Discussion on Label Orion #311-54LC

[roiphil]

thanks for info on US label i looked at GA048 for a label 6x4 but i could not see one, will have to have a play with the US one

It would be be great to print on 6x4 photo paper adding photo and text like in my pic through IGPRO

Had a play and have ran into a couple of problems
1, pic below is of label plants selection screen GA048S02 and all looks fine


2 This one is screen GA048S03 Editing Labels again all ok


3 Print preview this is where my problems lies how do i edit label to get text in correct place for height, flowering time etc

[ideasguy]

RE: 

i looked at GA048 for a label 6x4 but i could not see one

No there isnt one yet, but if you think its useful, I could do one.

RE:

how do i edit label to get text in correct place for height, flowering time etc

Thats the fields I mentioned above that are unfinished in my earlier posting.
The captions are set out as you can see.
Currently you have (as per your label)
Height
Flowering time
Colour
Sunlight
Zones
Prune

Those topics are only suggestions,for discussion with Toby , for US use.
I will make it so a) those captions are editable in the program, and b) you can enter the values for each caption.

As you have found in your testing, the text under the photo is free text which you can already enter in the program.
I'll leave that as is.

Now youve started it off, I could do with input from all as to what other captions they think should be included there.

[roiphil]

RE: 

i looked at GA048 for a label 6x4 but i could not see one

No there isnt one yet, but if you think its useful, I could do one.

RE:

how do i edit label to get text in correct place for height, flowering time etc

Thats the fields I mentioned above that are unfinished in my earlier posting.
The captions are set out as you can see.
Currently you have (as per your label)
Height
Flowering time
Colour
Sunlight
Zones
Prune

Those topics are only suggestions,for discussion with Toby , for US use.
I will make it so a) those captions are editable in the program, and b) you can enter the values for each caption.

As you have found in your testing, the text under the photo is free text which you can already enter in the program.
I'll leave that as is.

Now youve started it off, I could do with input from all as to what other captions they think should be included there.

firstly it would be good to have the same layout but on 6x4 photo paper, i think ideal if you do car boots or sell from home etc as all the info will be there and they will last longer than normal paper plus no need to laminate as you just put them away till next time

got you on the unfinished fields now, for the uk would you need zones, but if its a standard layout then leave it, add plant type ?,
over to discussion

[Kathy & Laurie]

......... Now youve started it off, I could do with input from all as to what other captions they think should be included there.

Spread of plant would be useful.

Laurie.

[ideasguy]

Yes, need that. Thanks Laurie

[bossgard]

On the original that I took this from, there is also listed:

Type of Plant: (Annual)
Special Attrributes: (Container Plants, Showy Flowers)
Susceptible to: (Black Spot, Root Rots)

The (words) of course, would be your own data.

If selling price is a factor, you might want to include area for that.

Happy you guys are taking action on the UK labeling program, now I know how George feels, when somebody takes one of his 'babies' and goes with it!

- Toby

[Kathy & Laurie]

Well Toby, George has done so much for us by giving us these fantastic programs, that the least we can do is make them the success they deserve. 

Use them to the very best of our abilities and request enhancements by adding additional features whenever necessary.

Software programs are forever evolving, so any program is never really finished.

Laurie.

[ideasguy]

Todays research was to investigate the use of Richtext in data fields in my software, as suggested by a US Bonsai Genie use (not a forum member)
I got it working nicely in a test program, so I will be able to do this.

On the way home, I realised that it would be great for this particular (labels) application.

Rich text allows you to make text bold, change font, select colours for text, underline etc.
Using that, the fields we are talking about could be free text (a region where you type you own text) and the user could edit to provide any text they wanted.
Then they could use the richtext buttons (Bold, italics etc) to format the elements of thje text to their precise requirements.
Thus, the user would not be restricted to the captions I set. They could do it any way they wish 
 
Need to do more work on this development.

[roiphil]

I feel responsible for making you the extra work george sorry  as i think this links into the 6x4 labels subject, so in return i would like to offer my services as a guinea pig for the test printing  , i just dont know how you do it all, a full time job, your garden, your software, how do you find the time, or has eric been round with his camera 

[ideasguy]

No need to be sorry Phil. On the contrary, its time for rejoicing 
When people are keen to use the software and offer suggestions to move it on further, I'm more than happy.
All these little enhancements add up!
As Toby said, these program are each like babies to me, and I think Toby has adopted that particular one!
Its really nice to have help to make them grow and mature.

[roiphil]

No need to be sorry Phil. On the contrary, its time for rejoicing 
When people are keen to use the software and offer suggestions to move it on further, I'm more than happy.
All these little enhancements add up!
As Toby said, these program are each like babies to me, and I think Toby has adopted that particular one!
Its really nice to have help to make them grow and mature.

that good then whatever you do on the labels will certainly come in handy 

[ideasguy]

OK, more development work his morning, and I'm over the moon!
Heres an example of what Ive done with GA048, using richtext.
Note the Bold and lower case mix down the RHS of the label
That is now free text, so you can type in anything you like, make selected words bold, underline, coloured etc.
 

[roiphil]

looking very good you should be proud of that 

[ideasguy]

Something new for you to try.
After more than a week of research, Richtext has now been added to IG Pro.
Ive worked it into the Labels program.

2 Downloads:
a) GA048
http://www.ideasgenie.com/updates-igpro/GA048-dl.exe

b) Labels:
http://www.ideasgenie.com/updates-igpro/labelcds-dl.exe

Start IG Pro
Under Labels tab start GA048
Should indicate Version 20 when started up

In the Select a Label pop-up, select Orion #311 54LC
Click on the New Labels button
Proceed as normal to add plants to the two label images in the template.
Click Edit.
This takes you to a new screen with the richtext options.
See what you can do with it.

Heres what I did in my testing:

[ideasguy]

The work screen GA048S08 looked like this when the editing was finished: