eh..... Do you want to read a barcode or place one on the form if you want to place a backup you need a barcode control or a barcode font, There are lots of different format and standard for barcodes as well as error checking etc... Grady Booch: I told Google to their face...what you need is some serious adult supervision. (2007 Turing lecture) http://www.frankkerrigan.com/[^]

I don't know about any workaround for that. Probably you have to reduce the length. :) Apurva Kaushal