• Microsoft Access™
• Microsoft Excel^®
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft InfoPath^®
• and other Office programs (Microsoft Visio^®, Microsoft PowerPoint^®, ...)

Using the Barcode ActiveX Control within Microsoft Office requires no programming knowledge. Inserting a barcode into your document is done with a few mouse clicks. On demand VBA programming is possible without restrictions.

Barcodes generated by TBarCode can be printed with all printers. The bar codes are generated via software in the highest possible output quality. No special printer extensions or barcode fonts are required!

How it works with Microsoft^® Office

Check out the following examples on how to insert bar codes into your Microsoft Office application.

• Insert Barcodes in Microsoft Word
• Insert Barcodes in Microsoft Excel
• Insert Barcodes in Microsoft Access

Check out TBarCode now! Please click here for the free demo!

Microsoft Word (Versions before 2007)

Simply choose Insert Object from the menu and select the TBarCode (ActiveX^® Control). A bar code appears instantly in your Microsoft Word document.

Microsoft Word 2007

TBarCode comes with a Barcode Add-In for Microsoft Word. This Add-In is installed by default and simplifies barcode insertion, adjusting barcode properties and serial letter creation.

The process is identical to Microsoft Word!

Choose Insert Object from the menu and select TBarCode (ActiveX^® Control element). A bar code appears instantly in your Microsoft Excel worksheet.

Without a single line of program code you print bar codes with your own data! TBarCode supports data binding of the bar code control to a specific cell in your work sheet. Additionally you can input all characters to be encoded into TBarCode directly.

Simply choose Insert Object from the menu and select TBarCode (ActiveX^® control element). A bar code appears instantly in your Microsoft Access Report. Any arbitrary field and any printout can be printed as barcode.

Without writing a line of program code you print bar codes with your own report data! TBarCode supports data binding of the barcode control to your report data fields or form data fields. Additionally you can input all characters to be encoded into TBarCode directly.

For further information please click here: FAQ - How to insert a barcode in Microsoft Access.

A simple right click on the bar code object opens the property pages, which show all bar code parameters in a clear overview.

Adjust all parameters like bar code type, font characteristics, module width (X dimension), check digit calculation (and many more) easily.

For each 2D symbology (e.g. PDF417, Data Matrix, QRCode, ...) there are extra configuration dialogs with specific bar code options.

The initial parameters of each bar code type ensure good bar-code readability by default.

Dependencies

• Microsoft Common Runtime Libraries V8 (Visual C++ Libraries SP1); included in the setup.
• Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 (only for TBarCode .NET)

Supported Operating Systems

• Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / 2008 / Vista / x64 (64-Bit) Edition
• On request: Microsoft Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT 3.51 / NT 4.0

• Adjustable module-width and print-ratios
• Comprehensive support of barcode-variants (e.g. adjustable code-subsets for Code 128)
• Generates http data streams for web applications
• Escape sequences for non-printable characters ("Test\13" == "Test" + CR)
• Unicode to SBCS or Multi Byte Character Set conversion with adjustable Code Pages. Bar code symbology specific code pages are considered automatically.
• Adjustable barcode symbol orientation 0°, 90°, 180°, 270°
• Selectable check digit computation