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This issue is not programming related. My hard drive on my laptop is dying and I need to make a image (bootable) of my main Windows 10 hard drive (SSHD). I only have on hard drive slot on my computer and was thinking I could make a complete (bootable) image of the main drive along with all...

Is there a font that can be used like the free barcode font?

An example of the data string to convert would be: "2022-0001-Star Wars"

I am a beginner / intermediate VBA programmer and need an easy to understand a code example that will accomplish the following: The table is mytable with the following fields: texttoread (string), qrcodeadd (string? ) Read the table mytable and generate a QR code that will be stored into the...

I tried to use the label wizard and no matter what I do I can only get 3 labels on a page. The label wizard is set to 3x5 size and the font for the field is 36 (free 3 of 9 extended). Am I not using the correct font?

I have some card stock that has the following dimensions: w=5in. H=3in Left and right removable margins = 1.5 in There are 4 cards per page like: = = = = I have done very little with reports so could some assistance. The data being printed is a barcode with the bar code "text" information on...

Hi Access Superheros! I am looking to pick your brains again. I am looking for the code (sample) to create a report of barcodes where the user is prompted for the beginning and ending barcode number incremented by 1 when code is executed. It would look something like the following: Form...

Thanks for the input. For what I am doing I think you're right. A standard bar code will capture all I need.

Just an update ... I did get the scanner in and it seems to work just fine. As you mentioned when I pull the trigger while on a text box the information is automatically entered. I went one step further and downloaded a free barcode font that gives me the ability to create and print out...

That sounds GREAT! I will get the scanner on the 21st and give it a try. Thanks!

I ordered a bar code scanner to play around with scanning barcodes into a ms access database. Does anyone have any code examples to link the scanner to the database to do immediate and/or batch scanning? I am going to take the Christmas break to see if I can make it work. Thanks in advance, Doc

I have been looking at the Wasp scanners an I have some questions. I am looking for one less than $100.00 with cradle that can scan a barcode/QR from a book to check it in/out of a library. The scanner is also needed to be used to scan a book and add it to my database with title information...

I am looking to purchase a barcode/QR scanner to work with my database. Any suggestions?

This is more than likely a simple question. I have a for that loads a record from a table and displays the record for editing. What I would like to happen is to change the background and/or text in a combo box if the data coming in meets a given condition, I.E. Private Sub Form_Load()...

I would like to thank everyone helping me to understand what constitutes a good design of databases. A little about myself; I spent 30 years programming mainframes, mini mainframes. I spent 10 years in banking, 10 years in retail and 10 years in transportation. My job was to create the...