FAQ: Complete FAQ
| Updates: What do cost me small updates (e.g., from version 5.21 on 5.55) and how do I get them? | Small updates and upgrades within a main version number (e.g. 5.x) are free for users of the full version. You can download your updates from our customers download area. As a licensed user you get new features within the big version number for free.
Example: You have purchased ActiveBarcode 5.21 Standard. You can download all future 5.x Standard version updates free of charge, e.g. version 5.55 Standard. Beginning with version 6.0 you must pay for an update.
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| Barcode-True Type fonts vs. ActiveBarcode: I am searching for a true type font to display barcodes. Can you help me? | Yes and no. A barcode true type font is not what we can offer because this is only a static solution with restricted use. With a true type font automatic check digits are not possible and binding to a database seems to be impossible. Our solution uses a much more powerful way: The barcode is displayed by the ActiveBarcode control and so it offers you many more features than a static barcode true type font.
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| Windows 3.x: Is there a 16-bit solution available? | No, ActiveBarcode is a 32bit solution only. ActiveBarcode will not run on Win3.x. You'll need a 32bit Windows version in order to use ActiveBarcode.
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| Software: What programs work with the ActiveBarcode control? | All programs that support OLE 2.0 and all programs that explicit support ActiveX controls like Access, Excel, Word, Internet Explorer, FrontPage, Visual FoxPro, Visual C++, Visual J++, Visual Basic, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), PowerBuilder, Delphi and many more. Simply try out the menu "Insert object..." If there is no way to insert the control you should get the latest version of your software that will support ActiveX.
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| EAN/UCC 128: How do I set the FNC1 character that is required for some Application Identifiers in EAN/UCC 128? | Select the barcode type "EAN/UCC 128 AI". If you now enter <FNC1>, ActiveBarcode will code this as FNC1 control code.
If you are using "Code 128" or "EAN/UCC 128" you can code the FNC1 by using ASCII character 242.
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| Saving Bitmap files: My primary objective is to take the barcodes that I've generated and save them as .bmp files. I'm using Visual Basic. Can you help me? | Here are some examples of doing this:
Saving as BMP File:
Image1.Picture = Barcode1.Picture
SavePicture Image1.Picture, "c:\temp\code.bmp"
or if you want to use the clipboard
Clipboard.Clear
Clipboard.SetData Barcode1.Picture
Image1.Picture = Clipboard.GetData
SavePicture Image1.Picture, "c:\temp\code.bmp"
if you require a specific size:
Barcode1.CreatePictureBySize 400, 300
' Creates the Picture-Property with a specified size
Clipboard.Clear
Clipboard.SetData Barcode1.Picture
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| Code 39 Extended: I'm trying to print CustomerID in BarCode form using Code 39 Extended. At time, the bar code will be printed, but at time it just simply show the word "size"!? | The problem is that if you use several characters (e. g. small letters) that are not included in Code 39 but in Code 39 extended, the character is made of two symbols in the bar code, which can increase the effective width of the barcode. You should increase the width of the barcode in the way, so the maximum code length your require will fit into the control to avoid problems.
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| How do I use ActiveBarcode control with Word? | Place your cursor where you want to add a barcode into your document. Then select "Insert" from the main menu and select the menu item "Object". A dialog box containg a list of controls opens. Select "ActiveBarcode" here and click OK. A barcode will be created into your document.
To change the barcode, click directly into the barcode with the right button of your mouse. Now a pop up menu display and you select "Properties" (for the property dialog of Word) or "ActiveBarcode/Properties" (for the property dialog of ActiveBarcode). There you can adjust the barcode.
BTW: You can solve nearly all problems and automate tasks with ActiveBarcode and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). For example see the below mail-merge macro.
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| The control is not visible and it displays {CONTROL BARCODE.BarcodeCtrl.\s} What is wrong? Why can I not see the barcode as it should look? | This is because of your options setting in Word. Go to the options dialog of Word ("Tools/Options"). Then have a look for the option "Field functions" and set this one to "not checked".
