2D barcode on Access 2003 report

Question

How do I add a 2D barcode to a report in Access 2003?  I have used barcode fonts to produce "regular" barcodes from text boxes in the past.  It appears that the text string for 2D barcodes requires some unusual characters at the start and end.  How do I create those?  Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

When I did this for a client I simply used a barcode font with a properly formatted string, that was it.  No ActiveX was required.

Answer 2

That's exactly where I was headed . . . 

Thanks for that reply, Scott!  You have no idea how much I appreciate replies from my favorite MVP's!

Answer 3

Thanks Daniel - so does that mean that I don't have to use an ActiveX control?  I can just create the text string with the special characters in a textbox control and apply the DataMatrix font to the control?  Really hoping I'm understanding that correctly because that would be so much easier  . . . :-)

Answer 4

I just prepend or append them as require in the field when they are entered originally or you can create an expression to do the same thing.  If it requires 'special' characters then you can enter them using the chr() function.

Answer 5

We use a 3rd party tool Called Tec-It which can create 2 & 3d barcodes using ActiveX controls.

https://www.tec-it.com/en/start/Default.aspx