Can FM Bar-Code?

[bobbyq]

Can I get filemaker to create bar-codes from zip codes (or other numbers)?

[airbaal]

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Originally posted by bobbyq:

Can I get filemaker to create bar-codes from zip codes (or other numbers)?

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FileMaker will print barcodes of any type. You just need to get a font that does the barcoding and use that barcode on your label layout in your database. Here are a few links to barcoding companies:

http://www.elfring.com/

http://www.azalea.com/

You could make a barcode font too if you have Fontographer, a list of what each number looks like in its barcode form, and a scanner. But buying one from one of those companies above is probably easier :-).

-Eric

[danjacoby]

One caveat: Remember that postal barcodes require more than just the zip+4; there are a few extra characters. Get the details from your local post office (meaning I used to know them, but I forgot -- sorry).

Dan