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| Mail merge with ActiveBarcode?: I want to add a barcode to my mail merge. How can I bind a data field of my control data to ActiveBarcode? | You have to use a macro to print your mail merge. This macro has to make the binding. The following example shows how you can do this. Have a look at the red highlighted "Productcode". This is the name of the data field bound to ActiveBarcode in this example. Please replace with your data field name.
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Sub MailMerge_example_with_ActiveBarcode()
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' MailMerge_example_with_ActiveBarcode Makro for Word2000
' (c) 1999 by Frank Horn
'
' Macro shows how to print barcodes in a mail merge.
if MsgBox("Do you want to print mail merged documents?", vbYesNo,
"Question") = vbYes Then
'counter to zero
num = 0
'first record is number one
ActiveDocument.MailMerge.DataSource.ActiveRecord = 1
Do
' Fill ActiveBarcode text property now
ActiveDocument.Barcode1.Text = ActiveDocument.MailMerge.DataSource.DataFields("Productcode").Value
' do not prompt for printing...
Options.PrintBackground = True
' print page
ActiveDocument.PrintOut
' recognize old record
lastone = ActiveDocument.MailMerge.DataSource.ActiveRecord
' select next record
ActiveDocument.MailMerge.DataSource.ActiveRecord = wdNextRecord
'count
num = num + 1
' check if there are new ones
Loop While ActiveDocument.MailMerge.DataSource.ActiveRecord <> lastone
' notify user
MsgBox (Str(num) + " pages printed!")
End If
End Sub
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| ActiveBarcode in Word labels or tables: I want to add a barcode object to a label or a table. The problem is that I cannot position it inside the table or the label. The barcode always "jumps" to the outside. How can I fix this problem? | If you add a barcode to a document the default for the "over the text" option of objects is always enabled. If this option is enabled you cannot position an object inside the table or the label. To fix this problem you have to disable this option. Click the object with the right mouse button and select the function Object format... A dialog will appear. Please select the "Position" tab and you'll see the "over the text" property at the bottom of the options. Disable this option and click Ok. Now the barcode is movable into the table and/or label.
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| Barcodes are not printed correct with Word: I can't get the barcode to print anything but a black rectangle unless I make it huge. What's the problem? | This was a problem of an earlier version of ActiveBarcode. Please go to the download menu and download the latest version of ActiveBarcode.
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| Create a bitmap image on disk: I need to create a bitmap image of the barcode on disk, because I'm using VB6 Data report and it does not support ActiveX insertion. How can I do this? | You can write a simple application with VB6 to create a bitmap of the barcode. Please refer to the picture property of the control. You only have to copy this to an image control of VB6 and then save it to a bmp file.
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| The picture object does not refresh or doesn't have any data: I try to print barcodes using your OCX with Visual Basic. I get an error stating the picture property is not set and does not contain any data yet. | If you use the picture property in time critical or batch loops, you should use the 'CreatePictureBySize' method before using the picture property. This guarantees that the picture property is correctly set with data.
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| Rotating the Barcode: I would like to know if this control allows change orientation of the bar code (rotation)? | Yes, starting with version 5.00 of ActiveBarcode changing the orientation is possible. Please have a look at the property "Rotate".
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| Crystal Report 6: We try to use your control with Crystal Report 6 and Visual Basic for usage on a report. We can add the control als OLE object, but we cannot link a property with a database? | We are sorry, we are using Crystal Report 5 only and can only say something about this version. Crystal Report 5 cannot fill the properties of an ActiveX control. So the usage of Active Barcode and any other OCX in Crystal Report is very restricted. If you have a newer on, please refer to the manual of Crystal Report, if something has changed.
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| New lic file: There is a new version and with it a new LIC-file available - what does this mean for the programs I have compiled since then with the older LIC-file? | ActiveBarcode is fully backward compatible - this means that your older programs (exe-files) that you have compiled with an older LIC-file will run without problems together with the new ActiveBarcode control. You do not need to recompile them. But if you want to use the new ActiveBarcode version for development or if you have used ActiveBarcode together with the LIC-file (for example for Access97 applications), you will need to update to the new LIC-file because the old license does not allow you to run the new version in this way.
