*NOTE: In Excel, it may be hard to determine the right barcode font to select. (5) Select the IDAutomation Code 128 Font. (3)Enter the Cell reference and a closed parenthesis. HOW TO ENCODE THE DATA AND CREATE THE BARCODE Select File-Close and Return to Microsoft Excel. If multiple IDAutomationVBA files (with the same file name) are in the modules folder, an ' ambiguous name error' with #NAME will occur.Ĩ. NOTE: Only import one instance of the IDAutomationVBA. To import the VBA, select File-Import File and select VBA file.ħ. To identify the location of the IDAutomationVBA.bas file that will be imported into Excel's Visual Basic Editor, navigate through the extracted BarcodeFunctions folder. To extract BarcodeFunctions.zip, right-click on the file and select Extract All.ģ. If unsure of where the download is located, run a search on the computer for the name BarcodeFunctions.Ģ.

Download the BarcodeFunctions.zip font encoder to the desired location on your computer. The tutorial assumes that Code 128 Font Package (Demo or Sale) is downloaded and installed (click here for installation steps).ġ. The steps for importing VBA are compatible with Windows Excel 2007 - 2016. The IDAutomation VBA Macros is a free font encoder that encodes data for Excel and Access. After the data passes though the font encoder, it is referred to as encoded data. (2) Font Encoder – Download the VBA (Also available in Step 1)Ī barcode font is a file that displays a barcode in text format.Ī font encoder is formula inside of an add-in, plug-in, or source code that performs a calculation to convert data into a format that the barcode font can understand. To create barcodes using a font, two components are required:

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