GS1-Databar Barcode Font

Generate GS1-Databar Barcode in MS Access Database

1. Start Microsoft® Access® first.

If you are using Access 2000 or 2003, click menu ===> Tools ==> Macro ===> Security. Choose Low security level.
GS1-Databar Access Macro Security

If you are using Access 2007 / 2010 / 2013 / 2016 / 2019, click the Microsoft Office Button.
Office 2010 button Office 2016 button Office 2019 button
Then click Access Options, choose Trust Center. In the Macro Settings category, under Macro Settings, choose "Enable all macros" as shown below.

GS1-Databar Access Macro Setting

2. Press ALT + F11 to open Microsoft® Visual Basic editor.
GS1-Databar Access VBA

3. From Visual Basic editor, choose menu Tools ===> References. It will popup a dialog. Click Browse button and choose cruflbcs.dll from your working folder.
Usually it's under C:\Program File (x86)\CommonFiles\Barcodesoft\Fontutil folder.
Click the checkbox beside crUFLBcs 4.0 Type Library as shown below. Then click OK button.

GS1-Databar add reference

4. Press Ctrl+M, it will popup a dialog, choose barcodesoft.bas under C:\Program File (x86)\CommonFiles\Barcodesoft\Fontutil folder. Then click "Open".

If you don't find barcodesoft.bas, please download it from GS1-Databar.
GS1-Databar import vba

5. Close Visual Basic and go back to your Access database. Now, create a report in Design view and type in one of the following macros in the field where you want to show GS1-Databar barcode before apply font typeface:
=databar14([data.code])
=databarstk([data.code])
=databarstkomni([data.code])
=databarltd([data.code])
=databarexp([data.code])
=databarexpstk([data.code])

Please notice that 'data' is the Table name, 'code' is the Field name.

gs1 databar barcode access macro

6. Right click the field you want to display GS1-Databar barcode. Choose Properties from context menu. Apply one of the appropriate font typefaces to the field, such as BcsDatabarM.

gs1 databar access apply font typeface