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Configuring Data Sources

Every label that is attached to a database must have one field that is designated as the Database-Key.

The Database-Key field is a dual-purpose field:

l It accepts keyboard input from the user or LPS pass file.

l It retrieves data from a database like a Database-Data field.

Note: A Database-Key may not be linked to a Unicode field in a database.

The Database Connection section of the Database-Key setup dialog defines the connection to the

database. Database-Key / Data Source fields have the following options:

Key Description

Data

Sour

Select the name of the database to which you want to connect. This is the data source name (DSN) you

assigned to the database in the ODBC Control Panel. For some ODBC drivers, this name is the name of a

single database. For other ODBC drivers, such as the .DBF driver, this name is the name of a group of

databases.

Table

Select the name of the specific table in the database to which you want to connect. For relational

databases, like Microsoft Access, this is the name of a table in the selected database. For flat-file databases,

like .DBF files, this is the name of the specific database. For Microsoft Excel workbooks, this field contains

the name of the specific worksheet in the workbook.

Field Select the name of the field in the database that you want to associate with this field on the label.

The On-Demand Print Form Setup section of the Database-Key setup dialog defines how this field is set

up on the On-Demand Print Form. The options are:

Option Description

Get

Value

From

The Get Value From field defines from where the key field entry comes. For simple database connections,

this is always Keyboard (the default).

Entry is

Optional

Check this option if you want to allow the user to bypass the look-up function and omit database data

from selected labels.

Disable

Browse

Select Disable Browse to prevent users from selecting from multiple database values.

Help

Text

The Help Text field allows you to enter a custom prompt that is displayed in the Status Bar (at the

bottom of an On-Demand Print Form) to assist the user in data entry.

Related Information

For information on how to connect to your database using ODBC, refer to the ODBC section of this guide.

Database-Data

Note: Variable images can be useful if you wish to have a different picture of each of your products on their

corresponding label. Variable images may be specified as coming from a database or the keyboard.

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