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| Crystal Report: We try to use your control with Crystal Report and Visual Basic for usage on a report. We can add the control as OLE object, but we cannot link a property with a database? | We are sorry, we are using Crystal Report 5 only and can only say something about this version. Crystal Report 5 cannot fill the properties of an ActiveX control. So the usage of Active Barcode and any other OCX in Crystal Report is very restricted. If you have a newer version, please refer to the manual of Crystal Report, if something has changed.
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| Oracle: I am using Oracle 8 with Developer 6.0 when trying to produce Reports using the report Builder. Can you assist? | We're sorry, we cannot know all the software that is available, so we don't know the product "Oracle 8 with Developer 6.0" well. Please have a look into the manual of this software for information about how to use an ActiveX Control and if it meets your requirements.
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| Visual FoxPro: Can I use your control with the Visual FoxPro? | We're sorry, we cannot know all the software that is available, so we don't know the product "Oracle 8 with Developer 6.0" well. Please have a look into the manual of this software for information about how to use an ActiveX Control and if it meets your requirements.
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| Publisher 2000: Can I insert an Active Barcode object to my Microsoft Publisher 2000 document? | No, Microsoft Publisher Version 2000 is not an ActiveX container and does not allow to insert an Active Barcode object into a document. To add a barcode to your document it's the best way to use our ActiveBarcode Application.
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| Publisher 98: Can I insert an Active Barcode object to my Microsoft Publisher 98 document? | No, Microsoft Publisher Version 98 is not an ActiveX container and does not allow to insert an Active Barcode object into a document. To add a barcode to your document it's the best way to use our ActiveBarcode Application.
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| Publisher 97: Can I insert an Active Barcode object to my Microsoft Publisher 97 document? | Using Version 97 you can insert an Active Barcode object to your document, though Version 97 is also not an ActiveX container. So the ActiveX object is not correct supported and you the object will show a strange characteristics. Every time you change a setting of Active Barcode the position and size will be changed randomly. But you can handle this. First edit the barcode. Click the barcode with the right mouse button -> Active Barcode Object -> Properties and change the settings as you like. After doing this the barcode object will change the position and resize randomly. Now set the size of the object by "right mouse button" -> Resize Object. This function will work in opposite to the direct size change without problems. Last move the barcode to the position on the document you like. Even if this works, we recommend to use our ActiveBarcode Application to add barcodes to your Publisher documents instead.
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| Demo-Windows: How can I stop the demo-windows? | Order the license for ActiveBarcode and you'll get a personal serial number from us that allows you to switch the demo version info a full featured ONE USER license version. When you enter your valid serial number ActiveBarcode creates your personal barcode.lic file that represents your license to your \system folder or on WinNT the \system32 folder. This is the place where the barcode.ocx should be installed. If barcode.lic is installed in this folder the demo screens will disappear. There is no need to give the LIC-file and/or the serial number to third parties. You are not allowed to give away the LIC-file and/or your serial number to others!
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| Developers: How can developers use the ActiveBarcode control? | It is the same for developers: order the license. Once you have a valid serial number you can register ActiveBarcode and create the LIC-file that enables your development tool (Visual Basic, Visual C++ or others) to build applications containing the ActiveBarcode control. You only have to give your EXE-file and the OCX-Control away to your customers. The LIC-file remains on your PC in every case. You are not allowed to give away your personal serial number and/or the LIC-file to others! On the customers' side the control without the LIC-file reacts like an unregistered shareware version but if your EXE-File uses it, there are no nag screens in the control (your EXE-files handle the control as if there is a LIC-file on the customers PC).
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| Developers: For developers who create EXE files. | With the lic file on your computer you can compile programs using the barcode.ocx on the customers computer as if he has the LIC-file. Your exe "knows" that the LIC-file was on your computer when you compiled your program - so the customer does not need the LIC-file. You can give ActiveBarcode WITHOUT the LIC-file to the customer. When they use ActiveBarcode from your exe program they will not see shareware screens. But if they use ActiveBarcode from a program other than yours, shareware screens will be visible because they do not have a LIC-file. You see: You only have to install the LIC-file on YOUR computer!
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| Developers: For developers who cannot create EXE files. | If you use a development tool that cannot create EXE files like Access97 or if you develop an Internet/Intranet solution, you have to order a license (in form of a LIC-file) for each PC on which ActiveBarcode will run. Therefore we have multi-user-licenses.
