A Solution for Your Bar Coding Needs From Barcode Professional

The printing of bar codes is a frequent operation in most organizations. However, when the need does arise, it has a high cost mainly due to a limitation of resources. Other than the hardware requirements, there is an important software requirement. The most important software requirement is to convert your plain text data into bar code images. Neodynamic, one of the most important vendors for SQL Server supported bar codes, has released an improved version of Barcode Professional for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services to handle your bar coding needs. (Read the review of the previous version.)

Review Roadmap

• What are Barcode Professional for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services' key benefits, and are they actually met?
• What are its key features, and do they perform as expected?
• How does it work?
• Is it easy to install and administer?
• How does it affect performance on production servers?

All of these questions will be answered in this review.

Requirements

To develop Reporting Services reports with this program, you must meet the following system and software specifications:

For developing SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services reports:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 with its latest service pack.
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services with its latest service pack.

For developing SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services reports:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 with its latest service pack.
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services with its latest service pack.

For developing Visual Studio 2005, Local Reports RDLC (ReportViewer controls):

• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 with its latest service pack.
• Visual Studio 2005 ReportViewer controls.

For this review, I have used SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services and Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.

Installation and Configuration

Installation and configuration of this tool is simple and takes about one minute. The paths in the following screenshot are inserted automatically. You probably will not need to change them

After configuration, you'll get a menu where you can select the options you want.