Generate Scannable Bar Code

[jsdba]

Hi experts,

I is it possible to generate a bar-code that which is a path to a file name on my server from access 2010? if so here is what i would like to do:

- for each expense i enter in my application i'd like to generate and print a bar-code

- scan bar-code on copy machine (which is path and file name of document to be scanned)

- scan my expense receipt (copy machine now knows where to send the receipt and how to name the file ala the bar-code that was scanned)

I'm not sure if this is at all possible using only access and vba. Any help or advice is very much appreciated.

thanks

 

[MSAccessRookie]

As part of a previous project that I worked On, I needed to generate Bar Codes using MS Access 2003. I soon discovered that it was as easy as obtaining a new set of Fonts for my computer, and assigning the Bar Code Font to the Label that contained the Bar Code. I suspect that this method will work for Access 2010 as well.

It was a number of years back, so I not longer have any specific Fonts to recommend, but I am sure that they can be found via Internet Search. One thing that I do remember, was that some Fonts were available for free, and others were not. Good luck finding a Font that works for you.

-- Rookie

 

[jsdba]

Finding a bar-code font that works is probably the easier part. Scanning to the copy machine to read path and fine name is the real monster i think. Any ideas there?