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| Where do I find ActiveBarcode? After the installation of ActiveBarcode - where is the Application (EXE file) that I can launch? | ActiveBarcode is a control (OCX). An OCX-file is a control that cannot be started like an EXE-file. You need a container (the client) for example Access, Word or Visual Basic that hosts the control (the server). The client can use then the features of the server. For example MS-Access can use ActiveBarcode to offer barcodes in forms, reports, lists and labels.
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| DLL's: What DLLs are required by ActiveBarcode? | ActiveBarcode needs the following DLLs in the /System (or /System32) folder: mfc42.dll, msvcrt.dll, olepro32.dll and oleaut32.dll. These DLLs are normally found on most Windows PCs, but you should ensure that you have the latest versions of these DLLs - especially if you encounter problems with ActiveBarcode. If you install ActiveBarcode, the required DLLs are installed to your system.
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| I did run the install, but the ocx has not been registered. The setup finished properly without any errors but the component is not visible in any application. Any ideas? | You can use regsvr32.exe (this should be on your system) to register the control manually. Launch regsvr32.exe barcode.ocx and the control should be registered then.
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| Failed installation: ActiveBarcode install failed? | If you run into errors during the install routine send a bug report by Email. Please be sure to install the latest version of ActiveBarcode. The install-routine provides you with detailed info if there were any problems. These info would help us to help you.
Technical background: In order to add ActiveBarcode to your available controls it has to be registered to the registry. This is done automatically during the install process. If the registration fails you should check if all required DLLs are available and up to date in your /System (or /System32) folder. Please be sure to install the latest version of ActiveBarcode - so you can be sure that the required DLLs were installed together with ActiveBarcode.
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| Scaling the Barcode: Why is it not possible to scale arbitrarily to get barcodes of any size between min and max sizes? When I scale the control, the content of the control - the barcode - does not scale continuously | The control itself may be scaled to any size you need. But the content of the control - the barcode - has to be readable by a scanner. So it has to follow some rules which exactly say what size the single bars and spaces must have. This is why you can scale the barcode to any height because this does not effect the width of the bars and spaces of the barcode. But if you change the width of the control, ActiveBarcode displays the largest correct (in the meaning of not breaking the rules) barcode that is possible within the controls dimension. So you can sometimes see that if you resize the control it does not change the barcode itself. You have to resize it once again (make it wider) to change the barcode, too. Sounds confusing? If you resize the control you will understand what I am trying to say <g>.
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| Human readable text line: How can I change the format of the text line under the barcode? | If you want another text line format for a barcode you can use the ShowText Property to deactive the text line under the barcode by setting it to false. Then you can create your own textline manually in the format you require with your software.
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| Printing: How to print with ActiveBarcode? | Easy - just drag and drop the control to where you want to use and print it. For example you can drop it on a MS-Access form. With Visual Basic, you drop the barcode on your form and print the form with the barcode on it, you just need the line "Form1.Print". That is it. Please be sure that you always use the latest version since there were some minor bugs in the print routines in older versions.
You also can use the Picture property for printing. It allows you to handle barcodes as you know it from the image-object. Visual Basic developers will understand this code:
Printer.PaintPicture Barcode.Picture, 0, 0
Printer.EndDoc
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| Rotating the Barcode: I would like to know if this control allows change orientation of the bar code (rotation). | Yes, starting with version 5.00 of ActiveBarcode changing the orientation is possible. Please have a look at the property "Rotate".
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| Excel: How do I use ActiveBarcode control with Excel? | To add a barcode to your sheet, select "Insert" from the main menu and select the menu item "Object". A dialog box containg a list of controls opens. Select "ActiveBarcode" here and click OK. A barcode will be created into your document.
To change the barcode, click directly into the barcode with the right button of your mouse. You must be in design mode to do this. Now a pop up menu display and you select "Properties" (for the property dialog of Excel) or "ActiveBarcode/Properties" (for the property dialog of ActiveBarcode). There you can adjust the barcode.
