Author: alesp

NiceLabel Automation Unleashed

In beginning of April, NiceLabel Automation was released. For the past six months or so I have been working on a book about this great product. So here it is: NiceLabel Automation Unleashed. You can download it right now from

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R.I.P. Norman Joseph Woodland

Norman Joseph Woodland, one of the inventors of the barcode, died on Sunday, December 9th, 2012. He was 91 years old. More about his life: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Joseph_Woodland http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/business/n-joseph-woodland-inventor-of-the-bar-code-dies-at-91.html?_r=0

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What is new in NiceForm 6.0?

Besides quite a few bug fixes, there were several changes made in NiceForm 6. New Look First thing you will notice when you start NiceForm is the new look. By default NiceForm now shows large icons. Also the user interface

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How can I calculate week number and year in Python in NiceForm?

Sometimes you need to have a year and/or week number on a label or in a form. The following script calculates both. import sys if sys.platform == ‘silverlight’: import System from System.Globalization import * culture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture; dt = System.DateTime.Now

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Label Structure 2.9.5

New version of Label Structure has been available for download for a few days now. Several changes have been made: Label Structure now supports NiceLabel 5 and NiceLabel 6. If you have both versions installed on your computer, Label Structure

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