The Softek Barcode Maker Active X Control is the easy way to add barcodes to applications developed in VB, VC++ etc.

The control currently supports Code 39, Code 25 and Code 128 types A, B and C. The barcode can be displayed in any orientation and the width and height of the font can be changed to suit the application.

Use with VB forms.

Can be embedded in Word and Excel documents.

Supports Code 128 symbol sets A, B and C.

Fully functional demo available for download.

Type specifies the barcode type to be used:

code39 creates a Code 3of 9 barcode. This includes the characters 0 to 9, A-Z and - . SPACE $ / + and %. Lower case characters are translated to upper case. Note that the control automatically adds on the start and stop * characters. This is a good general purpose barcode for scanning applications because it only uses 2 width of barcode. Invalid characters are ignored.

code25 creates an interleaved Code 2 of 5 barcode - a low density barcode that encodes even length numbers. This is a good alternative to Code-39 when only numbers need to be encoded. Note that the control will add a leading 0 to the number if it has an odd length. Invalid characters result in the error message "Digits Only" at the top of the barcode.

code128a creates a Code 128 barcode in symbol set A. This includes the characters 0-9, A-Z and SPACE ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ and _. Invalid characters result in the error message "Invalid Character" at the top of the barcode.

code128b creates a Code 128 barcode in symbol set B. This includes the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z and SPACE ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ _ ` { | } and ~. Invalid characters result in the error message "Invalid Character" at the top of the barcode.

code128c creates a Code 128 barcode in symbol set C. This encodes even length numbers in a double density format (i.e. you can fit twice the number of characters in the same space compared to symbol sets A or B). Note that the control will add a leading 0 to the number if it has an odd length. Invalid characters result in the error message "Digits Only" at the top of the barcode.

Value is the barcode string to be encoded. Note that the Code 39 start/stop * characters are automatically added to the value when Type = "code39".

Direction is the orientation of the barcode. 0 = upright, 1 = 90 degrees clockwise, 2 = upside-down and 3 = 90 degrees anti-clockwise.

FontWidth is the horizontal spacing of the font in logical units. The default is 20.

FontHeight is the height of the font in logical units. The default is 20.