[AccessD] Adding Bar Coding and Scanners to an Access Application

Rocky Smolin rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Thu Feb 14 13:46:46 CST 2013


For input I'd go with the 'wedge' approach:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode_reader

For output, you need a bar code font - easy to Google up, and add that to
your reports.

R
 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Brad Marks
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:28 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] Adding Bar Coding and Scanners to an Access Application

All,

In order to save time and improve accuracy, our Vice President of Operations
would like for me to look into the possibility of using bar codes to collect
"labor" information from the factory floor.  This is basically to record the
number of parts that are completed by a work-center.  To do this, we would
like to use a scanner to read the "Job Number" from an Access report
(Factory Floor "Traveler").

I have some experience with bar coding back in the 1970s in an IBM mainframe
environment, in a prior life, on a different planet  :-)

I have no experience with bar coding in the Microsoft Access realm.

If I have an Access report that has a key (such as "A12345") how can I add a
bar code to the report for this piece of information?

If I am able to print a bar code for such a piece of information on a
report, what is needed in order to use a scanner to "input" this key into an
Access application or other Windows-based application?

Thanks,
Brad

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