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For Immediate Release:
Contact:
Brant Anderson
IDAutomation.com, Inc.
http://www.idautomation.com/
550 N. Reo Street; Suite 300
Tampa, FL 33609 813-514-2564
January, 2001
Barcode MS Office Macros & VBA 2.0 Released
IDAutomation.com, Inc. has released version 2.0 of their Barcode MS Office
Macros and VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) source code, that allow for easy
integration of barcode font technology into business applications, available
at its website for free download. Version 2.0 includes performance improvements,
new mode options and support for several popular barcode types. The Barcode
Macros and VBA code allow technical users and software developers to integrate
modern barcode font technology directly into their business applications instead
of having to export the data to a proprietary label program. The update may
be downloaded for free from
http://www.idautomation.com/font-encoders/vba-macro/
(Longer Version)
Barcode MS Office Macros & VBA 2.0 Released
(Tampa, FL.) IDAutomation.com, Inc. has released version 2.0 of their Barcode
MS Office Macros and VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) source code, that allow
for easy integration of barcode font technology into business applications,
available at its website for free download. Version 2.0 includes performance
improvements, new mode options and support for Code 128, Code 39, LOGMARS, Interleaved
2 of 5, SCC-14, SSCC-18, POSTNET, USPS Special Services as well as other popular
barcodes. The Barcode Macros and VBA code allow technical users and software
developers to integrate modern barcode font technology directly into their business
applications instead of having to export the data to a proprietary label program.
MICR, OCR and older bar code technologies such as Codabar and Code 39 are
easy to print as a font. However, most modern implementations of barcodes require
complicated check digit calculations for error correction that cannot be performed
by the fonts themselves. The tools and source code at the IDAutomation.com web
site will perform the proper calculations required and format the return string
for the selected barcode font. Several barcode types are supported including
Code 128, LOGMARS, EAN, UPC, MSI, Interleaved 2 of 5 and PDF417. The MS Office
macro download includes examples of printing barcodes from MS Access reports,
MS Word mail-merge and Excel spreadsheets. The MS Office macros are implemented
in a single VBA module that may be easily exported and imported among MS Office
applications. The Visual Basic source code provided includes a barcode printing
application written in VB 6.0. Source code is also available for download in
ANSI C and Java at the web site.
Barcodes can also be printed as graphic images. However, many companies prefer
printing barcodes with fonts because they print fast and are optimized to generate
output quickly on a variety of different printers. In addition, it usually takes
less CPU time to produce output as a font than as a graphic image, because the
CPU must generate a new image for each barcode.
IDAutomation.com, Inc. produces TrueType, PostScript and PCL fonts. Their
flexible license agreements allow developers to distribute their fonts as a
component of their application. TrueType fonts can be installed on MS Windows
PCs by simply copying them into the \Windows\Fonts directory. Font usage can
be automated in the UNIX environment with TrueType font servers. Other automated
distribution techniques allowed in the license agreements include embedding
PostScript fonts into PDF (PostScript Data Format) documents and embedding TrueType
fonts into HTML web pages by utilizing TrueDoc or OpenType technology.
The macros and source code are free and may be downloaded from
http://www.idautomation.com/
in the font tools section. Licenses for the barcode fonts start at $99 USD.
IDAutomation.com also provides MICR fonts, OCR fonts, barcode scanners, Java
applets and ActiveX controls.
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