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How to generate barcodes in word with VBA with barcode SDK in Microsoft Word and ByteScout Barcode Suite

This code in Microsoft Word shows how to generate barcodes in word with VBA with barcode SDK with this how to tutorial

An easy to understand sample source code to learn how to generate barcodes in word with VBA with barcode SDK in Microsoft Word ByteScout Barcode Suite can generate barcodes in word with VBA with barcode SDK. It can be applied from Microsoft Word. ByteScout Barcode Suite is the bundle that privides 3 SDK products to generate barcodes (Barcode SDK), read barcodes (Barcode Reaer SDK) and read and write spreadsheets (Spreadsheet SDK).

The following code snippet for ByteScout Barcode Suite works best when you need to quickly generate barcodes in word with VBA with barcode SDK in your Microsoft Word application. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for Microsoft Word below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample Microsoft Word codes.

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BytescoutBarCodeSDK_VBA.vb
      
' IMPORTANT: This demo uses VBA so if you have it disabled please temporary enable ' by going to Tools - Macro - Security.. and changing the security mode to ""Medium"" ' to Ask if you want enable macro or not. Then close and reopen this Excel document ' You should have evaluation version of the ByteScout SDK installed to get it working - get it from https://bytescout.com ' If you are getting error message like ' "File or assembly named Bytescout SDK, or one of its dependencies, was not found" ' then please try the following: ' ' - Close Excel ' - (for Office 2003 only) download and install this hotfix from Microsoft: ' http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1B0BFB35-C252-43CC-8A2A-6A64D6AC4670&displaylang=en ' ' and then try again! ' ' If you have any questions please contact us at https://bytescout.com/support/ or at support@bytescout.com '============================================== 'References used '================= 'Bytescout Barcode SDK ' ' IMPORTANT: ' ============================================================== '1) Add the ActiveX reference in Tools -> References '2) Loop through the values from the first Column for which barcode has to be generated '3) Parse the value to Bytescout Barcode Object to generate the barcode using QR Code barcode type. '4) Save the generated Barcode Image '5) Insert the Barcode Image in the second Column '6) Repeat the steps 3 to 5 till the last Value in the first Column ' '================================================================== Option Explicit ' declare function to get temporary folder (where we could save barcode images temporary) Declare Function GetTempPath _ Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetTempPathA" _ (ByVal nBufferLength As Long, _ ByVal lpBuffer As String) As Long Dim myTable As Table Dim myRow As Integer Dim myCell As Range ' function to return path to temporary folder Public Function fncGetTempPath() As String Dim PathLen As Long Dim WinTempDir As String Dim BufferLength As Long BufferLength = 260 WinTempDir = Space(BufferLength) PathLen = GetTempPath(BufferLength, WinTempDir) If Not PathLen = 0 Then fncGetTempPath = Left(WinTempDir, PathLen) Else fncGetTempPath = CurDir() End If End Function Sub Generate_Barcode() 'temp path to save the Barcode images Dim filePath As String filePath = fncGetTempPath() 'Change the Path But should end with Backslash( \ ) Set myTable = ActiveDocument.Tables.Item(1) 'Prepare the Bytescout Barcode Object '==================================== Dim myBarcode As New Bytescout_BarCode.Barcode myBarcode.RegistrationName = "demo" 'Change the name for full version myBarcode.RegistrationKey = "demo" 'Change the key for full version 'Barcode Settings myBarcode.Symbology = SymbologyType_QRCode ' QR Code barcode, you may change to other barcode types like Code 39, Code 128 etc ' set barcode image quality resolution myBarcode.ResolutionX = 300 'Resolution higher than 250 is good for printing myBarcode.ResolutionY = 300 'Resolution higher than 250 is good for printing myBarcode.DrawCaption = True 'Showing Barcode Captions in the Barcode Image myBarcode.DrawCaptionFor2DBarcodes = True ' show captions for 2D barcodes like QR Code 'Remove the Old Barcode images (if any) Clear_Barcode ' now generate new barcodes and insert into cells in the second column ' Repeat the steps for each row from 2 to 6 For myRow = 2 To 6 Set myCell = myTable.Cell(myRow, 1).Range 'Parse the Value from the first Column to Bytescout Barcode Object myBarcode.Value = myCell.Text 'Fit the barcode into 60X25 mm rectangle myBarcode.FitInto_3 60, 25, 4 '4 refers to units of measurement as millimeter 'Save the barcode image to a file in temporary folder myBarcode.SaveImage filePath & "myBarcode" & myRow - 1 & ".png" 'Insert the Barcode image to the second Column Set myCell = myTable.Cell(myRow, 2).Range myCell.InlineShapes.AddPicture filePath & "myBarcode" & myRow - 1 & ".png" Next myRow End Sub ' clears barcodes images (if any) from the column Sub Clear_Barcode() Set myTable = ActiveDocument.Tables.Item(1) 'Remove the Old Barcode images (if any) For myRow = 2 To 6 Set myCell = myTable.Cell(myRow, 2).Range If myCell.InlineShapes.Count = 1 Then myCell.InlineShapes.Item(1).Delete Next myRow End Sub

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' IMPORTANT: This demo uses VBA so if you have it disabled please temporary enable ' by going to Tools - Macro - Security.. and changing the security mode to ""Medium"" ' to Ask if you want enable macro or not. Then close and reopen this Excel document ' You should have evaluation version of the ByteScout SDK installed to get it working - get it from https://bytescout.com ' If you are getting error message like ' "File or assembly named Bytescout SDK, or one of its dependencies, was not found" ' then please try the following: ' ' - Close Excel ' - (for Office 2003 only) download and install this hotfix from Microsoft: ' http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1B0BFB35-C252-43CC-8A2A-6A64D6AC4670&displaylang=en ' ' and then try again! ' ' If you have any questions please contact us at https://bytescout.com/support/ or at support@bytescout.com

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