Quick Bar Help Index
Quick Bar! ™     Help

 Quick-Bar is a shareware product member of our Clock-IN! family of Time Based Business products.  Quick-Bar prints code 3 of 9, 2 of 5, or Codabar bar code in varying densities on any Windows printer.  Select Make Bar Code, then the submenu item to Print, or to copy any one of 3 different Windows versions of the bar code to your clipboard.

Then just type some characters and hit enter.  You can then select the printer or just hit enter again to print.

Many options present themselves here, but the defaults will suffice for most users.

You can override the starting x and y offset values on the label which you may print.  Then you can set the values the printer should move to the next label.  These values are in dots, which varies with your printer.  Try some values to set the beginning offset.  You should be able to set these values up for convenient single label printing on demand.

The bar code height and density are determined by the values you enter for characters per inch and height.  Bar codes are most readable at 3 to 10 characters per inch and need a height of at least a 3 inches.

The point-size option is the size of the text you want printed underneath the bar code.

Despite the parameters you enter, Quick-BAR will read your printer definition and expand the bar code to a size that will work, regardless.  Hence on some printers you simply can't generate a small bar code.

Quick bar only takes about 50k, so you can put it in your start-up group and let it hang around.

Our commercial bar code, time and attendance, and time-slips products include the quick bar code feature.  See Help, Other Products.

Most printers "bleed" the black areas somewhat into white areas, but bar code should have equal sized black and white areas.  The bleed pixels parameter can be set to zero or 1 pixel.  If you set it to 1 pixel, it adds one dot (pixel) to each white bar area to compensate for printer bleed.  One pixel is one picture element or about one dot on a printer.  A setting of one is usually sufficient to compensate most printers for bleed.


Registration

   Dean L. Hiller, Mission Critical Software provides this program (Quick-Bar!) and licenses its use on a single personal computer for the shareware price of $19. Mission Critical Software, 14536 Island Drive, Sterling Heights, MI 48313.

TEL:	(810) 247-0394
FAX:	(810) 247-8444
BBS:	(810)-247-7187
Clock-IN! is a registered trademark.  Copyright 1993-1995 Dean L. Hiller.

Send your check for $19, plus $6 shipping and handling to register and receive the latest version of QUICKBAR!  Print this help topic for a copy of the form.

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Support

  Mission Critical Software will provide support via fax at 810-247-8444 for a period of three months following purchase or Quick-Bar! Or call 810-247-0394 with your support questions. Or send a mail message on Compuserve to user ID 73127,77.

Call and register today and get the latest version.  With registration you will also get information on our retail versions of Bar Code IT!, Clock-IN!, and other fine Windows products.  You'll also receive information on our customization services, including how to embed our bar coding technology in your Windows Applications.


License

  Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it.  If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register.  Individual programs differ on details - some request registration while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period.  With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with printed manual.

Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below.  Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution.  The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware.

Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy.  Because the overhead is low, prices are low also.  Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee - if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it.

DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT

Users of Quick-Bar! must accept this disclaimer of warranty.  Quick-Bar! is supplied as is.  The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose.  The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of Quick-Bar!."

Quick-Bar! is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation.  Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system.  The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products.  If you find this program useful and find that you are using Quick-Bar! and continue to use Quick-Bar! after a  reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment of $19 to Mission Critical Software.  The $19 registration fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time.  You must treat this software just like a book.  An example is that this software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being used at another.

Commercial users of Quick-Bar! must register and pay for their copies of Quick-Bar! within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn.  Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting Mission Critical Software.

Anyone distributing Quick-Bar! for any kind of remuneration must first contact Mission Critical Software at the address below for authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering Quick-Bar! immediately (However Mission Critical Software must still be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of Quick-Bar!).

You are encouraged to pass a copy of Quick-Bar! along to your friends for evaluation.  Please encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can use it.  All registered users will receive a copy of the latest version of the Quick-Bar! system.

Call and register today and get the latest version.  With registration you will also get information on our retail versions of Bar Code IT!, Clock-IN!, and other fine Windows products.  You'll also receive information on our customization services.

"This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP).  ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help.  The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536 or by FAX to 616-788-2765 (USA)."