simple software for a simple task... scan and print

[simplyEXCEL]

I am looking for a very simple piece of bar codeing software. I have shopped and most of the software I am seeing is very feature rich and.... too much for my use.

I want a piece of software that I can set up and link with an excel document that has five columns. The first column would be the item #, the second through fifth column would be each respective description. This software would simply prompt the end user to scan a products barcode; and then fetch the infortmation from the excel spreadsheet and print out a pre formatted label with the corresponding barcode's information.

An example I want is as follows... and I want no more then this.

1. End user loads the application, a prompt asks the user to scan the barcode... say the barcode is of a Lays Baked Potato chips. After the scan another prompt would ask the quantity.

2. The user scans... and out of a printer comes a label that would have 5 lines... one line would say Lays, Line 2 would reflect the prompted quantity, Line 3 would say "plain baked potato chips", Line 4 would say "$0.99'. Line 5 would have a copy of the scanned barcode.

I appreciate anyone's help with this.

Thank You,
Michael

 

[67peshawar294]

simple,
Have you done any work on this yourself or do you expect the members to do the entire project for you?
for your barcode software try;

http://grandzebu.net/informatique/codbar-en/codbar.htm

a little tweaking is needed to work in excel or access.
jim

 

[BarcodeWiz]

Bartender is the most widely accepted barcoding "canned package" you can get. Try

http://www.seagullscientific.com.

Its cheaper and mor effective than the others. The other dirty little industry secret is that Seagull writes 80% of the printer drivers avail.