QR Code

Overview
Generate QRCodes in Crystal Reports Using Web Service
Generate QRCodes in Crystal Reports
Generate QRCodes in MS Excel
Generate QRCodes in MS Access

Keywords: QRCode Barcode, Quick Response Barcode, ISO/IEC 18004:2006

Anyone who needs to generate QRCode need look no further. The answer is Barcodesoft QR Code Font Package.

QR Code is also known as Quick Response Code. QR Code is a 2D matrix barcode symbology.

QRCode Matrix size ranges between 21 X 21 modules and 177 x 177 modules. Each module is either black or white.

QR Code is a well-designed barcode symbology that is able to encode both alphanumeric and conjunction characters.

QR Code is a two dimensional Japanese barcode that is able to encode 8-bit JIS characters and Kanji characters (Shift JIS characters). A Model 2 QR Code can hold up to 1500 Japanese Kanji characters.

The unique finder pattern and module placement algorithm makes QR Code symbol truly one of a kind in all barcode symbologies.

Barcodesoft QR Code printing solution used Reed Solomon algorithm for error checking and correcting.

QRCode has 4 different error correction levels to choose from : L07, M15, Q25 and H30. Higher level means less data capacity and less decoding error chance.

You can use either Barcodesoft QRCode Encoder or crUFLbcs.dll to encode your data on a Windows PC.

Barcodesoft QRCode Demo is fully functional even with the "Demo" watermark.

Please click the following URL for non-printable ASCII characters input.

If you are using a non-Japanese operating system, and want to scan a QR Code barcode symbol into your Windows application, please use Barcodesoft Keyboard Wedge Emulation program. It intercepts RS-232 port signals and emulates keyboard input.

Index	Format	Index	Format
1	21 x 21	21	101 x 101
2	25 x 25	22	105 x 105
3	29 x 29	23	109 x 109
4	33 x 33	24	113 x 113
5	37 x 37	25	117 x 117
6	41 x 41	26	121 x 121
7	45 x 45	27	125 x 125
8	49 x 49	28	129 x 129
9	53 x 53	29	133 x 133
10	57 x 57	30	137 x 137
11	61 x 61	31	141 x 141
12	65 x 65	32	145 x 145
13	69 x 69	33	149 x 149
14	73 x 73	34	153 x 153
15	77 x 77	35	157 x 157
16	81 x 81	36	161 x 161
17	85 x 85	37	165 x 165
18	89 x 89	38	169 x 169
19	93 x 93	39	173 x 173
20	97 x 97	40	177 x 177

This is the pricing list of Barcodesoft QRCode font package

License	Single User	5-User	10-User	Site	Corporate	Developer	5-Developer	10-Developer	Unlimited Developer
Price	CAD299	CAD399	CAD599	CAD799	CAD999	CAD1199	CAD1399	CAD1999	CAD2999

Generate qrcode in Crystal Reports using Web Service

This solution is web-service based. No download needed.
No third-party software installation needed.
All you need is just Internet access.

1. Click "insert picture icon" to add a picture to your report. This picture will be a placeholder for your qrcode.
insert a qrcode picture in crystal reports

2. Right click image. Select Format Graphic… Select Picture tab. Click the conditional-formula button (looks like x+2).
Set the formula’s text to the name of the formula or parameter field with the image’s URL:
Save the formula and click the OK button.

insert a barcode web service URL in crystal reports

3. By manipulating parameters of Web Service URL, you can customize qrcode barcode in your report.

http://barcode.barcodesoft.com/barcode.ashx?s/qrcode/text/24680ABC13579/w/200/quiet/10

URL above will generate a qrcode for text "24680ABC13579". Barcode width will be 200 pixels. Quiet zone will be 10 pixels.

http://barcode.barcodesoft.com/barcode.ashx?s/qrcode/text/ABCD1234/w/200/quiet/0

URL above will generate a qrcode for text "ABCD1234". Barcode width will be 200 pixels. No Quiet zone.

4. Without a valid token, your barcode will have a demo watermark.
To get a token, please get a license for qrcode web service.

