Bar Code

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Arvin Meyer [MVP]

Sure is. Here's some information:

http://www.adams1.com/pub/russadam/share.html

I've used barcode fonts successfully and a USB reader. Our computer society
membership cards are bar-coded and members are signed in with a reader at
meetings. We use code 39, but others I've tried work just as well.
 
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Tony Toews [MVP]

Muriukis said:
Hi guys is there a way of using Bar Codes in a program designed in access
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Barcodes mean

1) a means of reading them. These devices usually fit between your
keyboard and your computer and mimic someone keying in the code
directly. All you need to do in your app is a little forms design to
ensure someone can continuously feed bar codes into your app and
change the quantity occasionally.

2) A means of printing them. Choose the proper barcode and locate an
appropriate font. Place the font file on all the systems which will
be printing bar codes. On the report(s) change the font on a field to
use the bar code font. Some bar codes like having *s before and after
while others like check digits.

For more info and links see the Using bar codes within an application
page at my website at http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/barcode.htm

Tony
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Thomas Lutz

The best way to print bar codes from an Access database application is
to use a bar code ActiveX control. You can use fonts however fonts
produce poor quality bar codes and they sometimes require that you
call a function to "massage" the data that you want to encode before
you can apply the font.
Anyhow, the best bar code ActiveX control that I know of is from
TALtech at:

http://www.taltech.com/products/activex_barcodes.html


You can download a demo version that includes sample a sample Access
database that demonstrates how to use it in Access.

For reading bar codes you have several options. You might want to read
the following article:
http://www.taltech.com/products/interface.htm
 
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Tony Toews [MVP]

Thomas Lutz said:
Anyhow, the best bar code ActiveX control that I know of is from
TALtech at:

http://www.taltech.com/products/activex_barcodes.html
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In the interests of transparent disclosure note that Thomas is an
employee of TALTech.

Tony
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Sean Cline

Thomas,
Since you seem to work with bar codes on a regular basis, i dont want to
print bar codes from Access I want to integrate them into a program I already
have in Access and use on a daily basis. Is this an option and if not are
there any options available?

Thanks,

Sean
 
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