TTLabel 3.0

label making and printing

General index

What's new in TTLabel 3.0

Hardware/software requirements

Label type

Entering labels

Setup

Printing

User's license


What's new in TTLabel 3.0

* Now it is possible to assign a different font and color to every text line;

* One or more text lines could be made "fixed" to automatically copy them to all the subsequently inserted labels;

* Multiple setup capability. It is possible to create and use different setups, stored in the Registry;

* This version requires Windows NT 3.51 or Windows 95;

* TTLabel 3.0 should work fine under the New Shell Preview for Windows NT;

* Other minor enhancements (Exit button, etc.).


Hardware/software requirements

TTLabel is a 32 bit Windows program, and it needs Windows NT 3.51 or Windows 95 to run.

Hardware requirements are the same of the operating system ones, plus a printer.

TTLabel will NOT work under Windows 3.x, even if you have installed the win32s library, or under Windows NT 3.5.

If executed under Windows NT 3.51, TTLabel uses the 32 bit 3D control library, contained in the file ctl3d32.dll, wich should be included in Windows NT 3.51 itself.


Label type

TTLabel can use both single sheet and continous paper types. See Setup for the configuration procedure.

Single sheet type has the advantage that you can use all the labels, even if printed in different times. Instead, it is often impossible to reach the first label in continous paper, so if you print only few labels per session, you will lost a significant amount of them.

TTlabel can setup all the physical parameters of the paper (height, width, margins, ...), so you can use all the formats supported by your printed.


Entering labels

The text has to be inserted in the upper left corner window. While you are entering the characters, they will appear in the upper right corner white rectangle (the preview) in the font and color choosed using the Font button. The selection is always possible, but does not affect the previously inserted labels and the lines  with explicitly selected font (see below).

Font and color are stored in the Registry, under the current setup. The first time the program is executed the font is Courier New 10 points, black. If this font is not installed, you have to choose another one before entering the first label.

If you type in a label without pressing the Ok button it will not be added to the database and not be printed.

To select a font for a single line, place the caret (the blinking vertical line) or the mouse pointer into the choosen line and press the right mouse button, then choose "Font" from the menu. Or you can place the caret and press Alt-f.

Il you want the same text in more than one label, you can make it fix by selecting the line and pressing the right mouse button, then choose "Fixed" from the menu (or simply place the caret and press Alt-x). This line will be copied into the following labels, and will maintain its font, if explicitly choosen. To "de-fix" a line, follow the same procedure. Over the editor there is an indicator that display "fixed" when the caret is in a fixed line. Note that the normal lines will not be copied, but their place still exist and will remain empty.


Setup

With the Setup button you can open the parameters windows. Here you can enter the physical dimension of paper and labels, including left, right, top and bottom margins. If you use continous paper, you must set the dimension of each page between two perforation lines.

To save a setup, you have to type in its name in the edit line of the list placed in the bottom right corner, the press Save or Ok. To delete a setup, simply select it from the list and press Delete.

While you are selecting the setup from the list, using the mouse or the arrow keys,  the parameters will change to display the ones relative to the choosen setup.

All data will be stored in the Registry.


Printing

The Print button starts printing of all inserted labels.

After printing, the labels are still in the database: if you enter another one, you will print the old ones again. To avoid this, be sure to empty the database (with the Empty button) before enetering the new labels.

You can choose on what label (on the paper) the print must begin. For example, if you select "2", the first label will be prinetd in the second position. Positions are numbered from top to bottom and from left to right.


User's license of TTLabel version 3.0

by Andrea Rescigno (1995)

This is public domain software, so you can use, copy and distribute it without explicit permission.

There is no warranty against possible bugs, malfunctioning, or incompatibility with some hardware, and the author is not responsible for them. You use this program at your own risk.

You can reach the author for help or advices at the following addresses:

Fidonet            2:335/373.6

Internet           100105.3355@compuserve.com

Compuserve         100105,3355

Windows NT, Windows 95 and win32s are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.