How to include a 2D Barcode in Powerbuilder 2017 R3

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sachidhanantham ramalingam
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Thursday, 10 December 2020 12:41 PM UTC

Hi,

Our labeling application is in PB2017, currently we are supporting 1D barcode by make use of “bcfont32.DLL” functions.

Now, we want to use 2D barcode to show the data in a data window and window, is there any native way we can use 2D barcode font in PB ? is there any free font available ?

When i searched in google, it seems like we need to consume the .NET third party dll and runtime dynamically set the font from the third party.

What is best way to use 2D barcode in PB 2017 R3.

Any suggestions would be helpful .

Thanks,
--Sachi…

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Govinda Lopez @Appeon Accepted Answer Pending Moderation

Friday, 18 December 2020 18:52 PM UTC
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# 1

Hi Sachidhananthanam,

There are multiple ways to achieve this:

You can use ActiveX/OCX controls (for example: https://www.tec-it.com/es/software/selection/barcode-activex-ocx/default.aspx)
You could use a COM object (for example: https://www.barcoderesource.com/powerbuilderbarcode.shtml or http://www.topwizprogramming.com/freecode_usps4cb.html or https://www.barcode-soft.com/barcode-powerbuilder.aspx)
You can use SDK calls (for example: https://www.tec-it.com/en/software/barcode-software/tbarcode/overview/Default.aspx)
You can use Web API services (RESTClient or HTTPClient)
You can load website services that offer this functionality (WebBrowser control) (for example: https://barcode.tec-it.com/en/QRCode?data=This%20is%20a%20QR%20Code%20by%20TEC-IT)
You can natively call .NET dlls or assemblies (PowerBuilder 2019 R2 and above)

But you might want to update to the latest version of PowerBuilder first to get the best features available now. I'm sure you'll find that, with all the new features available now, coding with PowerBuilder is even better! (https://docs.appeon.com/pb2019r2/whats_new/ch01.html and https://www.appeon.com/conference/elevate-2020/keynote-session)

Regards,

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