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If you can be more specific about exactly what you are trying to do, I will provide you with more details about how to automate your task in WinAutomation.

Hi D.M

I need to write an automated utility where the user chooses a date and a printout is produced with a barcode which holds the date information.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Neil

 Do you use a specific program to do this now?

The best way that I can think of to do such a thing without using interactive actions (i.e. without taking the control of the machine), is through a template xls file. You can have a sample xls file that has the first cell (i.e. A1) with the format that you want.

You can instruct winautomation to open the excel file, write the code to the first cell (it will automatically get the cell's formatting) and save the file with a different name. Then you can print it with the "Print" action.