Barcode

[splakidas]

Does any one knows how to print barcode that is readable with a barcode reader ? 

[Marco Lohnen]

The easiest way is to use Truetype barcode fonts. You can find several free fonts on the web with Google.
If you need a barcode you can just print the data with the necessary barcode font (39, EAN, 128?).


I attached a free version of 3of9 barcode font.

[John Syl.]

Not sure if you CAN print, but can't read or you CAN'T print, but I use label magic.   Now this may seem a bit odd, but when I print barcodes (using a label magic), I find if I use the best quality on my inkjet, the reader has a poblem trying to decipher the barcode, using draft mode, it never fails!! This will of course depend on printer ink and paper, but that's what works for me.

If I want to use in an app either I preprint the the barcode on a form or as suggested above, use the free barcode font. 

Preprinting  may sound a bit of a mess around, but sometimes you require different barcodes and paying for ALL the required barcodes is a whole lot of expense, when for a small outlay I can preprint lots of different barcodes on a form. 

If you are reading the barcode direct from the screen then font it has to be , unless you code it yourself...now there's a challenge. 

[GJ]

The easiest way is to use Truetype barcode fonts. You can find several free fonts on the web with Google.
If you need a barcode you can just print the data with the necessary barcode font (39, EAN, 128?).

http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=711 has a nice selection of them... 


GJ

[Brian]

Hi,

BlankReg had a working example on the IB Pro site - I'll see if I can
fish it out when I get home tonight

Brian

[Brian]

Well, I found the barcode example, it was in IBasic (not Pro), so I've converted
it to Ebasic

It wouldn't let me upload an *.eba file, so I've saved it as barcode.txt

Brian

[splakidas]

Thank you