ActiveReports 9
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ActiveReports can be used to print any label size by using the newspaper column layout.

This walkthrough illustrates how to create a report that repeats labels using the LayoutAction property and prints labels to a laser printer. The labels in this example are 1" x 2.5" and print 30 labels per 8½" x 11" sheet.

The walkthrough is split up into the following activities:

Note: This walkthrough uses the Northwind database. By default, in ActiveReports, the NWind.mdb file is located in the [User Documents folder]\GrapeCity Samples\ActiveReports 9\Data folder.

When you have finished this walkthrough, you get a report that looks similar to the following at design time and at runtime.

Design Time Layout

Runtime Layout

To add an ActiveReport to the Visual Studio project

To connect the report to a data source

To create a layout for the report

To add code to the detail_Format event to repeat labels

To view the report

 

 


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