Bar code fonts are not as easy to use as th publishers of bar code
fonts would have you think. Bar codes are not just a straight
"character to bar pattern" substitution. In other words you cannot
just select some text, change its font to a bar code font and expect
to get a readable bar code. Bar codes contain start and stop patterns,
check digits and in most cases a complex algorithm must be run on the
data being encoded to end up with a new character string that a bar
code font is then applied to. Bar code fonts also generally produce
very poor quality bar codes that can be difficult to scan.
For printing bar codes from Access, you would be best off using a bar
code ActiveX control that produces a high resolution vector style
graphic image like the one fromTAL Technologies at the
following URL:
http://www.taltech.com/products/activex_barcodes.html
Bar code ActiveX controls integrate very easily into an Access
database report and are therefore extremely easy to use. They also
perform all necesary calculations for you and the better ones produce
a high resolution and completely device independent vector image that
will print perfectly on any printer.
Adding a bar code to an Access report using an ActiveX control is also
as easy as dropping in a textbox control. I would recommend that you
download the demo of the TAL Bar Code ActiveX control from the above
URL and take a look at the sample Access database that is provide with
the demo.
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 03:54:02 -0700, Ali, Sifte
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I want to print Bar Code on Access Reports. Is it possible staying within
>Access using VBA. Can some body help me. Its burning issue for me.
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