Providing that you have a valid postage account with Deutsche Post AG, with List & Label 22 you can equip your letters with a valid franking within the List & Label Report Designer. After printing they can be dropped off directly into the mailbox. No more searching for appropriate stamps or glue on your tongue!
Integrating the franking service Internetmarke is quite straightforward: If you build your application with the Microsoft .NET Framework and use List & Label as reporting component, you can now reference an additional combit .NET assembly to use the franking service Internetmarke directly in the List & Label Designer. In your .NET code, simply create an instance of the ‘EPortoObject’ designer object using your credentials for the integration of the web service Internetmarke from Deutsche Post AG and assign it to List & Label:
using combit.ListLabel22.Internetmarke;
using (ListLabel LL = new ListLabel())
{
// Set license key for List & Label
LL.LicensingInfo = "<insert your personal List & Label license key here>";
// Assign data source to List & Label
LL.DataSource = new ObjectDataProvider(GenericList.GetGenericList());
LL.DataMember = "Customer";
LL.AutoMasterMode = LlAutoMasterMode.AsVariables;
// Create and add the designer object for using Internetmarke in List & Label
using (EPortoObject internetMarkeObj = new EPortoObject(
LL,
"<Partner-ID>",
"<Key-Phase>",
"<Signatur-Key>"
))
{
// Add the created designer object for using Internetmarke in List & Label
LL.DesignerObjects.Add(internetMarkeObj);
// Start the List & Label designer
LL.Design();
}
}
At runtime in the List & Label Designer you can then easily place a franking like any other object into your report together with the desired address data. A valid franking will be created while printing, so that the printed letter can be dropped off in the mailbox directly afterwards.
Further details about integrating Internetmarke can be found on our German Website.
To our international readers: If the postal service in your country provides a service similar to Internetmarke and you would like to access it with List & Label, please let us know and we’ll check out what we can do for you.
Daniel trained with combit as a programmer specialized in software development. He is now engaged in software development and fosters business cooperations. He conducts software trainings and supports the sales team as technical advisor. In his spare time he enjoys mountainbiking around Lake Constance and in the Swiss Alps closeby.
