Making labels in VB?

[Max Moor]

Hi All,
I'm aware of the mailing label wizard that I can use to make labels
in Access based on Avery numbers. Is there a way I can do this through
function calls in VB, sheilding the user from most of it?
I have want the user to create their filtered list on addresses on
one of my forms, specify a label size or number, and have it happen without
doing the whole wizard in my app.
Can anyone point me to a good starting place in help or on the web to
learn about this (assuming it's possible without a ton of effort).

Thanks, Max

 

[Larry Linson]

Einstein, I think, was the one who said "as simple as possible, but no
simpler". To be honest, the Avery label wizard seems pretty darn simple to
me. Maybe you could create some "canned" reports for "likely" sizes of lable
and just choose one based on the label size the user chooses?

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

 

[Max Moor]

Einstein, I think, was the one who said "as simple as possible, but no
simpler". To be honest, the Avery label wizard seems pretty darn
simple to me. Maybe you could create some "canned" reports for
"likely" sizes of lable and just choose one based on the label size
the user chooses?

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

That's what I did once before. I didn't have the wizard (or didn't know
about it) at the time. I thought it would sure be cool if there were an
API for labels. Oh well.