Be sure you begin and end the bar code with an asterisk. You'll have to identify the field as '*'+alltrim(yourfieldname)+'*'

Also - watch out for spaces as they can be hard to code too....some scanners require an underscore for the space.

>Well It did not work out too well.
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>I had asked about printing large bar codes and you said I do not need to buy any commercial bar code font library. I downloaded the ones you mentioned and even some more from another site.
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>The VFP report writer prints them fine, and the PDF includes the font and the end user can easily print the page.
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>HOWEVER when it go through the scanner, the scanner doers not see those as bar codes.
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>This is a replacement for another program that prints the forms, but it no longer has the right data source.
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>Those printed bar codes work with no problem.
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>Should I just keep trying different versions of the font, or do I need to go down another path?
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>SORRY to be so much trouble. I always seem to go to you with the strange questions and frequently it turns out to be PUE, but at least it is not BDU
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>PUE Probable User Error
>BDU Brain Dead User
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>I do hope you agree it is not BDU.