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Article #1924D problem
From: price carl wayne
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 21:49
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 21:49
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I'm having a problem with 4D that I thought someone might have already solved. I want to print labels sorted by zip code, but the problem is the mailing address can come from one of two files. The only way I've been able to think of to do this would be with an array, but this tends to be very memory intensive for a large mailing list. Has anyone done this? If more info is needed (ie I'm not stating my problem clearly) mail me and I'll provide more info. On another note, I've finished writing a procedure to properly produce the ABC zip-code with framing bars so that USPS barcodes can be printed using the USPS barcode font available from Sumex (I haven't sent these through the post office yet, so I can't say if the font works on the Post Offices barcode readers, but the numbers come out according to the post office Regulations.) If you want the code so you can adapt it to your database, e-mail me and I'll either mail you a copy, or if there is enough intrest I will post it. Note: This code is not as clean as I would have liked, there are some things that could have been done more elagently in another language, but I couldn't find the commands in the 4D language. It does work however, so It is a good point to start on your own. You will have to adapt it for you application since it is written specificly for my app. --Carl -- Carl W. Price * * Work keeps us from three evils: * Computer Engineering Student * * boredom, vice, and need. * Oregon State University * * * pricec@prism.cs.orst.edu * * ---Voltaire *
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!mips!cs.uoregon.edu!ogicse!orstcs!orstcs!usenetusenet From: pricec@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (price carl wayne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases Subject: 4D problem Message-ID: <1992Aug14.214912.9278@CS.ORST.EDU> Date: 14 Aug 92 21:49:12 GMT Sender: usenet@CS.ORST.EDU Organization: Oregon State University, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 29 Nntp-Posting-Host: prism.cs.orst.edu