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  2. From: mr@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (Michael Regoli)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.databases
  4. Subject: dbIV 1.5: Combining Labels and Reports
  5. Message-ID: <mr.713725697@ogre>
  6. Date: 13 Aug 92 17:08:17 GMT
  7. Sender: news@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System)
  8. Organization: Indiana University
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  14.  
  15. I've got a quick question:  Has anyone been able to get the format of
  16. labels combined with a report?
  17.  
  18. For instance, what I need is to print a roster of names, four across:
  19.  
  20.  
  21. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  22. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  23. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  24. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  25. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  26.  
  27. all down the page.  However, I'm printing on wide (14-7/8" x 11")
  28. paper and I'd like to have page breaks and page headers like those 
  29. available with report forms.
  30.  
  31. So, what I'm doing now (which is *very* slow and cumbersome) is
  32. printing my four-up labels to disk, then using a paginator (very much
  33. like the Unix "pr" command) to format the labels with page headings
  34. and page numbering.
  35.  
  36. With a database of over 15,000 names, file sizes are in the several
  37. megabyte range.  
  38.  
  39. What is a good solution to this??
  40.  
  41. --
  42. michael regoli
  43. mr@cica.indiana.edu
  44. regoli@iubacs.BITNET
  45. ..{ames, rutgers}!iuvax!cica!mr
  46.