> As far as printing barcodes, only Code 39 doesn't require special encoding. I am using a barcode font package from ID Automation, www.bizfonts.com. They have very generous licensing terms and have fonts for just about everything, all common bar codes plus OCR and MICR. Licensing any of their fonts entitles you to download their utilities, including an ActiveX control that does the encoding. They list VFP as being supported by their ActiveX control. Other utilities include UFLs for Crystal Reports as well as add-ins for Word and Excel.
> In my application, I am generating the labels via Crystal Reports since the client will be creating additional labels besides the initial set included in the app, and they already are familiar with creating report in Crystal. But there's no reason why you couldn't use the activex control and native VFP reports.

If I understand you correctly, if I only need to print alphanumeric strings up to 8 characters max - Code 39 font is ok and I thus don't need any active-x controls etc.

Or am I oversimplifying the matter ?

Cheers,
Jamie