Printing Labels

The LIST-LABEL and SORT-LABEL commands output items in individual blocks or labels.

Labels may be used for mailings or to identify inventory items. The size of the labels and their position on the page may be set by the user, which makes it possible to output items on pre-printed paper labels of any size.

The LIST-LABEL command can be used to output items onto pre-printed labels. For example:

In contrast, the LIST and SORT commands rely on the Attribute Definition items in the file dictionary to determine the basic format of a report.

The following topics are presented in this section:

LIST-LABEL Syntax

Defining a Label Format

Generating Labels with a Proc

See Also

Using INFO/ACCESS Commands for Special Processing

Generating Statistics (COUNT, SUM, and STAT)

Copying Items to and from Backup Media

Restructuring File Items