Generate QRCode in Crystal Reports

1. Right click command prompt and run command prompt as administrator.
QR Code 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 QR code

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. Open your crystal report. Right click Formula Fields, choose "New..." from the context menu. Type in "qrcode1" in the Name textbox, then click "Use Editor".

qrcode create formula in crystal reports

3. After QRCode encoding process, even a short string might return more code words than you expect.
However, Crystal Reports allows no more than 254 characters in a formula field.
Therefore we have to split QRCode code words into different parts, and concatenate them in a Text Object before apply font BcsQRCode.
As for how many formula fields are needed, you use the following function to find out:
BCSQRCodeFormulaNoForCR({Data.Code}).

qrcode crystal reports UFL

4. Create multiple formula fields as listed below if returned code words are more than 255. Then drag and drop them in sequence within the same Text Object.

qrcode create formula crystal reports

Local stringVar codestr := "QRCode" + Chrw(13) + chrw(10) + {Test.Data};
BCSQRCodeEncodeCR({Test.Data}, 1, 1, 0, 0)

Local stringVar codestr := "QRCode" + Chrw(13) + chrw(10) + {Test.Data};
BCSQRCodeEncodeCR({Test.Data}, 2, 1, 0, 0)

Local stringVar codestr := "QRCode" + Chrw(13) + chrw(10) + {Test.Data};
BCSQRCodeEncodeCR({Test.Data}, 3, 1, 0, 0)

The first parameter in the formula field is string to encode.
The second parameter in the formula field is index.
The third parameter in the formula field is error correction level. Its value ranges between 1 and 4 that represents L07, M15, Q25 and H30 separately. When set to default value 0, it stands for M15 error correction level.

For Girocode or European Payments Council (EPC) QR Code users, please define the following formulas

str = "BCD" & "&#0a;" & "001" & "&#0a;" & "1" & "&#0a;" & "SCT" & "&#0a;" & "BFSW3E33BER" & "&#0a;" & "Collection folder" & "&#0a;" & "DE33100206000001194701 " & "&#0a;" & "EUR123.45"
BCSQRCodeEncodeCR(str, 1, 1, 0, 0)
BCSQRCodeEncodeCR(str, 2, 1, 0, 0)
BCSQRCodeEncodeCR(str, 3, 1, 0, 0)

After each data section, please add & "&#0a;". It will interpreted as ASCII 0A character.

For detailed explanations of each parameter, please refer to user's manual.

qrcode crystal reports UFL formula field

You will see some hex codes in your report. Don't worry! You have NOT applied QRCode font typeface yet.

5. Right click Text Object and choose "Format Object" from context menu. Then choose "BcsQRcode" as font typeface for the Text Object.

QRCode barcode font crystal reports

6. Click OK button. You will see QRCode in your report.

QRCode barcode crystal reports

Generate QRCode in MS Excel

1. Right click command prompt and run command prompt as administrator.
QR Code 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 QR code

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® Excel®.

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

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

QRCode Macro Setting

3. Press ALT + F11 to open Microsoft® Visual Basic editor.
QRCode 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.

QRCode 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 QRCode.
QRCode import vba

6. Close Visual Basic and go back to your spreadsheet. Now, you can use the following macro to encode data: qrcode. When you have lots of data to process, you can just copy and paste the QRCode macro to the whole column / row of data. All your QRCode will be ready immediately.

=qrcode(xxx)

Please use cell reference to replace xxx in the formulas as shown below.
QRCode Excel macro

7. Right click Cell B1, choose Format Cell from context menu as shown below.

8. Click Font tab and choose BcsQRCodeS as font typeface as shown below.
QRCode typeface excel

9. Click Alignment tab and select "wrap text" as shown below.
QRCode alignment excel

10. Click OK and you should be able to see QRCode barcode in your Excel spreadsheet now. There might be a small gap between different lines of QRCode. However, this won't be an issue when you scan the printed QRCode because bcsDatamatrixS true type font is designed to reduce this gap to mininum.
QRCode excel

Generate QRCode in MS Access

1. Right click command prompt and run command prompt as administrator.
QR Code 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 QR code

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.
QRCode 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.

QRCode Access Macro Setting

3. Press ALT + F11 to open Microsoft® Visual Basic editor.
QRCode 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.

QRCode 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 QRCode.
QRCode 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 QRCode barcode before apply font typeface:
=qrcode([data.code])

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

QRCode barcode excel macro

7. Right click the field you want to display QRCode barcode. Choose Properties from context menu. Apply BcsQRCode to the field to get a QRCode.

QRCode import vba