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| No modification possible: I try to change the barcode but nothing happens! I can't even move or resize it. Whats wrong? | To change the barcode you must be in design mode. Use this button: to switch to design mode. Then you'll be able to change the barcode by clicking the barcode with the right mouse button.
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| Access 2000: Does ActiveBarcode work with Access 2000? | Yes, ActiveBarcode works fine with Access 2000. Please note that Access 2000-2003 always requires a developer license of ActiveX controls. If you want to use the ActiveBarcode control in Access 2000-2003 you need the Enterprise Edition of ActiveBarcode.
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| ActiveBarcode and Microsoft Access: What do you have to do to bind your ActiveBarcode control to a Access form or report so that the barcode automatically changes when a record is set or the data field is changed? | Simply select "Insert ActiveX-Control". From the list select the ActiveBarcode control. Now click with the right mouse button on the control and select the "Property" menu. Choose the "Data" tab (may also be called "Data binding" - I cannot say exactly because I have only the German version). In the "Control Content" Cell open the combo box. You can now see all data fields that can be bound to the control. Select the desired data fieldname and that is it. To test the result, select form-view and scroll through the records: You can see that the control changes every time the record set changes.
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| Add barcode types: Is there a way to add other barcode formats or types? | No, you cannot add a barcode type to the control for yourself. You can ask us to implement a new barcode type. We will then make you an offer for this.
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| Code 39: Are "y" and "z" puzzled? I seem to be having trouble with Code39 - the barcode is RAY.134515F but I get RAZ.134515F on our barcode analyzer. | This problem is fixed since version 3.50 of ActiveBarcode. Please be sure to use the latest version.
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| Delphi: Does ActiveBarcode work with Delphi? | We have tested Active Barcode with Delphi 3 and Delphi 4 and it works fine. We also have no information about problems with newer versions of Delphi.
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| Licensed version can't be compiled into an EXE: I have licensed the ActiveBarcode control, but I still can't compile my Delphi project: I get an exception about the License info!? | Please remove the ActiveBarcode control from your development environment and add it again into it after you've licensed the control. Otherwise the development environment may not notice the change of license.
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| Barcode does not change in the picture property: I use ActiveBarcode with Delphi. 3.0 in a database. First I open a dataset and print the barcode. This works fine. Now I do this again with another dataset and now the same barcode is printed. I'm using the picture property for printing. | Please add the following line of code to your project exactly before you create a new barcode:
Barcode1.Picture.PictureAdapter := nil;
This is a 'work-a-round. If you find a better solution, please contact us.
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| Reseller prices: Last few days a client ask me about your program. Do you offer special prices for resellers? How i can buy? | You can order licenses online at our site. We don't offer reseller prices. If you want to purchase a license for a customer, please send an EMail containing the address of your customer to us before you order online. The license will be generated for your customer then.
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| Code 128: How can I use control characters like TAB or CR? | Code 128 supports control characters directly by using the ASCII code. The ASCII code for TAB is 9 and for CR it is 13. See this example of how to use a TAB control character in VBA:
Barcode1.Text = "10002" + Chr(9) + "30004"
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| Personal Web Server: Does the creation of barcodes also work with the Personal Web Server (PWS)? | Yes, we have tested this on Win98 and it works fine.
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| ActiveBarcode Version 4.x: Can I use the old version 4.10 of ActiveBarcode together with the IIS? | No, this functionality is only available in the Enterprise Edition of ActiveBarcode Version 5.
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| barcodeimage.asp: I searched your whole site but did not found the download link barcodeimage.asp. Where can I find it? | This file is included into the ActiveBarcode 5 package. If you setup ActiveBarcode 5 to your system this file will be stored to your harddisk. It's the IIS folder inside the program folder of ActiveBarcode.
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| Delivery: How is ActiveBarcode delivered? Electronically or by mail? | Normally we deliver ActiveBarcode electronically by email / download. I.e. you receive an email with the license files and a download link for the program package.
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| Delivery time: How are your delivery times? | Generally we deliver on workdays within 24 hours.
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| Payment: Which payment conditions do you offer? | Credit card (VISA, MasterCard, Diners)
Pre-payment by money transfer to an European (German) bank account. If you want this, please contact us by email.
