I plan to make a form in ASP.NET that will let the user select which labels he wants generated. I need to automate the following example and 30,000 other labels via Word's Mail Merge:
Part Number
Description
Image of Barcode
The description is derived from attributes of an entity in a SQL Server 2005 database. Example of description:
Description = ThreadSize1 + ThreadType1 + " x " + ThreadSize2 + ThreadType2
On all of our bins in the warehouse we use the Avery 5160 labels. However, along with the bin labels, we use a small magnetic beam label (4" x 4" usually) and a large magnetic beam label (8 1/2" x 3"). These are printed on magnetic sheets with the lines in between to make it easy for cutting.
How can I limit the characters in the 'description' line on the label or make it bigger if the text will be smaller? Some part numbers need to be as big as possible (up to 25' from ground) but still allow the description to be fairly big and have room for a barcode and it's SKU number.
So sometimes I'm worried the text isn't big enough (large beam labels), other times I'm worried there isn't enough room (small bin labels). It would be (VERY) inconvenient to make labels that would not fit on the bins.
Please advise on what you think would be the easiest solution to automate the label making process once our database is filled with product information (i'm trying to plan ahead).
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The only difference for me (and I use reporting services primarily) is that this is one situation where Microsoft is the Macintost and Crystal is the Microsot. I find is sooooo much easier to design basic (and not so basic) reports with Reporting Services. I also use Sharepoint which reporting services intergrate very nice with.
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by: TKOTCPosted on 2008-09-19 at 20:31:31ID: 22528121
I would use either crystal reports
http://www.businessobjects
http://www.idautomation.co
or microsoft reporting services
http://www.microso
not word mail merge. By using one of these two you can call the report from the web and you can also change the font size according the description length.
(Avery Labels and Crystal Reports http://www.worldlabel.com/