List & Label

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List & Label
Developer(s) combit GmbH
Initial release1992;32 years ago (1992)
Stable release
29 / 19 October 2023;2 months ago (2023-10-19)
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Available in English, German, French, Czech, Danish, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovak, Japanese, Simplified Chinese
Type Reporting software
License Proprietary
Website www.combit.com

List & Label is a professional reporting tool for software developers. It provides comprehensive design, print and export functions. The software component runs on Microsoft Windows and can be implemented in desktop, cloud and web applications. List & Label can be used to create user-defined dashboards, lists, invoices, forms and labels. It supports many development environments, frameworks and programming languages such as Microsoft Visual Studio, Embarcadero RAD Studio, .NET Framework, .NET Core, ASP.NET, C++, Delphi, Java, C Sharp and some more. List & Label either retrieves data from various sources via data binding, or works database independent. Reports are designed and created in the so-called List & Label Designer and then exported into a multitude of formats like PDF, Excel, XHTML and RTF. Since version 27 a web report designer for ASP.NET MVC is available.

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History

The product was first released in 1992 by combit. The current version is 29. [1] A new major version of List & Label is released every fall, usually in October. Updates are available several times a year via Service Pack. [2]

Features

Report Designer

The Designer enables users to graphically layout the report. It offers report objects such as tables, charts, crosstabs, gauges, HTML, conditionally formatted text, barcodes, matrix codes, and graphics, and is extensible using third-party add-ons. User applications can interact with the report via the programmable object model of the report. An HTML5 viewer is also available.

Web Report Designer

The web report designer works browser-based and independent from printer drivers and spoolers - that makes deployments to the cloud easier. Just like the use of the Visual Studio deployment pipeline.

Data Sources

Depending on the programming language, the product offers automatic support for data sources:

Additionally, the product offers support for unbound data and can be extended to support other data sources via interfaces. [3]

Output Options

Target Audience

List & Label can be used in Windows development environments. While it competes most notably on the Microsoft .NET platform with other products such as Crystal Reports, SQL Server Reporting Services, ActiveReports, there are few competing products for other programming languages (e.g. Progress, Alaska Xbase++, Visual DataFlex).

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References

  1. ↑ "combit Releases Version 29 of List & Label". 20 October 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Overview Service Packs" . Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 "List & Label Programmer's manual" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "it republik - Das umfassende Portal zu allen IT-Themen". it-republik.de.
  5. ↑ "Reader's Choice Award 2007: "Best Reporting Tool", dot.net magazine".
  6. ↑ "Stevie Awards 2021: Best Technology for Data Visualization". stevieawards.com.
  7. ↑ "component source publisher awards 2013-2014". componentsource.com.
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