Label printing

PauliusPaulius
edited 2:10PM in FastReport .NET
Hello,
I'm trying to print labels. From the program written in VB6 I send a dataset with information to be printed on the label and quantity of labels to be printed for each entry in the dataset (may be different). So I use MasterBand just for running through entries and DetailBand for printing data. OnBefore print event I set the RowCount of the DetailBand the print quantity. In order to fill the page I use columns in the page. Everything works good, BUT it prints labels from Top to Bottom then from Left to Right, and I need that it was printed from Left to Rigth then from Top to Bottom. How can I do this? I tried to use columns not in the page, but in the bands, but as I use master and detail bands I didn't manage to make it work correctly. I also tried Vertical bands, but I didn't manage to assign the data fields to the bands - they remain separately from the band and nothing is printed out.
Can anybody help me?

Comments

  • AlexTZAlexTZ
    edited 2:10PM
    Hello,

    Are you talking about FastReport.Net? It does not have Vertical bands.
  • PauliusPaulius
    edited 2:10PM
    Sorry, perhaps, I wrote not in the right place. I'm using FastReport 4.7 not .NET. But either way can You suggest me something?
  • AlexTZAlexTZ
    edited 2:10PM
    wrote:
    I tried to use columns not in the page, but in the bands, but as I use master and detail bands I didn't manage to make it work correctly.
    It should work. Just set the detaildata Columns property to desired number of columns. Don't touch the masterdata.
  • PauliusPaulius
    edited 2:10PM
    AlexTZ wrote: »
    AlexTZ wrote: »
    I tried to use columns not in the page, but in the bands, but as I use master and detail bands I didn't manage to make it work correctly.
    It should work. Just set the detaildata Columns property to desired number of columns. Don't touch the masterdata.

    I tried this, but You see if for example I have 3 entries: one with label quantity 1, other two with 2, so in this case the report prints three lines of labels one with 1 label and other two with two labels, though the column number of the detailband is set to 3. So it leaves quite a lot of free space on the page.
  • AlexTZAlexTZ
    edited 2:10PM
    I see. In this case, you need to use one databand with columns. You also need to form the dataset in such a way that it will contain all labels you need to print, e.g.
    label1
    label1
    label1
    label2
    label2
    label3
    ....
  • PauliusPaulius
    edited 2:10PM
    Thanks for Your help. I managed to do what I needed.

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