PDF417 Barcode Font

Generate PDF417 Barcode in MS Access

1. Right click command prompt and run command prompt as administrator.
PDF417 command prompt as administrator

Type in the following commands to register cruflbcs.dll
cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Barcodesoft\FontUtil" regsvr32.exe cruflbcs.dll register cruflbcs.dll commands for PDF417

To register 64-bit DLL, please type in the following commands
cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Barcodesoft\FontUtil" %systemroot%\System32\regsvr32.exe cruflbcs_x64.dll

If you see the following Window pop up, your registration was successful.
register cruflbcs.dll succeeded

2. Start Microsoft® Access®.

If you are using Access 2000 or 2003, click menu ===> Tools ==> Macro ===> Security. Choose Low security level.
pdf417 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.

pdf417 Access Macro Setting

3. Press ALT + F11 to open Microsoft® Visual Basic editor.
pdf417 Access VBA

4. 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.

pdf417 add reference

5. 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 pdf417.
pdf417 import vba

6. 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 PDF417 barcode before apply font typeface:
=pdf417([data.code])
=micropdf417([data.code])

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

pdf417 barcode Access macro

7. Right click the field you want to display pdf417 barcode. Choose Properties from context menu. Apply one of the appropriate font typefaces to the field, such as BcsPDF417.

pdf417 barcode access font typeface