My Barcode Software

In order to better keep track and distribute commercial products, these are fitted with personal identification plates, known as barcode labels. Special devices need to be used to read data found in that raw form, but almost anything can be inside of a barcode. You can easily create one with applications like My Barcode Software.

The application comes in an incredibly lightweight package, which doesn’t even require installation in order to properly function. This means it can be used on other computers as well, and easily carried around on a thumb drive, without worrying that the target PC gets affected, since registries are not modified to ensure functionality.

Accommodation takes only a little of your time, and you can get a new barcode exported from the first few minutes of launch. All functions are in plain sight, as well as a preview area to see what the new label looks like, although it’s probably incomprehensible in its raw, default form.

Some sample characters are added by default, so you get an idea of result. A dedicated field needs to be filled in with the text you need to bundle inside a barcode, with an additional option to check digits.

Unfortunately, preview isn’t provided in real time, and you need to press a refresh button with every change you perform. This also applies to size specifications, which are available for width, height, and resolution in DPI.

You have to work with the barcode as provided, because there aren’t any customization options. This means you can’t change text style options, nor the background color, or of the bars themselves.

The application can only create Code 39 barcodes, which has an impact on overall practicality. What’s more, there’s no print function, or at least the possibility to create a label design to export a sheet of sequential barcodes, to later on print.

On an ending note, My Barcode Software comes with good intentions, and can prove useful, but only if you don’t need to create barcodes for too many products. Only one type of barcode is supported, while customization options are poor, or missing entirely.