Printing text field on a report with leading and ending "*"

[Jim Halbert]

Hello All,

I need to print a text field on a report that will embed an asterisk at
the beginning of the field and at the end of the field. Spacing is
critical as the field uses a bar code font. The asterisks are needed to
allow a bar code reader to read the printed bar code. How do I embed the
the asterisks in a text field that does not have the asterisks as part of
the data? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jim Halbert
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[Wayne Morgan]

Make the textbox a calculated textbox.

Example Control Source:
="*" & [FieldName] & "*"