The long awaited BETA of PCLabel [testers needed]

[Tegan]

Hello all,

Well we are getting closer everyday to our ultimate goal. A completed program.
I work for a two man software company in a small Nebraska town.

For the last 5 months my partner and I have been designing a Label Design program in VB6. It has been a very rewarding experience and we have both learned a lot.

I want to thank everybody at VBForums that has helped me with my questions; either directly or indirectly by my searches.

I have attached our program PCLabel in its compiled state. I would love to gather constructive input and suggestions for the forum. If you happen to find a particular tidbit of how the program operates interesting I would be happy to post some source code.

This program is a beta version and has many obvious glitches and bugs that we are aware of. In the event you find a less obvious bug or annoyance please share.

Many things to come from this project in the future. We have to push VB to it's limits!!

Please read the readme file of the attached self extracting exe below before you run the program.

If this is the wrong forum Hack I'm sorry. I think this is going to evolve into me posting some source for interested parties also.

The program can be downloaded by clicking the link below.
BasicWare Software PCLabel Beta 1.0

Furthermore for program screenshots visit
http://www.basic-ware.com/Screenshots/ or check out my Previous Thread

Thanks and I appreciate your input.

[lerroux]

aight, i'll try it... but what does it do? exactly?

[lerroux]

ok... here's an error: subscript out of range...
goto>> new label then new barcode label... click anything you want then click back...
you'll get the error and also... next button is disabled

[Tegan]

The barcode portion is not functional as of yet along with a few other parts including printing.

I will have the barcode portion developed in the next few days Thanks for your input it's welcomed

[7331John]

A few errors :
1)
I registered the files but its still giving me this error:


2)
Help button doesnt work for me ?

3)
As leroux said, next button is disabled most of the times

[Tegan]

Envelopes and Barcodes are undercontruction. Should be nearly completed by the next few days.

I will look into that issue. Maybe I have used a bad call somewhere. Thanks for your input.

Edit: Looks like a hold up on that issue. The program really doesnt really do any of the neat stuff if it can't get past that issue. I'm on it right now.

[Tegan]

Verified and fixed the bug brought to our attention by 7331John.

We forgot to include a required dll. (SmartMenuXP.dll)
After adding it to the batch file, the problem was corrected.
The updated code has been uploaded to our server.

Again, our thanks to 7331John.
We probably wouldn't have ever noticed that problem on the machines we code on. I'm beginning to see the advantages of beta testing in a different environment.

[Tegan]

Anybody else find obscure bugs or have any constructive input for our GUI?

[7331John]

Did some more 'testing'
- Barcode color button doesnt do anything, Next button is disabled


- This error is showing while trying to close "saved labels" & imported databases"


- Done button isn't doing anything
- on the left form in the pic u can't read the label (in the circle)
- when clicking accept on the "add/edit label stock" form its giving an error

I hope this is usefull.

[Mark Gambo]

. . . I have attached our program PCLabel in its compiled state. I would love to gather constructive input and suggestions for the forum. . .

I don't know too many people here that are going to run a compiled program on there machine without first examining the source code.

[Jmacp]

The batch file to register the ocx's copies them to C:\windows\system32 sure this should be, C:\windows\system and it doesnt copy them and register them anyhoo.

Edit:: I see what the problem is, my windows directory is actually called C:\windows.001\system. I think you need to use the setup app to find the system directory.

[Tegan]

7331John,

Some good pointers there.
The unload problem is an odd one.
I'm going to work on several of the problems you mentioned right now and I'll probably update the code on the server later this evening.

I have two quick questions for you.
1) Did the preloaded label stock types load correctly and let you view/edit them?
2) What version of Windows are you running?

[7331John]

7331John,
I have two quick questions for you.
1) Did the preloaded label stock types load correctly and let you view/edit them?
2) What version of Windows are you running?

1)
No, nothing happens when i double click, or select the test and hit the edit/view button

2)
system| Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version| 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600