March 5, 2010
How to make a Barcode printing program using visual basic?
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Hi. I'm Aisar..I was asked to do a barcode printing program using visual basic.. So can anyone help me to this.. please! This is very urgent!
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Hi. I'm Aisar..I was asked to do a barcode printing program using visual basic.. So can anyone help me to this.. please! This is very urgent!
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Azalea Software's barcode fonts come with free Visual Basic code: http://www.azalea.com/VisualBasic/
Hello, it is simple…
First get the barcode fonts (for free) - link;
Second- when developing an application in VB you have to keep a lot of points in to look out:
A) BARCODE is generated on mainly a unique ID of the object. Say for example you add an item in to the inventory, now you have to give this item a new ID, say "ITEM-0000001" (which done in the VB)
B) Now based new ID assigned to the object, you will use the barcode font at the time of printing the item id, where you the respective unique barcode strip
C) for the next item you add, the item Id should be different… so when you print the barcode, automatically the strip will be different.
Some Hints;
- create a inventory module in your project, where you insert the items
- then depending on the sticker size of barcode… set the height and weight of the printing area, and change the font to the barcode which you download from the above. The whole printing setting can be done by "Printer" class in the printer.
- So when you add the item to the inventory, call the method of printing and it will print a new barcode strip.
One real advice- Its not look easy at all for you. but belive me its easy and you can do it.
NOTE: from the above download, there is a text file in it… read it completely. it will help you a lot.
Hope this helps
If you can spend a little money you can purchase an .ocx control or a .dll library to use in your application. By building your program this way you don't have to worry about anything but making the call to the .dll or .ocx. All the encoding is done for you. There are many places you can purchase the libraries. Maybe you can even find one for free.
Just do a search for barcode.dll and you'll find many places to purchase a .dll. My company has used TAL Technologies in the past. They are very good and have great support. There are others available though.
Of course I'm assuming you're a programmer and would know how to use the .ocx or .dll you download.