Bob Patterson wrote: > Hi Michael ! > > Been doing this since about 1977 - the dot matrix IS the best way > to handle multi-part forms. > > Your customer has been wizzed by a fast-talking forms salesman - > 4 2/3 " is an ODDBALL form size - few forms manufacturers have the > equipment to make it = customer lock-in !! (Must run on a 28" or > 14" press ...) Any chance the form could be re-designed to be > 3 1/2" ?? Would be cheaper, and lots of competition ... and no > problems with software. > I'll research that and take that suggestion to the client if I find a forms vendor supporting that. Got any vendors you recommend?
> As someone else pointed out, the 2/3" is what's throwing the > spacing off ... You must specify 28 LINES at 6 lpi for the > form size - if WORD won't do that, then : > > One way I have programmed around that is to make the form > size 14", and set up the program to do 3 "actual forms" within > the 14" virtual form. It's a kludge, but it worked ! > (Means grabbing the next THREE customer names for each "form" ..) > Cool trick, and I've used this in different programming applications from over 20 years ago, but as for doing this with MS-Word, how would I do it? I realize it's Record, Record + 1, and Record + 2, then skip 3, but how does one do that in MS-Word? > I'd just do a Q&D FP label program, rather than mess with > WORD !! > My thoughts EXACTLY. I monkeyed with it for awhile, and then just decided after still not getting it to whip up a quick label with a fixed band height but the darn printer said "out of paper." I figured "I can make a VFP label for this thing in half the time I've wasted monkeying around with these MS-Word settings." Also, I liked the idea of not having the reluctance of MS-Office so much either. Now this customer already has MS-Office, so no problem, but I was just thinking outside the M$ camp too. Thanks for all of your thoughts/tips....keep 'em coming! --Michael -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
