Print NDC Bar Code?

rbuser

Can ReportBuilder 6.03 print a NDC ( National Drug Code ) bar code?

Or does someone know if the NDC is the same as another bar code type?

Thanks

digitalmetaphors

It appears to be a variant on current barcode technology. You can search
google.com for more information on what the code is. Then you can adapt the
chagnes into a new barcode type for use in RB. I found this pdf in a quick
search on google, but I'm sure there is much more out there, including the
FDA website I'm sure has to have some info on this.
http://uc-council.org/documents/pdf/NDC_in_EAN.UCC_System_5.22.02.pdf

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Article: Adding new BarCode types
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ReportBuilder natively supports the following barcode types:

- Codabar
- Code 128
- Code 39
- EAN-8
- EAN-13
- Interleaved 2 of 5
- PostNet
- UPC-A
- UPC-E


Options for adding new BarCode types:


1. Find a VCL or ActiveX BarCode component that supports the desired BarCode
type. Adapt the component for use in RB in one of the following ways:

a. Use the third-party BarCode component to export the barcode output to an
image and then use RB's Image component to print the barcode.

b. Write a ReportBuilder "wrapper" component that adapts the third-party
component to work inside the RB Designer. This is the approach used to
integrate the TeeChart component within RB. A "wrapper" component is a
descendant of RB's TppCustomComponent that instantiates and uses a
third-party component to implement the desired rendering. See ppChrt.pas in
the RBuilder\Source directory for an example.


We have had customers use both of the above techniques successfully.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Thank you Jim.

I had also found that article on the NDC with google.

Bill Brittain