List & Label
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List & Label is a reporting tool for developers to enable the design and print of reports in Microsoft Windows
applications. It supports data sources and development environments such as Microsoft Visual Studio
, Embarcadero RAD Studio.
Reports are designed once in the interactive Designer and can then be exported to formats such as PDF, Excel
, XHTML
and RTF
. For the custom preview format, a free viewer application is available. The Designer can be used by end-users royalty free with all paid editions of List & Label.
, formatted text, barcodes, matrix codes, lines, rectangles and images. Object properties can either have a fixed value or a conditional formatting. The Designer can be extended by the developer – custom objects, functions and menu actions are supported. The application can interact with the report via the programmable object model of the report.
Additionally, the product offers support for unbound data and can be extended to support other data source
s via interfaces.
, SQL Server Reporting Services
, ActiveReports
, and Telerik Reporting
most notably on the Microsoft .NET platform, there are few competing products for other programming languages (e.g. Progress, Alaska Xbase++, Visual DataFlex
).
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
applications. It supports data sources and development environments such as Microsoft Visual Studio
Microsoft Visual Studio
Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment from Microsoft. It is used to develop console and graphical user interface applications along with Windows Forms applications, web sites, web applications, and web services in both native code together with managed code for all...
, Embarcadero RAD Studio.
Reports are designed once in the interactive Designer and can then be exported to formats such as PDF, Excel
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel is a proprietary commercial spreadsheet application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications...
, XHTML
XHTML
XHTML is a family of XML markup languages that mirror or extend versions of the widely-used Hypertext Markup Language , the language in which web pages are written....
and RTF
Rich Text Format
The Rich Text Format is a proprietary document file format with published specification developed by Microsoft Corporation since 1987 for Microsoft products and for cross-platform document interchange....
. For the custom preview format, a free viewer application is available. The Designer can be used by end-users royalty free with all paid editions of List & Label.
History
The product was first released in 1992 by combit. The current version is 16, released in October 2010.Report Designer
The Designer enables users to graphically layout the report. It offers report objects such as tables, charts, crosstabs, gauges, HTMLHTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
, formatted text, barcodes, matrix codes, lines, rectangles and images. Object properties can either have a fixed value or a conditional formatting. The Designer can be extended by the developer – custom objects, functions and menu actions are supported. The application can interact with the report via the programmable object model of the report.
Data Sources
Depending on the programming language, the product offers automatic support for data sources:- Databases such as Microsoft SQL ServerMicrosoft SQL ServerMicrosoft SQL Server is a relational database server, developed by Microsoft: It is a software product whose primary function is to store and retrieve data as requested by other software applications, be it those on the same computer or those running on another computer across a network...
, OracleOracleIn Classical Antiquity, an oracle was a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic predictions or precognition of the future, inspired by the gods. As such it is a form of divination....
, MySQLMySQLMySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My...
, PostgreSQLPostgreSQLPostgreSQL, often simply Postgres, is an object-relational database management system available for many platforms including Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, MS Windows and Mac OS X. It is released under the PostgreSQL License, which is an MIT-style license, and is thus free and open source software...
, IBM DB2IBM DB2The IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition is a relational model database server developed by IBM. It primarily runs on Unix , Linux, IBM i , z/OS and Windows servers. DB2 also powers the different IBM InfoSphere Warehouse editions...
, SQLiteSQLiteSQLite is an ACID-compliant embedded relational database management system contained in a relatively small C programming library. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain and implements most of the SQL standard... - XMLXMLExtensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
data - Business objects
- Data sourceData sourceA data source is any of the following types of sources for digitized data:*a database** in the Java software platform, datasource is a special name for the connection set up to a database from a server*a computer file*a data stream...
s that can be accessed via OLE DBOLE DBOLE DB is an API designed by Microsoft for accessing data from a variety of sources in an uniform manner. It is a set of interfaces implemented using the Component Object Model ; it is otherwise unrelated to OLE...
, ODBC or ADOADO.NETADO.NET is a set of computer software components that programmers can use to access data and data services. It is a part of the base class library that is included with the Microsoft .NET Framework. It is commonly used by programmers to access and modify data stored in relational database systems,... - LINQLINQLinq is a word-based card game from Endless Games, introduced at the American International Toy Fair in 2005.Game play requires at least four players, two of whom are dealt cards with the same word, while the others receive blanks. The goal is to gain points by correctly naming the players with...
data and data from web services
Additionally, the product offers support for unbound data and can be extended to support other data source
Data source
A data source is any of the following types of sources for digitized data:*a database** in the Java software platform, datasource is a special name for the connection set up to a database from a server*a computer file*a data stream...
s via interfaces.
