Example of Creating Template Files with Visual Basic 2005
Create a Template File (Label Layout File)
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1.
Create a form with Visual Basic as follows.
- 2. Select Project -> Add Reference... to display the Add Reference dialog box and, in the COM tab, add BrssCom.
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Double-click the Print Label button and write the following event handler code.
Private Sub btnPrint_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnPrint.Click 'Create a b-PAC object Dim ObjDoc As bpac.Document ObjDoc = CreateObject("bpac.Document") 'Open a template file created with P-touch Editor 'Put the LBX file and the executable file in the same folder Dim bRet As Boolean bRet = ObjDoc.Open(".\Fixed asset name.lbx") If (bRet <> False) Then 'normally open? 'Assign data to the text object of "Fixed asset name" ObjDoc.GetObject("Name").Text = txtName.Text 'Assign data to the text object of Management section ObjDoc.GetObject("Section").Text = txtSection.Text 'Assign data to the text object of Identification No. ObjDoc.GetObject("Number").Text = txtNumber.Text 'Assign data to the barcode object ObjDoc.GetObject("QR Code1").Text = txtNumber.Text 'Print ObjDoc.StartPrint("DocumentName", bpac.PrintOptionConstants.bpoAutoCut) ObjDoc.PrintOut(1, bpac.PrintOptionConstants.bpoAutoCut) ObjDoc.EndPrint() 'Close the file ObjDoc.Close() Else Msgbox "No LBX file." End If 'Free the b-PAC object ObjDoc = Nothing End Sub
Note
- You can also change an image object and configure the font settings.
- For methods available from b-PAC, refer to the b-PAC SDK documentation.
- 4. Start the program and enter each item before clicking the Print Label button.
Labels are printed with values of cells of selected rows while the label layout file created with P-touch Editor is used as the template.
Note
To install the created software in another PC, b-PAC must be installed in the PC beforehand. b-PAC can be installed in the target PC in one of the following ways.
- Download the installer for the b-PAC client component and install b-PAC.
- Create an install project with Windows Installer (In Visual Studio 2005, select File -> Add -> New Project to display the Add New Project dialog box, then select Other Project Types -> Setup and Deployment -> Setup Project) and add a merge module (.msm file) of the b-PAC component to the install project (Select Project -> Add -> Merge Module and add ":\Program Files\Brother bPAC SDK\Redist\BrssCom.msm").
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