…"
HTML
Using cascading style sheet (CSS) tags for
table frames achieves significantly better
results, especially when using individual
frame formats.
MHTML
In contrast to HTML the result is a single
file which, in addition to the data in
HTML format, also contains all required
pictures.
Text
Either data oriented creation of CSV files
(data conversion!) or layout oriented e.g.
for dot-matrix and endless paper printers.
The pure data export can produce
Unicode files, provided all Unicode characters
come from the same code page
range, e.g. only Japanese or only Chinese
etc. Learn more about signing text files
on page 10.
TIFF / Multi-TIFF
Choose between multiple compression
types and qualities. Learn more about
signing Multi-TIFF files on page 10.
Other Formats
• XML
• JPEG
• BMP
• EMF
• TTY
PDF Export
Export Result in Acrobat Reader
Export Result in Excel (Layout)
"The possibilies with the export
are unique."
Ralf Busch
Oberfinanzdirektion Kiel
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Simply Switch the Language
Localizing
"... With this, the program once
again confirms its reputation as
the best of its class."
PC Welt 11/2005
Your Worldwide
Success
List & Label makes it easy to capture international
markets and enjoy an advantage
in competition. You'll find everything
you need.
Unicode / Multibyte
The Unicode / Multibyte module, which
comes with the Professional Edition, enables
printing or designing e.g. in Asian
operating systems.
Designer Language Kits
We offer the Designer supplementary
in a whole range of foreign languages,
easily switchable at runtime. Make your
application fit for multi language teams
and international markets. The availability
of the language kits depends on the
version's lifecycle and the cooperation
with our international partners.
The list shows the language kits that will
most likely be available for List & Label 12
• Czech
• Danish
• Dutch
• French
• German
• Hungarian
• Italian
• Norwegian
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Swedish
• Spanish
As of October 2006
Please contact us if your desired language is
missing.
Localizing Projects
Projects are designed in one language
first and then greet the users in their
local language. To do this, you provide
a dictionary for every language by API,
or — even more elegant — by interconnecting
dictionaries or glossaries you
already have in use. Loads of time can
be saved like this. The use of the localization
features is most comfortable in
the components, but of course you will
also save plenty of time by using the
DLL functions. For .NET there is a class
“ListLabelDictionary” which easily enables
localization of all displayed field and
variable names. With exactly the same
project file, you would see “ProductName”
in the US and “Produktname” in
Germany. This still works if the project is
changed, saved and sent to Brazil – only
language-independent abbreviations or,
for instance, the English names are saved
in the project. The display in the Designer
then changes depending on the language.
This works in the same way with VCL
and OCX.
Encrypted Project Files
Especially if you don't want to provide
the end users with the Designer, you may
want to encode your List & Label project
files by password.
Server / Web Server
List & Label offers web reporting capabilities
and fairly priced server/web server licenses.
A basic license for the installation
of the first server/web server application
for 5 concurrent users is already included
in the Professional Edition.

Editions
You can choose between two editions.
Both support a multitude of programming
languages.
Standard Edition
• The most cost-effective option
• Designer is available for you as the
developer, not for the end user
• For the initial installation a separate
server/web server license is necessary
• Option to upgrade to the Professional
Edition
Professional Edition
• The Designer may be integrated and
redistributed with most desktop
applications without further royalty
fees (please see the combit license
agreement at www.combit.net for
details)
• Contains a server / web server license
for 5 end users or internal testing
• Unicode module for international
character sets
• Designer documentation as DOCand
PDF-file
• Designer online help as source file
• 2D Barcodes: PDF417, Maxicode,
DataMatrix / EC200 and Aztec
Licensing
Using the Application on a
Server or Web Server
As opposed to a desktop application,
using List & Label in a server / web server
application is not royalty free. We offer
favorably priced server / web server licenses
for end users. If your application uses
Internet protocols, is a web server extension,
is integrated in ASP or PHP pages,
or is an independent server application,
you‘ll need server / web server licenses in
the appropriate size and number.
List & Label is a License for
ONE Single Developer
Personal, non transferable license for
one developer to install on one system.
We offer attractive volume discounts for
developer teams. If you‘re planning to
encapsulate List & Label functionalities,
you will need the corresponding number
of licenses. Additionally, an addendum to
the combit Standard License Agreement
is required. Please contact us!
Project Teams
Each developer who participates in the
overall project or product is in need of a
license. Our basic conditions are fair, but
the calculation contains that a developer
team is equipped with the necessary
number of licenses. One license is not enough
for a major project. A project team
needs to decide on one edition, Standard
or Professional. The combit License Agreement
can be found at
www.combit.net
Selected Customers
ADAC, Munich (GER)
Bank Austria, Vienna (AUT)
Bank of Ireland, Dublin (IRL)
Bayer, Leverkusen (GER)
Beckhoff Automation, Verl (GER)
Biacore, Uppsala (SWE)
Boehringer Ingelheim (GER)
Bosch Rexroth, Murrhardt, Stuttgart (GER)
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington DC
(USA)
Canadian Department of National Defense,
Ottawa (CAN)
Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen (GER)
Ciba, Basel (SUI)
DaimlerChrysler, Sindelfingen,
Stuttgart (GER)
Deutsche Börse, Stuttgart (GER)
E.On, Essen (GER)
Edeka, Moers (GER)
Esco Reisen, Basel (SUI)
Electrolux Zanussi, Porcia (ITA)
Geac France, Garches (FRA)
Goethe-Institut, Paris (FRA), Madrid (ESP)
Hitachi, St. Petersburg FL (USA)
Infosystem, Wil (SUI)
Interflex Datensysteme, Durchhausen (GER)
State Rheinland-Pfalz: Police departments
statewide (GER)
Lexware, Freiburg (GER)
Lidl, Neckarsulm (GER)
Loy & Hutz, Freiburg (GER)
Maxtel, Auckland (NEZ)
MCS, Eltville (GER)
Mercer, Louisville KY (USA), Stuttgart (GER)
Merchant Software, Marshal VA (USA)
Mettler-Toledo, Schwerzenbach (SUI)
Microsoft, Unterschleissheim (GER)
Microtech, Bad Kreuznach, Bielefeld (GER)
Österreichische Post Vienna (AUT)
Oy Beamex, Pietarsaari (FIN)
Prolink Software, Glastonburry CT (USA)
Radio Beacon, Ontario (CAN)
RTL Television, Cologne (GER)
Sage Schweiz, Baar (SUI)
SAP, Walldorf: Business One 2004 (GER)
SBB (Swiss Railways) Bern (SUI) nationwide
Siemens, several sites (GER)
Swisscom, Bern (SUI)
T-Systems, Aachen, Geretsried (GER)
TimberTec, Eutin (GER)
Toyota Motorsport, Cologne (GER)
...
As of October 2006
Read more at www.combit.net
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