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    Has anyone done barcode printing from Alpha? Do I simply need a specific font?

    #2
    Originally posted by [email protected]
    Has anyone done barcode printing from Alpha? Do I simply need a specific font?
    Check the newsletter archive and the code archive.
    There can be only one.

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      #3
      Also look at the very bottom of this window. It has "similar threads" that might help out

      Ed

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        #4
        Hi Richard,

        I've been gearing up to do this also.

        There is a 3 part lesson in the newletter archives that you should find very useful. In the first lesson there is a link to get UPC-A fonts for free. This no longer works. I've since been trying to source a free UPC-A font and haven't had any luck. UPC-A is usually packaged with a bunch of other fonts and some printing, editing software that I don't need, and the price is usually around $100.00.

        If you have any luck or if anyone out there has a free or cheap source for UPC fonts please let me know.

        BA

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          #5
          thanx for barcode info

          Thanks for the info. I will check the archives & I am have found a free Code 39 font & will continue to look for others. Thanks again for your help.

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            #6
            Originally posted by [email protected]
            Thanks for the info. I will check the archives & I am have found a free Code 39 font & will continue to look for others. Thanks again for your help.
            Try this link .

            The company listed in the shareware copyright seems to be defunct.
            There can be only one.

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              #7
              Hi, Just a reminder,

              you usually have to put an asterisc * at the begining and end of a value thats being converetd to code39.

              eg
              The value
              12345
              should be converted to
              *12345*
              Chris Tanti
              Technical Support

              Nuance & Fathom Ltd - The data-driven marketing agency

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                #8
                The example in the newsletter seems to have lost something thru the years. I've downloaded the UPC-A sample database. When I open the sample form in design mode and right click the upc_calc object to get to it's properties, I see in the expression builder that the following

                UPC_TO_FONT(Upc_Code)

                is an invalid expression. Anyone have any clues ???

                Bob Arbuthnot

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Bob Arbuthnot
                  The example in the newsletter seems to have lost something thru the years. I've downloaded the UPC-A sample database. When I open the sample form in design mode and right click the upc_calc object to get to it's properties, I see in the expression builder that the following

                  UPC_TO_FONT(Upc_Code)

                  is an invalid expression. Anyone have any clues ???

                  Bob Arbuthnot
                  I still have it.

                  Code:
                  function UPC_TO_FONT as C(orig_upc as C)
                  dim symbol(12) as c
                  dim position(12) as c
                  for a = 1 to 12
                  	position(a) = substr(orig_upc, a, 1)
                  	if a = 1
                  		for b = 48 to 57
                  			if position(a) =  chr(b)
                  				symbol(a) = chr(b+32)
                  			end if 
                  		next b
                  	end if
                  	if a >= 2 .and. a <= 6
                  		 symbol(a) = position(a)
                  	end if
                  	if a >= 7 .and. a <= 11
                  		for c = 48 to 57
                  			if position(a) =  chr(c)
                  				symbol(a) = chr(c+16)
                  			end if 
                  		next c
                  	end if
                  	if a = 12
                  		for d = 48 to 57
                  			if position(a) =  chr(d)
                  				symbol(a) = chr(d+48)
                  			end if 
                  		next d
                  	end if
                  next a
                  for e = 1 to 12 
                  	upc_to_font = upc_to_font + symbol(e)
                  	if e = 6
                  		 upc_to_font = upc_to_font + chr(112)
                  	end if
                  next e
                  end function
                  There can be only one.

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                    #10
                    I have had good luck with this method - it is for code39. Super easy. Just install the attached font to any directory. Go to windows control panel -> fonts -> File -> Install New Font

                    Point to the appropriate directory where you put the font and install it .

                    Inside your report - just choose the code39 font for your field. Set a decent size font at first so you can see it well (Something like size 26). Be sure to size the actual field big enough in Alpha so it can display the bar code by increasing the height and width.

                    Run the report and you should be all set

                    Regards,

                    Jeff

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                      #11
                      Has anyone gotten the UPC codes to show correctly

                      Has anyone gotten the UPC codes to show correctly

                      I get errors when I run the function.

                      see attached jpg

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by ccrimmel
                        Has anyone gotten the UPC codes to show correctly

                        I get errors when I run the function.

                        see attached jpg
                        old code from v5. Change the array notation to use [] instead of ().

                        Code:
                        function UPC_TO_FONT as C(orig_upc as C)
                        dim symbol[12] as c
                        dim position[12] as c
                        for a = 1 to 12
                        	position[a] = substr(orig_upc, a, 1)
                        	if a = 1
                        		for b = 48 to 57
                        			if position[a] =  chr(b)
                        				symbol[a] = chr(b+32)
                        			end if 
                        		next b
                        	end if
                        	if a >= 2 .and. a <= 6
                        		 symbol[a] = position[a]
                        	end if
                        	if a >= 7 .and. a <= 11
                        		for c = 48 to 57
                        			
                        			if position[a] =  chr(c)
                        				symbol[a] = chr(c+16)
                        			end if 
                        		next c
                        	end if
                        	if a = 12
                        		for d = 48 to 57
                        			if position[a] =  chr(d)
                        				symbol[a] = chr(d+48)
                        			end if 
                        		next d
                        	end if
                        next a
                        for e = 1 to 12 
                        	upc_to_font = upc_to_font + symbol[e]
                        	if e = 6
                        		 upc_to_font = upc_to_font + chr(112)
                        	end if
                        next e
                        end function
                        Last edited by Stan Mathews; 04-28-2006, 10:36 AM.
                        There can be only one.

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                          #13
                          Thank you, Stan! That cleaned it up...

                          BA

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                            #14
                            UPC_to_Font()

                            Has anyone used the UPC_to_font() function with success recently? I can print great looking UPC-A barcodes with it, but my scanners can't read what I've printed. I tried it with 2 different scanners that both read commercially generated UPC-A codes with no problem. I can print and read Code 39 with no problem.

                            Bob Arbuthnot

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                              #15
                              Re: UPC_to_Font()

                              Originally posted by Bob Arbuthnot View Post
                              Has anyone used the UPC_to_font() function with success recently? I can print great looking UPC-A barcodes with it, but my scanners can't read what I've printed. I tried it with 2 different scanners that both read commercially generated UPC-A codes with no problem. I can print and read Code 39 with no problem.

                              Bob Arbuthnot
                              It works for me. How are you determining the upc to be encoded and printed? I'll have to look tomorrow at work but I think I remember having to compute the check digit and append it to the string to be encoded.

                              The second parameter of CHKDIGIT() set to 2 will do that math.

                              Let me know if this isn't the issue.
                              There can be only one.

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