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| Updates: I have purchased the Standard Edition and would like to upgrade to the Enterprise Edition. Does this go? What costs this? | You can order this upgrade in our online shop. You only pay the price difference between both versions. Possibly add p&p.
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| Return policy: Can I return the purchased full version within a certain time period, e.g. because the software does not fit my needs? | No. We provide a free 30 days trial version of ActiveBarcode to prospective customers. You can download this free of charge and without obligations from our download area. This test version is not limited in any functions. Only one text tip is shown inside the barcode. The barcodes still are scan and testable. The trial version works like the Enterprise edition. You can test all features of ActiveBarcode.
We encourage you to evaluate our product prior to purchase in order to determine whether the product are suitable for your needs.
Because we offer an evaluation license as described above, we do not accept the return from licenses or software products.
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| Where do I get a license: I am interested in buying a licence, but would you please tell me where in the city can I buy the CD with the software? I rather buy a CD than download. | We're sorry, our software is not available in stores. You can order a CD-ROM and the license online at our website.
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| Delivery time: I ordered my license online a hour ago, where is it? | Registration online is a convenient way to order and may take a few business days to process. (General you receive your license within 24 hours) Your credit card data must be approved and the transaction must be authorized before we can send you your license. We currently not have an automated order system. If you have not received your license within 24 hours, please send us an email with your name and which license you bought so we can check on your order.
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| Payment: I would like know if you have other payment method than credit card. We don't have a credit card. | You also can pay by a pre-payment to our bank account. If you want this, please order by Email. State your name and address, your VAT ID and the license type (Standard or Enterprise) you want to purchase. We will send you a temporary invoice on which you find the bank accounts data (IBAN and BIC). On receipt of your money transfer we deliver the software electronically to you. You'll receive your license file and a download link for the software package by email.
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| Mac OSX: Do you also offer a bar code to software for Mac OSX? | No, unfortunately, we offer no software for Mac OSX. If you also own a Windows system, you can create the needed barcodes as image files (e.g., TIFF, gif, PNG, WMF, EMF) with ActiveBarcode and use them on your OSX system. Maybe this is an alternative for you.
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| Too small text line: The problem I have is that when I see a preview or print a report in MS Access, the numbers below the code appear very very small. | In Access a report is designed in a lower resolution (pixels per inch) that it is using while printing. So it is required that you create the barcode control with a much bigger font size than you would normally use. Otherwise the text line under the barcode may be very very small in your print. So change the font size for the text line (font.size property of the control) to a much bigger size even if the barcode control may display a size error in design mode.
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| Lines too thin: I have 4 barcodes objects in my Excel sheet. One of the barcodes is printed with too thin lines. What can I do to solve this? | This problem appears with some systems, when using several barcode objects in one Excel sheet. This is a problem of Excel with objects and is stronger with a low printing resolution than with a high printing resolution. Should this appear, can solve this by using the "Printfix" property of the ActiveBarcode control. Set the "Printfix" property of the problematic barcode to "true". Then the lines are drawn thicker.
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| ProvideX: I use ActiveBarcode in my application created with ProvideX and would like to distribute this. Which license is the right one for me? | ProvideX offers you both possibilities. You can use an user's license on every PC or you can use a developer license (Enterprise edition).
If you like to work with user's licenses, e.g. if you sell your product only once, you do not need to adapt your application for the license.
If you use the developer license, you must customize your program so that you integrate the license into the product. Other compilers make this automatic (Visual BASIC, etc.). With ProvideX must carry out this once even by hand. Moreover you find a description on manufacturer's page: http://www.pvx.com/documentation/how_to/ole/ole.htm Barcode vor dem Ausdruck automatisch aktualisieren:
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| Change barcodes content automatically before printing: We would like to add a barcode to our letters. This barcode should be automatically added into every letter. How does this go? | You first add the ActiveBarcode control element into your document. Position the bar code by your wishes and set the basic properties as for example the type and the font size.
You find tips to insert the control element in a Word document in our examples: /howto/word.html. On this page you also find a link to a Flash video.
