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Loftware Label Manager's Database Connection Types

The Database-Data data source directs Loftware Label Manager to retrieve data for the field from a

specified field in the database. This is the most common type of look-up.

Returning to the telephone directory example, assuming that you have defined some other field as

Database-Key (Name field in the telephone database), we could then attach the Database-Data to the

Phone Number field in the telephone book database. At print time, whenever you type a Name in the

associated Database-Key field and press Enter, the telephone number is automatically entered into the

field associated with the Database-Data.

The top part of the Database-Data setup dialog defines the connection to the database. This connection is

the same as described above for Database-Key.

Important Note: If you want to link to a Unicode Field, you must set up the field via the Language Properties

Wizard and set the data format to UTF-16.

Options for Database-Data Data Source fields

Optio

Description

Data

Source

Select the name of the database you want to connect to through ODBC. This is the data source

name (DSN) you assigned to the database in the ODBC Control Panel.

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

Field Select the name of the field in the database from which you want to retrieve data.

Note: If you have previously made a database connection, Loftware Label Manager remembers the last

database and table selected. If you are setting up a number of fields from the same database, the database and

table are automatically pre-set for you. You need only specify which field in the database contains the

information for the field on your label.

The bottom part of the Database-Data dialog box defines how this field is set up on the On-Demand

Print Form. The options are:

Display on Form

Defines if the retrieved data is displayed on the On-Demand Print Form and if the user is able to

override the retrieved data.

Option Description

Don’t

Display

Retrieves and prints the data, but it is not displayed on the On-Demand Print Form

Display, Do

Not Allow

Changes

Retrieves and displays the data in the On-Demand Print Form so the user can verify that

the correct data has been retrieved. The user, however, cannot change the data.

Display And

Allow

Changes

Retrieves and displays the data in the On-Demand Print Form so the user can verify that

the correct data has been retrieved, as well as allowing the user to make changes to the

retrieved data.

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