Re: Bar Codes

I'm interested in the reading more so then then the printing! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cheryl Kendricks Internet:cherylk@prod1.jcdc.doleta.gov DTSI, Inc. Voice: 1-800-598-5008 Database Administrator - DOL Job Corps San Marcos, Texas ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Thu, 9 May 1996, Mark Starr wrote: } We purchased a package called "Bar Code Library" from: } } StrandWare } P.O. Box 634 } Eau Claire, WI 54702 } (715)833-2331 } (800)552-2331 } } This was several years ago, so I don't know if the company is still in } existence. But, it was very cheap ($60) and included the C source code which } you could compile and link with your Informix code. It allows printing of } many types of barcodes on many types of printers. } } } Hope this helps. } } Mark Starr } mss@isg.net-labs.com } } ************************ START OF FORWARDED MESSAGE ********************** } } >From : rmy>informix-list-owner } To : mss } Subject : Bar Codes } Date : 05/09/96 00:39 } } } Organization: ImAtrex Corporation; Boaz, Alabama USA } Sender: informix-list-owner@rmy.emory.edu } To: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu } X-Informix-List-To: mss@isg.net-labs.com } X-Informix-List-Id: <news.23830> } } Greetings: } } Is anyone out there in netland printing bar codes (CODE39, in our case) from an } application written in 4GL? } } If so, I would like to receive some pointers, as we are having difficulty doing } it. We have written the code necessary to convert the data to a barcode bit } pattern, but when we try to output it from our application using the standard } report syntax of 4GL, we don't get what we're are looking for. Basically, we } are using a ascii(255) to output a dib, and one would think a ascii(0) would } cause the print head to advance one dib, but not print it.... } } Any pointers would be greatly appreciated!! } } Much thanks in advance. } } Lee } } } } } }