Barcode Integration Guide

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IDAutomation provides several professional grade products for implementing barcodes in Microsoft Access, including the Office 2010 version, with flexible license agreements to meet a variety of needs including small company licenses and royalty-free developer licenses. The following chart may be used to determine the best product needed:

Integration Options	Advantages and Disadvantages
Product: ActiveX Barcode Control Single Users From $199 Developers From $395 Supported:	Create barcode images with this drag-and-drop object with support for many barcode types including Linear, OneCode, PDF417, Data Matrix and MaxiCode. Requires the applicable ActiveX Control(s) to be installed on every computer that generates barcodes. May be used in Excel, Infopath, VB and other programs.
Product: Native Barcode Generator for Access Single Users From $149 Developers From $590 Supported:	Embed barcode capability into a database or distributed custom application. Once installed in the database, no other components or fonts need to be installed to create barcodes. Full source code provided for custom modifications. Video: Creating Barcodes With The Native Access Barcode Generator
Product: Self-Checking Fonts Tool: Control Source Formula Single Users From $139 Developers From $395 Supported:	The best option when the barcode type is not important and the data consists of numbers and/or uppercase letters. Requires the applicable barcode fonts to be installed on every computer used to generate barcodes.
Product: Barcode Fonts Tool: Macros & VBA Functions Single Users From $139 Developers From $395 Supported:	Easy implementation supporting many barcode types including Linear, OneCode, PDF417 and Data Matrix. Requires the applicable barcode font(s) to be installed on every computer used to generate barcodes. Video: Creating Barcodes in Microsoft Access 2003 With VBA Macros When using the Universal Barcode Font, a single font may be used to create multiple barcode types.
Product: Barcode Label Software Single Users From $139 Site Licenses From $995 Supported:	Easy-to-use barcode label printing software with WYSIWYG label design interface. Ideal for printing labels from data in Microsoft Access. Supports Access 2007 XML file formats. The best option when labels need to be printed without creating a report in Access itself.
Product: Barcode Image Generator Single Users From $99 Site Licenses From $995 Supported:	Create barcode images in JPG, TIFF, PNG, BMP, WMF and 1 bit per pixel monochrome bitmap formats. Generate multiple image files dynamically from the command line or a text file. Create and paste static barcode images into Microsoft Access.
Videos and Information from the IDAutomation Blog Create a Barcode in Access 2003 with VBA Macros Create Barcodes in Access using the Native Generator Create Barcodes From Fonts in Access 2010
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