Re: Paradox 9, choosing barcode font in a report form

Adine wrote:

> I should have written "He told our boss Paradox 9 does not
> support the barcode font".

Paradox supports all TrueType fonts I have used.

> If the printout form is a file which sitting in the program
> folder, I will fix it by myself.

It's not something you can modify with anything other than Paradox. From
what's been said in this thread, it sounds to me like it would be simple to
modify the report spec to include the barcode you asked for.

> By the way, how does Paradox keep the data? Is there any chance to open
> the data with other tools? Is there any database
> editor tools which I can use it to open the database and see the structure
> of the tables? If I can, I'd like to link the data to our system and
> print the work-order in our system.

Paradox can work with data in many formats/sources, but the most general is
Paradox tables (*.db). I can only assume your Paradox app uses Paradox
tables. The best, safest tool to view Paradox tables is Paradox. There are
a couple of ODBC drivers out there that can as well, but each has drawbacks.
There is also the Database Desktop, which allows creating, browsing, and
modifying Paradox tables. DBD ships with some Borland developer tools.

Unless you know what you are doing, I wouldn't modify the data in a Paradox
app outside of the app. Often, the business rules are part of the app, not
the database, so you can wind up shooting yourself in the foot and wrecking
your data.

--
Larry DiGiovanni
Digico, Inc.
IT Consulting and Staffing Solutions
www.digicoinc.com
Check out www.thedbcommunity.com for Paradox resources.


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