Avery Label Layouts VFP9

[EmmaLu]

In VFP6-8 I was able to use labels.reg along with labels.dbf/fpt to register default Avery label layouts. Then when I issue the command "Modify Label MyNewLabel" a window would open that allowed me to select from the registered list of Avery labels.

This doesn't seem to be an option with VFP9. I get the message "No Label Layouts Found". Is there a new way to easily create labels for standard Avery label forms in VFP9?

Thanks

 

[Olaf Doschke]

If you SET REPORTBEHAVIOR 80 everything should work as before.

Bye, Olaf.

 

[EmmaLu]

Olaf,

That does affect some of the report functions but does not work to fix my problem.

I still get the message "No Label Layouts Fould" But if I open VFP8 and type the same command it opens the screen to select the Avery formats??

 

[Olaf Doschke]

The term Avery formats is new to me. Did you install a plugin, third-party component to VFP8? Then you need to do that in VFP9 again. I don't think it's native VFP functionality, not even in VFP8.

Bye, Olaf.

 

[Imaginecorp]

The label.dbf contains Avery labels specs. Its in VFP9 root directory.

Unless your label.dbf is corrupted:
Modify label mylabel
still opens a window with the "choose layout..

 

[EmmaLu]

Actually I am not sure if it is 3rd party software. I thought it came from Microsoft, but it was too long ago to remember. I do remember that I got new files when I upgraded from VFP6 to VFP8.

There are 3 files LABELS.DBF, LABELS.FPT and LABELS.REG. They must be registered with this RUN command to work "C:\WINDOWS\system32\regedt32 labels.reg"

I notice that in the labels.reg file there is a reference to VFP8:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualFoxPro\8.0\Labels]

so that is likely the problem, but I am not that sharp on Window Registry so don't know if there is a fix.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Imaginecorp]

Emmalu;
I dont see a lables.reg in vfp9 sp2, nor do I ever remember ever registering it... Maybe VFP9 install did it for me...

 

[Olaf Doschke]

Labels.reg - Bingo! I find a labels.reg in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9\Tools\AddLabel

Double click the labels.reg file, allow Windows to regsiter it's stuff and you get back your label selection dialog when you create a new label.

Bye, Olaf.

 

[Imaginecorp]

Olaf; strange I have Never registered the label.reg. Never even knew of its existence. Yet when I put in
Modify label mylabel
the little window opens for me.
In vfp9 does it automatically register?

 

[EmmaLu]

Thanks Olaf, that was the answer. Its working great now!

EmmaLu

 

[Olaf Doschke]

Imaginecorp,

No, VFP9 does not automatically register this. I didn't get that dialog when creating a new label so far.

Bye, Olaf.

 

[Imaginecorp]

Olaf;
Like I have always suspected, there are little gremlins in all three of my computers that like me {lol}
Though on further checking I see Label.dbf, label.fpt in the root of VFP9 AND label.dbf, label.fpt and label.reg in Tools\addlabel\ .... strange.
Well anyway thanks to you, learnt how to avoid a future problem. Thanks

 

[Olaf Doschke]

I also see the label TABLE being duplicated in Home() and the Addlabel directory. This seems to be a flaw of the VFP98 setup then, if it's not by design. Could be both of you had done this manually, I newver saw such a selection of predefined labels, also not within VFP7 or 6, so I'd say this is a step you always needed to do manually, but you simply forgot that you had to...

Maybe someone else might verify, how different VFP versions behave directly after install. At least I assume those Avery labels are rather specific to the US market, in germany the typical brand for labels is "Zweckform".

I would assume not registering it by default was at least removed since there where no regional versions of VFP anymore, so maybe since VFP8. I wonder about the double installation of the table. And I haven't looked into it in detail, but as the predialog for new labels only seems to care for registry keys, that table also seems rather useless anyway, if I don't misinterpret it.

Maybe one should search for further .reg files within the Home() Dir to register other features....Ah, there...vfp10.reg

Just kidding...

Bye, Olaf.