"Danny" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote

Determine which of the standard barcodes you want to use, and find yourself
a font for that barcode -- Google is your friend. If you want to
pre-barcode mail, you'll have to get approval from the USPS for some samples
that you've printed.

Larry Linson

You should buy an off the shelf program.
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Jeff C
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"Danny" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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Most choices for creating barcodes use a barcode font. The Access 97
(convertable to other versions) actually draws them out:

http://www.barcode-1.com/pub/russada.../barcode39.mdb
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Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
http://www.accessmvp.com

IDautomation also provide free barcode

SF

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"Danny" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

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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For printing bar codes from Access, you would be best off using a bar
code ActiveX control like the one from TAL Technologies at the
following URL:
http://www.taltech.com/products/activex_barcodes.html
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.
Bar code fonts generally produce very poor quality bar codes and they
are not as easy to use as an ActiveX control for most types of bar
codes.


On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:14:16 +0700, "Danny" <(E-Mail Removed)>
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Thomas Lutz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> For printing bar codes from Access, you would be best off using a
> bar code ActiveX control like the one from TAL Technologies at the
> following URL:

Malarkey.

The only cases where plugins help is if you have to create barcodes
in a particular complex format. Most barcodes are just numbers
printed in a weird font, and the hard part is figuring out how to
get the numbers in the right format.

Barcodes are not nearly as mysterious as they might seem.

And I would never want to introduce a dependency on an ActiveX
control into my applications. That way leads to madness.

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David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/
usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/

I agree, I have seen and used excellent barcode fonts that work perfectly
every time.

The database code that I posted earlier has been in use for 9 or 10 years
that I know of. It draws the barcode using Access line drawing and I have
personally used that code without negative incident for years. I have
nothing against using an ActiveX control, provided it stays supported.

Although I haven't personally used it, I do believe the control sold by Tom
Lutz is an excellent control. His company has been around for quite some
time.
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Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
http://www.accessmvp.com

"David W. Fenton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Thomas Lutz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>> For printing bar codes from Access, you would be best off using a
>> bar code ActiveX control like the one from TAL Technologies at the
>> following URL:
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> Malarkey.
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> The only cases where plugins help is if you have to create barcodes
> in a particular complex format. Most barcodes are just numbers
> printed in a weird font, and the hard part is figuring out how to
> get the numbers in the right format.
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> Barcodes are not nearly as mysterious as they might seem.
>
> And I would never want to introduce a dependency on an ActiveX
> control into my applications. That way leads to madness.
>
> --
> David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/
> usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/

Use a barcode font. Very simple. Take a look at US Postal Fontware from
morovia.com:
http://www.morovia.com/font/usp.asp