'AVS Barcode Source' is a Windows application designed to create image files containing barcodes. The barcodes can be of any size, with configurable parameters for setting colours, bar-width, height, quiet zone (to left and right of barcode), space at top and bottom of image, and various other parameters. This page describes the features specific to EAN 13 barcodes - please note that a number of other barcode formats are supported.

For EAN 13 barcodes, a check digit is necessary. 'AVS Barcode Source' provides two ways of doing this - either the software can append the check digit automatically (and display it for the user to see), or it can be added by the user as part of the number - in which case the checksum will be checked by the software. Either way, the software will not allow an EAN 13 barcode to be created with a missing or invalid check digit.

Images may be saved as BMP, GIF, JPG, TIFF, EXIF, WMF, EMF or PNG format files - other DTP formats may follow later. Alternatively, the image can be 'copied' directly to the Windows clipboard, ready for 'pasting' into another application.

The images produced may then be used in other products such as Desktop Publishing (DTP) packages, word processors, etc. The software is not a label designer in its own right, but rather a 'source' of barcodes, which can then be exported and used as desired in other applications.

Note that the 'AVS Barcode Source' product supports a number of 1-dimensional (linear) barcode formats, not just EAN-13. For a full list, see the main product details page.

How to Download

Please click here to download the software. You will get the choice of whether to go for the free trial or the paid version after you've installed the software - the software is the same either way, only the authorisation code we send you is different.