
Loftware Label Manager's Database Connection Types
Using this advanced technique, you could set up one AIAG label for all your automotive customers, but
have FORD part numbers use a FORD serial number sequence, and GM part numbers use a GM serial
number sequence. Loftware Label Manager can look up which serial number to use from the database.
You must create all serial files specified in your database before you can do any printing. Refer to the
section below for a technique for creating multiple serial files.
The Database-Serial setup dialog defines the connection to the database. This connection is the same as
described above for Database-Data.
Key Description
Data
Sour
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Select the name of the database to which you want to connect. This is the data source name (DSN) you
assigned to the database in the ODBC Control Panel. See Database-Key notes on Data Source Name.
Table Select the name of the specific table in the database to which you want to connect.
Field
Select the name of the field name in the database that contains the name of the serial number file that you
want to retrieve data from for this field on the label. Note: Full pathnames should be supplied if other than
the default. Not all serial files specified in the database contain extensions.
The following example shows a sample section of a database that calls out serial file names in the
Serial_Num column.
Figure 8.8: Database calling out serial file names
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