Darren DICK
d.dick at uws.edu.au
Mon Dec 6 22:33:42 CST 2004
Hi David Barcodes are literally a world within a world There a zillions of different sorts - doing different jobs - designed for different applications I assume you would like the barcode to look and behave similar to the The common ones that we mostly see on ID cards, Library cards, Shampoo bottles and general groceries, yes? One of the most common is a barcode called 3 of 9 (No it's not a star Trek Character) The easiest ones to manage are the ones that are True Type Fonts and can Simply be added to your Font folder and accessed from the Font Combo on most Formatting toolbars Have a look at http://www.barcodingfonts.com/bar39.htm?key=Gcode39 http://www.squaregear.net/fonts/free3of9.shtml The one I use in most places is.... http://ukdownloads.net/featured/idautomation/ I googled up this... http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=%22Automation%22+%2B+barcode&meta= If you are interested in a (not so quick) explanation go to http://www.spatula.net/proc/barcode/code39.src Hope this helps See ya Darren -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of David Emerson Sent: Tuesday, 7 December 2004 2:17 PM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [AccessD] Bar Code Readers I have a client that wants to have their client numbers printed in bar code format on their client statements so that a bar code reader can be used to scan the bar code and match it with the customer in the database (this is for processing payments). Does anyone have any pointers on what to do? Regards David Emerson Dalyn Software Ltd 25 Cunliffe St, Churton Park Wellington, New Zealand Ph/Fax (04) 478-7456 Mobile 027-280-9348 -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com