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What is the difference between Really Simple Barcodes, dBarcode Pro and a barcode font for Windows?

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What is the difference between Really Simple Barcodes, dBarcode Pro and a barcode font for Windows?

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Really Simple Barcodes creates barcode images for many different barcode types and copies the image to the clipboard or saves it in a graphics file. Thus it is suitable for occasional use. dBarcode Pro is an OLE server and so can insert barcode images into OLE enabled application such as Word (by choosing insert object from the application’s menu). dBarcode Pro also supports full automation OLE and so may be programmed from within applications such as VB6, Excel and Access. Some application which have a programming language do NOT support high-quality metafile images; Visual FoxPro version 3 is one of these – and we would recommend a barcode font for automating barcode creation in Visual FoxPro. A barcode font will produce a barcode in most Windows applications – but you need to purchase the font for the barcode type you require, and the font for Code 39 is different from the font for Code 128, etc. Also see the next question.