To automatically update the barcodes content before printing we use a VBA macro:
Private Sub SetBarcode()
'Set the barcodes content (text property)
Barcode1.Text = Date
End Sub
Sub FilePrint() ' replaces normal printing via dialog
' Sets the barcode content before printing
SetBarcode
' Now launch printing:
Dialogs(wdDialogFilePrint).Show
End Sub
Sub FilePrintDefault() ' replaces defualt printing (no dialog)
' Sets the barcode content before printing
SetBarcode
' Now launch printing:
ActiveDocument.PrintOut Background:=False
End Sub
In the function "SetBarcode" you can customize the contents of the barcode according to your wishes. In this example the current date is simply encoded. Here you can change the text property to other single or compound data.
Both procedures "FilePrint" and "FilePrintDefault" intercept the printing process, both call "SetBarcode" and continue the printing process.
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| Distributors: Do you have a distributor in...? | We're sorry not. You only can purchase our barcode software directly from us.
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| Documentation: Is there a printed manual available? | There is no printed manual available. All documentation is online at out homepage. You can download a printable PDF file from our download area or you can view and print single pages from our wwebsite in a print-view without the menu. Have a look for the small print icon on the top right.
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| Scanner: How do I get the data from a barcode scanner? Do I need a software to get the data from my barcode scanner? | Normally, the scanner reads the barcode and gives the numbers (or characters) through the keyboard to the computer. Your application will receive it as the numbers would be entered using the keyboard.
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| Code 39: I'm trying to use a Code39 BarCode of 14 characters plus a final control digit (with the Mod43 algorithm). How can it be obtained in this source? | Simply select the barcode Type "Code 39 Checksum" (Type #26) instead of "Code 39" (Type #06). The control digit (Mod43) will then be attached automatically.
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| Macro: Adding the control: How can I create the barcode control using a VBA macro? For example to place a barcode on a document. | Use the following code to create a barcode at the cursors position:
Set ab = Selection.InlineShapes.AddOLEObject(ClassType:="BARCODE.BarcodeCtrl.1",
FileName:="", LinkToFile:=False, DisplayAsIcon:=False) To access the standard properties, you can use the variable ab now:
e.g. ab.width=200
To access the controls properties and methods, you have to do the following: With ab.OLEFormat
.Activate
Set abobject = .Object
End With
abobject.Text = "987698769812" Now you can access the properties using the abobject variable.
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| Developer licence: Why do I need a developer license for Access? I use the database unique on a PC and is not distributed. | The license model for controls which was developed by Microsoft intends user and developer licenses. With Access versions 2000 to 2003 it's all the same what you make with it. A developer license of Access is demanded. Therefore, you need for Access a developer license, even if it seems unnecessary.
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| EAN/UCC-128: When I create a barcode with or without the FNC1, the scanner returns a precisely identical character string back. In this character string my software cannot recognize where the end of a variable data length is. Can you help? | To get the control character FNC1 of the scanner transmitted, the scanner must this support this functionality. The FNC1 ordinarily has only internal meaning in the Code 128 (which is the base of the EAN128) and will not transmit correctly. The scanner must offer the option, to transmit the FNC1 in EAN-128.
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| Plain text line: Can I modify the plain text line or form it myself? | No, unfortunately, own formatting is not possible. If you liked to have another text line, you can switch off the automatic text line of ActiveBarcode ("ShowText" on "false") and then write you own text line manually under the barcode.
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| Installation: Are there problems if I like to install the program on a system without Internet access? | No.
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| License by new installation: Licenses of some software products often are bound to a PC and then it can come to problems when a new installation may be required. How is that with ActiveBarcode? | You do not have such problems with our software. The licenses are not bound to a PC. Our software must be also NOT be activated on the Internet or by phone.
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| EAN/UCC-128: Are the clips of the data identifiers taken over into the bar code? e.g. (10). If I read this with the scanner they are not displayed. Is this right? | The clips are not included in the barcode. The clips serve only for the legibility of the plain text line. The code itself may not contain these clips.
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| code 128 / EAN/UCC-128: Where can I switch off the check digit for Code 128? | The check digit of the Code 128 is a component of the code and cannot be switched on or switched off. The code in itself would not be valid without the internal check digit.
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| Size: Because we translate customer numbers to barcode, it is not always possible to know the exact lenght of the code. I sometime get a Size Error. IS it possible to auto size the barcode? | An auto size option is not available now. But you have 2 possible solutions for this.
