Data Technologies, Inc.

DDEPrint

DDEPrint provides fast and reliable bar code printing services for Windows applications using Intermec printers. DDEPrint includes sample macros and program code that demonstrate how to print bar code labels from Excel, Access, FoxPro and Visual Basic applications.

DDEPrint uses DDE — Dynamic Data Exchange — to communicate with your application. Your program can then tell DDEPrint to download a format, check the printer status, print a label, or print directly from a *.DBF file. (DDEPrint is not used to design label formats; for a good label design program, take a look at what Loftware has to offer.)

Since DDEPrint uses DDE to communicate with your application, your application must support DDE as a destination. Most current business applications do. You must also write a short macro to print labels from your application. To show you how easy these macros are to write, here is the label-printing macro for Excel:

Sub PrintLabel()
   Chan= Application.DDEInitiate
   Set TheParam=Cell(7,2)
   Application.DDEPoke Chan, "Parameter", TheParam
   Application.DDEPoke Chan, "PrintLabel"
   Application.DDETerminate Chan
End Sub

That’s all there is to it!

Link Specifications:

DDEPrint supports all link types as a source (server).

Link Execute Commands Supported:

DDE Items Supported:

Hardware/Software Requirements:

• Windows 3.1, 95, 98, 2000, or NT is required.
• Serial ports supported: COM1 or COM2.
• Intermec printers supported: 3400, 4100, 4400, and 8600, or any Intermec printer which supports standard protocol.

Price and Availability:

List price is only $195! Shipping is not included.