Looking for a simple way to create a qr code and load into a database

[JPFred]

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 field qrcodeadd for the read record. i.e.

read table mytable
using the data in the texttoread field, generate the qrcode that will be stored in the field qrcodeadd
read next record

I realize that this example is very basic but is shows that I do not need to display the generated qr code on the screen. All I need is the generated qr code to be stored into the qrcodeadd field in the table. I will use this field at a later time to generate a report with the actual image of the qr code.

Please keep in mind that I do not have a ton of experience with VBA.

Thanks,

Doc

 

[Gasman]

You could start by looking at the similar threads at the bottom here?

 

[jdraw]

Richard Rost youtube re QR codes and Access

 

[theDBguy]

Hi Doc. I am not sure I understand. Unless I am mistaken, a QR code is a graphical representation of a string. If so, how can you store it in a String field? Can you give us an example of what that data might look like? Thanks!

 

[JPFred]

Hi Doc. I am not sure I understand. Unless I am mistaken, a QR code is a graphical representation of a string. If so, how can you store it in a String field? Can you give us an example of what that data might look like? Thanks!

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

 

[JPFred]

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

 

[theDBguy]

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

No, I meant what would be the string representation of a QR code that you want to store in a string field called qrcodeadd would look like?

 

[theDBguy]

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

I don't think there is, but can't say for certain.