First is to always create a bigger image. ActiveBarcode always creates the largest barcode that is possible into the dimensions of the image. So create a huge bitmap for the barcode and you'll always receive a correct barcode in the best size for that image. If you create a small barcode with less numbers the barcode will be enlarged to fit best into the image size.
Second is to use the "IsSizeOk" property. You can set the barcode dimensions and then ask the property "IsSizeOk" if the barcode fits into this dimensions. If you get true, the size is good, if you get false you have to enlarge the image. Do this in steps until you get true and you have the needed size.
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| Size Error: The control is displaying "Size Error". What does it mean? | This error says that the barcode cannot be displayed at this resolution. Enlarge the controls size.
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| EAN/UCC-128: Are the start and stop characters automatically generated including to the first FNC1? | Yes.
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| Text Error: The control is displaying "Text Error". What does it mean? | The "text Error" message says that the value which you would like to encode as a barcode does not fit to the selected barcode symbology. E.g. you try to encode letters in a numeric barcode such as EAN-13
Solution: Simply select a suitable barcode type (e.g. Code 128).
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| US$: Can I get my invoice showing US Dollars instead of Euros? | We're sorry not. A described on our website and on the online order form, billing is made in EUR and so the invoice must be in EUR. You will see the US$ amount on your credit card account statement.
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| Image files: Can I use the images files that I have created with the ActiveBarcode Application under Windows on a MAC? | You can save the barcodes as image files with the ActiveBarcode Application. This goes in many standard formats, like TIF, gif, BMP etc. You can use these files without problems on other systems (e.g., Mac).
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| Local shops: Can I purchase ActiveBarcode at my local shop? | The software ActiveBarcode is not available in local shops. ActiveBarcode is only available directly from us.
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| Uniscan: One of my customer asked me some info about Uniscan. Do you know something about this code? | UNISCAN is the Russian Federation EAN Coding Authority. Your customer may call an "EAN 13 with a prefix from 460 to 469 (Russian Federation)" as Uniscan.
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| A3: How is it possible to set up an A3 page for labels with the ActiveBarcode Application? | The paper format is determined by the printer (driver). Select the function "Printer SetUp" from the menu "Printer". Select your printer which can print to A3 here. Set the papersize to A3 there. Now you have set the desired paper size and you can set up the label sheet.
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| Trial version: I have tested your 30 days Trial. Goes the demo version automatically off after 30 days? | The Trial version is no more applicable after 30 days. You can uninstall the software of your system (Windows control panel-> software) any time.
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| Product code: I am a first time user that requires barcodes for one of my products that will need to be scanned at shops. Where do I get the EAN numbers? | If you want to use this barcodes on your products you will need an unique code. Each country has a coding authority (or numbering association) which assigns codes to manufacturers and maintains a central database. The EAN system is under the overall direction of the International Article Numbering Association, based in Brussels, Belgium. Each country using the EAN system maintains a separate Article Numbering Association.
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| Light margins: I do have a barcode on my product and I do not know how much space do I need around it. Can you tell me? | These borders are called light margins. This white area must be wider than each white space within the barcode and also wider than each black bar in the barcode. So have a look at the wides black and/or white part and make the white border a bit wider than this. Then it should fit.
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| Payment: Do you accept Purchase orders? | We're sorry, we don't accept Purchase Orders from outside Germany.
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| Vista: I test the 'barcodeimage' application under Vista and call the barcodeimage file in the programs folder (\program files\activebarcode). Indeed, it is indicated that a file was written, but I do not find it. | Vista does not allow to create a file in this folder if you don't have rights for this. That's why Vista creates the image file in the folder
c:\users\[Ihr Benutzername]\appdata\local\virtualstore\programme\activebarcode
instead.
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| PowerShell: How I use the 'barcodeimage' tool with the PowerShell. I always receive an error message that this file cannot be executed. | If you want to use 'barcodeimage' with the Microsoft Windows PowerShell, you have to call it using 'cscript'. See this example:
cscript barcodeimage.wsf code128.bmp "text=Hello World" type=14 width=500 height=100
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