Solved Add Barcode To Access Report (1 Viewer)

[jo15765]

Does Access 365 have the ability natively to add a barcode to a report? Basically take one of the fields from the query that is the control source of the report and convert it to a barcode?

 

[Dreamweaver]

There is code on the forum to work with a number of barcodes use the search feature you'll see quite a few results

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

Mick is correct there are some very good threads within access world forums on barcodes.

I also blog about barcodes on my website here:-

Barcodes - Nifty Access

Barcodes Bar-codes along with a bar-code scanner can be a very useful feature to add to your database. You can quickly scan in serial numbers from mass deliveries of items / components. Bar codes are also very handy for managing the repair process of an item returned for repair. For example, by...

www.niftyaccess.com

there are also some videos and some useful links.

 

[jo15765]

Thanks @MickJav & @Uncle Gizmo

Those have been very insightful to search and read. I didn't realize there were so many options! I just learned that I need to use the 3by9 barcode, so I am going to revisit some of the threads from search and see if anyone I find specifically uses that barcode.

 

[jo15765]

I've added the 3 of 9 font to my computer, I've opened my access report in design view, added a text box, set the control source of the text box to the ID field, and changed the font size to 14 and font to 3 of 9 Barcode.

When I print preview the report this is what I get ->

What am I missing that controls the length & height of this barcode? The text box that is set for this bar code is much larger, see below image ->

I just noticed also that when I print the report to PDF the barcode shows up as numerics instead of actually putting the barcode on the pdf?

I tried following this example also, but no barcode displays on my report ->

Adding Code 128/39 Barcodes to Access Reports

Hello all! I just wanted to add this amazing bit of code to the repository! In my recent searches, I've found that adding barcode capabilities to Access falls into one of two categories: Extremely basic (limited to using a "Barcode Font" to simulate barcodes), or Costly (paying for a...

www.accessforums.net

 

[jo15765]

Okay disregard, it was user error on my end.

All set now, thanks!