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Code39 is one of the most widely used barcode symbologies. However, Code39 accepts only 43 different characters as valid input.
To encode all ASCII characters, people designed extended Code39 on top of code39. Extended Code39 barcodes use two code39 characters to represent a special character. Therefore, an extended code39 barcode is usually longer than a regular code39 barcode.
Extended Code39 is self-checking. A check digit is optional.
When you scan Code39 Extended barcode, you need to configure your scanner to use full ASCII feature.
Here is the mapping table of Barcodesoft Code39 Extended Barcode Font
Character
Mapping
space
number sign (#)
#
177 (0xB1)
*
176(0xB0)
del
175(0xAF)
NUL - US (0-31)
224 - 255 (0xE0 - 0xFF)
0-9
unchanged
A-Z
unchanged
a-z
unchanged
others
unchanged
For example, ExtCode39MHr means ‘medium aspect ratio’, with human readable text.
ExtCode39XXL means “XXL aspect ratio, no human readable text”.
Barcodesoft 'Extended Code39' Demo version has a “Demo” watermark.
Barcodesoft Extended Code39 fonts are available in truetype, PostScript, PCL, SVG, Open Type (eot), and Web Open Font Format (woff / woff2). Users can embed extended Code39 fonts into Adobe PDF files.
Here is the list of Barcodesoft Extended Code39 Barcode Fonts
Aspect Ratio
With Human Readable
Without Human Readable
XXS
ExtCode39XXSHr
ExtCode39XXS
XS
ExtCode39XSHr
ExtCode39XS
S
ExtCode39SHr
ExtCode39S
M
ExtCode39MHr
ExtCode39M
L
ExtCode39LHr
ExtCode39L
XL
ExtCode39XLHr
ExtCode39XL
XXL
ExtCode39XXLHr
ExtCode39XXL
This is the pricing list of Barcodesoft Code39 Extended barcode fonts package
License
Single User
5-User
10-User
Site
Corporate
Developer
5-Developer
10-Developer
Unlimited Developer
Price
CAD159
CAD299
CAD399
CAD599
CAD799
CAD999
CAD1199
CAD1399
CAD1999
1. Open your crystal report. Right click Formula Fields, choose "New..." from the context menu.
Type in "Code39ext" in the Name textbox, then click "Use Editor".
2. Double click "BCSLinearCode39Ext" function from Visual Basic UFLs list as shown.
3. Then type in the database field as parameter for code39 extended formula. And click "Save" button to save code39 extended formula field.
4. Drag and drop the Code39 extended formula field in your crystal report design view. You might see some strange characters in your report. Don't worry! You have NOT applied code39 extended barcode font yet.
5. Right click Code39 extended formula field and choose "Format Field" from context menu. Then choose "ExtCode39mHr" as font typeface.
Click OK button. You will see Code39 extended barcode in your report.
1. Start Microsoft® Excel® first.
If you are using Excel 2000 or 2003, click menu ===> Tools ==> Macro ===> Security. Choose Low security level.
If you are using Excel 2007 / 2010 / 2013 / 2016 / 2019, click the Microsoft Office Button.
Then click Excel Options, choose Trust Center. In the Macro Settings category, under Macro Settings, choose "Enable all macros" as shown below.
2. Press ALT + F11 to open Microsoft® Visual Basic editor.
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 1.0 Type Library as shown below. Then click OK button.
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 Code39 extended.
5. Close Visual Basic editor and go back to your spreadsheet. Now, you can use the following macros to encode data: Code39ext. When you have lots of data to process, you can just copy and paste the macro to the whole column and all data will be encoded immediately.
=Code39ext(xxx)
Please use cell reference to replace xxx in the formulas as shown below.
6. Right click Cell B1, choose Format Cell from context menu. Then click Font to apply one of the appropriate font typefaces to the cell, such as ExtCode39mHr.
1. Start Microsoft® Access® first.
If you are using Access 2000 or 2003, click menu ===> Tools ==> Macro ===> Security. Choose Low security level.
If you are using Access 2007 / 2010 / 2013 / 2016 / 2019, click the Microsoft Office Button.
Then click Access Options, choose Trust Center. In the Macro Settings category, under Macro Settings, choose "Enable all macros" as shown below.
2. Press ALT + F11 to open Microsoft® Visual Basic editor.
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.
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 Code39 extended.
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 Code39 extended barcode before apply font typeface:
=code39Ext([data.code])
Please notice that 'data' is the Table name, 'code' is the Field name.
6. Right click the field you want to display Code39 extended barcode. Choose Properties from context menu. Apply one of the appropriate font typefaces to the field, such as ExtCode39mHr.