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By: JL Garcia

JL Garcia — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:32:30 +0000

Thanks. I will follow up on forums.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:47:24 +0000

Yes, it could be done in C++. However, C++ does not come with built-in database accessing functionality. Consequently, you will have to use a library to do that (and which library you use depends on what type of database it is). Connecting to a DLL and accessing it’s functionality can be very easy if you are provided the right files — see the lessons A.1 and (A.2 or A.3) for more info on this.

For future reference, the perfect place for this kind of question would be on the forums.

By: JL Garcia

JL Garcia — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:17:09 +0000

Hi Alex,

I have been navigating this website for a while. I have never before try to learn C++ and will love to learn some.

I would like to create a console application that will look at two fields in a database selected by a user and encode a barcode using an USPS4CB.dll into a new field.
Do you think this can be done in C++?

Sorry to have use this blog for this question but could not find another way.
Thanks - JLG

Example:
char TrackStr[20];
char RouteStr[11];
char ExpectBar[65];
char TrackString[21]; /* Input parameter Track String + 1 null*/
char RouteString[12]; /* Input parameter Route String + 1 null*/
char BarString[66]; /* Output parameter Bar String + 1 null */