Make Barcodes in Access

Printing Barcodes in Access

Creating barcodes in Access databases is a two part process using our barcode fonts and free sample code. You pass your data into our function and then format the returned value in one of our barcode fonts. Our Access plug-in means that you don’t have to learn how barcodes are work. Just use our sample database file as your template. Copy our barcode function into your own database projects.

Our Access sample code includes functions that convert your input string into the equivalent barcode. The functions add the start and stop bars, calculate any necessary check digits, and map the result into our fonts’ character set. String in, barcode out.


Barcode Functions for Microsoft Access:
    UPC version A  •  UPC version E  •  ISBN-13  •  EAN-13

    Code 128 code set A  •  Code 128 code set B  •  Code 128 code set C
    GS1-128 code set A  •  GS1-128 code set B  •  GS1-128 code set C

Please feel free to use these functions when creating your own barcodes in Access. Remember, you can not simply format a string in our fonts and create a scannable symbol. You need start and stop bars, check digits, and in some cases specific formatting.

If you use this code, your suggestions and feedback are heartily encouraged. azalea at azalea dot com