News | June 2, 2008

Barcode Fonts With Add-In For Excel Simplifies Creation Of Multiple Barcodes

ConnectCode's new release of barcode font pack includes an add-in that simplifies the creation of multiple barcodes within Excel. The add-in provides a user interface that lets users select the desired barcode symbology and its associated options.

Apart from the add-in, ConnectCode barcode fonts will also enable barcodes in most softwares that support text display and font handling. It ships with an Encoder that can create images out of the barcode fonts and prepare raw data into a form suitable for barcode encodation.

Additionally, a variety of tools, applications and source codes are provided to ease integration with third party products. This includes a Microsoft Office Macros, Crystal Reports Formulas, developer DLL, and Windows Presentation Foundation samples.

The font pack supports symbologies such as Code39, Code 39 Extended, Code93, Code 128 Auto, Code128A, Code128B, Code128C, I2of5 (Interleaved 2 of 5), ITF14, EAN 13 (European Article Numbering), EAN 8, UPCA (Universal Product Code), UPCE, UCCEAN, ISBN, ISSN, MSI, Codabar, UPC/EAN Extension 2 and Extension 5 barcodes.

In addition to TrueType and PostScript fonts, OpenType fonts, that can be used in Mac OS are also supported.

SOURCE: ConnectCode