You can visit http://www.idautomation.com the ActiveX can be used with VFP forms/reports. The example there is available for use of ActiveX in VFP reports. That example is for VFP6 and they use General Field to store the barcode. If you save the file as JPG or WMF and use it with the picture control it will give you better resolutions. This ActiveX is good you can select EAN13 and many other type of barcode. It is easy to use.