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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How can I calculate week number and year in Python in NiceForm?
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Chaining comparison operators in Python
One of the little known facts about Python that can come handy is a possibility to chain comparison operators like this: x = 5; print 3 < x < 10; print x < 10 < x*10; or x == y…
How can I automate NiceLabel from a scripting language like VBScript or Python?
You can find two examples of automating NiceLabel from a scripting language. The first one is in VBScript and the other one in Python. Both samples do the same thing: run NiceLabel, open label file, iterate through a list of…
How can I programmatically get a preview of a label from NiceLabel?
Getting a preview of a label from NiceLabel is quite easy. All you have to do is call GetLabelPreviewEx method of the INiceLabel interface. GetLabelPreviewEx has 6 parameters: file name: full path to the file where NiceLabel will generate image…
How can I programmatically get a list of variables from NiceLabel?
The following piece of code shows how you can programmatically get a list of variables from a label (.lbl) file. For this sample to work you will have to add reference to “niceengine5wr.dll” that is usually installed in the “c:\Program…