Copyright: Copyright © Andrea Rescigno 1995,1996


What's new
What's new in TTLabel 4.0

* Database Walking System: you can walk through the database to edit every label;

* Minor bug fixes and enhancements;

* The unregistered version is limited to 5 labels.


Hardware/software requirements

TTLabel is a 32 bit Windows program, and it needs Windows 95 or Windows NT 3.51 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 without the New Shell Preview, TTLabel requires the 32 bit 3D control library, contained in the file ctl3d32.dll, wich should be placed in the %systemroot%\system32 directory.

This version of TTLabel has been tested with success under the first beta of Windows NT 4.0.


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 printer.

Note that even if you select 0 as left or right margin you cannot print near the border of the paper due to mechanical limitations of the printer.


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, and will affect the lines of all the labels in the database, except the ones with explicit selected font (see below).

Font and color are stored in the system registry, under the current setup, so that each setup can have different ones. The first time the program is executed the font is Courier New 10 points, black. If this font is not available in Windows, you have to choose another one before entering the first label.

Press the Add button to obtain a new, empty label. Please note that from this version of TTLabel the label on the screen will be printed without having to store it explicitly.

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

Il you want the same text line in more than one label, you can make it fixed by placing the mouse pointer over the line and pressing the right mouse button, then choosing "Fixed" from the menu (or simply placing the caret and pressing Alt-x). This line will be copied into the following labels, and will maintain its font an color, if explicitly selected, position and alignment. 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.


Editing labels

To edit a label, simply press the <- or -> button until you reach the desired label. Then edit it as usual. Your changes will be recorded immediately, and pressing the Add button you’ll obtain a new empty label at the end of the database.


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. Use only integer numbers!

To save a setup, you have to type its name in the edit line of the list placed in the bottom right corner, then 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 system registry.


Printing

The Print button starts printing of the labels choosed by “From” and “To” fields.

After printing, the labels are still in the database: if you enter another one, you will print the old ones again. To avoid this, you can use the last printed label number+1 as “From” field value, and you’ll print only the new labels.

You can choose on what label on the paper the print should begin. For example, if you put "2" in the “From pos” field, the first label will be printed in the second position. Positions are numbered from top to bottom and from left to right.


How to register

The registration price is 10 US$

To register TTLabel 4.0, you have two choiches:

if you are member of Compuserve, go swreg and use Registration ID 9637

if you are not a member of Compuserve, you can send money directly to:

Andrea Rescigno

via Antonio Conti 67 L/6

00123  Roma Italia

(see User’s license for E-Mail addresses)

or

Paul M. Eckett

10, The Oval,

Albrighton,

Wolverhampton,

West Midlands.

WV7 3NL.

United Kingdom.

E-Mail: P.M.E@btinternet.com

When we receive your payment, we’ll send you a code which you should put in the registration form (choose Setup, then Register). After that, the title bar will show “registered to: your_name” instead of “unregistered”.

You have to send us your name, because your registration code will be derived from it.

If you have an E-Mail address, please include it, so we can send you the code more quickly than by ordinary mail.


User's license
User’s license

Copyright © Andrea Rescigno 1995,1996  All Rights Reserved

TTLabel 4.0 is shareware: you can copy and distribute it, but, if you find the program useful and continue to use it, you must register. See How to register for more details.

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 at the following addresses:

Internet    100105.3355@compuserve.com

Compuserve  100105,3355

Fidonet     2:335/316.27

The latest version of TTLabel can always be found at:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/A_Rescigno

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