Crystal Reports: Bar Code Report

Crystal Reports can do a wide range of things, many of which most of us don't even think about.

If information is in a database somewhere and you want it to look nice on a display screen, Web page or printed page, then Crystal Reports is an ideal tool to use.

So how about a report with bar codes? This is very easy, because a bar code is just another field on a report.

For example, the product code can uniquely identify the product being sold (e.g., they are not sold in multiple units.) Insert the product code field in your report where you wish the bar code to appear--that could be on the top right for a print of sticky labels three across.

Highlight the field and change the font to one of the various bar code fonts available. You could use, for example, a font called "3 of 9 Barcode." The product code is now converted to a bar code and the report can be printed in the normal way.

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