Re: Barcode Printing Anyone?

rife_at_aarlo.moffitt.usf.edu (Mike Rife) wrote:

>I have a requirement to print barcodes from within a Forms 4.5 module.
>Does anyone have suggestions for barcoding software? I am looking for
>already developed or algorithms that I can implement in C or PL/SQL.
>Any suggestions or war stories? Thanks.

There are fonts available that will make the task fairly easy. If you use Code 39 a checksum is not required; other code symbologies, such as Code 128, generally require a checksum, but that takes just a small bit of code.

If you are in a Windows environment, TrueType fonts work nicely. If you can't use TrueType but are printing to a Hewlett-Packard or compatible PCL-5 printer you can download a bit-mapped barcode font.

Check our web site at http://www.mecsw.com for information on available fonts and other barcode software.

Bob Lounsbury
MEC Software
bar code specialists
http://www.mecsw.com Received on Tue Nov 21 1995 - 00:00:00 CET