Export Formats
- XHTMLXHTMLXHTML is a family of XML markup languages that mirror or extend versions of the widely-used Hypertext Markup Language , the language in which web pages are written....
/MHTMLMHTMLMHTML, short for MIME HTML, is a web page archive format used to combine resources that are typically represented by external links together with HTML code into a single file. The content of an MHTML file is encoded as if it were an HTML e-mail message, using the MIME type multipart/related...
/HTMLHTMLHyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.... - Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Excel is a proprietary commercial spreadsheet application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications...
- Rich Text FormatRich Text FormatThe Rich Text Format is a proprietary document file format with published specification developed by Microsoft Corporation since 1987 for Microsoft products and for cross-platform document interchange....
- XPSXPSXPS may refer to:* X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy XPS, also known as ESCA* Exopolysaccharide, or extracellular polymeric substance, a sliming substance secreted by bacteria and responsible for cells adhesion onto surfaces and in biofilms...
- XMLXMLExtensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
- Plain textPlain textIn computing, plain text is the contents of an ordinary sequential file readable as textual material without much processing, usually opposed to formatted text....
- Image Formats (PNG, TIFF, Multi-TIFF, JPEGJPEGIn computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....
, BMP, EMFWindows MetafileWindows Metafile is a graphics file format on Microsoft Windows systems, originally designed in the 1990s. Windows Metafiles are intended to be portable between applications and may contain both vector graphics and bitmap components....
)
Target Audience
List & Label can be used in Windows development environments. While it competes with other products such as Crystal ReportsCrystal Reports
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, SQL Server Reporting Services
SQL Server Reporting Services
SQL Server Reporting Services is a server-based report generation software system from Microsoft. It can be used to prepare and deliver a variety of interactive and printed reports. It is administered via a web interface...
, ActiveReports
ActiveReports
ActiveReports is a .NET reporting tool used by developers of WinForms and ASP.NET applications. It was originally developed by Data Dynamics, which was then acquired by GrapeCity. ActiveReports is a set of components and tools that facilitates the production of reports to display data in documents...
, and Telerik Reporting
Telerik Reporting
Telerik Reporting is a .NET reporting software for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. The product is developed and sold by the .NET solutions provider Telerik and launched in 2008.- Overview :...
most notably on the Microsoft .NET platform, there are few competing products for other programming languages (e.g. Progress, Alaska Xbase++, Visual DataFlex
Visual DataFlex
Visual DataFlex is a 4GL windows programming language by Data Access, targeted at creating database and client-server type programs.- Architecture :Visual DataFlex has a 3-layer architecture:Bottom layer: At this level you have the database tables....
).
Awards
- Rating: "very good". "List & Label is the most important development tool made in Germany ...", PC Magazin 01/09
- Reader's Choice Award 2008: "Best Component", dotnetpro magazine
- Reader's Choice Award 2008: "Best Reporting-Tool", dot.net magazine
- Test result "Top product, Rating: very good", PC Magazin 02/08
- Reader's Choice Award 2007: "Best Component", dotnetpro magazine
- Reader's Choice Award 2007: "Best Reporting Tool", Der Entwickler (The Developer)
- Reader's Choice Award 2007: "Best Reporting Tool", dot.net magazine
- "Final grade: very good; highest rating: 5 out of 5 points", PC Magazin 12/06
- Reader's Choice Award 2006: "Best Database Tool", dot.net magazine
- Reader's Choice Award 2006: "Bestes Reporting-Tool"
- "Final grade: very good; highest rating: 5 out of 5 points". "Awarded: Top Product List & Label", PC Magazin 10/05
- "Rating: 1.4". "Usability: 1.5 + user friendly report designer". "List & Label is a classic among the reporting tools.", PC Welt online (PC World) 08/05
- Readers Choice Award 2005: "Best Database Tool", dot.net magazine 04/05
- Readers Choice Award 2005: "Best Reporting-Tool", Der Entwickler (The Developer) 03/05
- Readers Choice Award 2006: "Best Reporting Tool", Der Entwickler (The Developer) 05/03
- Awarded "Top Product; Rating: 95 out of 100 points", PC Magazin 10/01
- "Giving stars with 0-5 stars? This product is 5+ and a must have for any developer that designs reports, lists and labels.", thexbasefiles.com
Reviews
- "Rating: 4 out of 5 stars", DevConnections
- Test result: "very good", PC Magazin 03/2010
- "Build custom reports", Visual Studio Magazine
- First Look, Review List & Label 11, Visual Studio Magazine
- "Class Winner of all Report Generators", PC Welt (PC World) 11/05
- "final grade: best/very good", PC Welt (PC World) 05/04