Which Product Is Better Suited to My Needs- the SDK or the Add-In?

Which Product Is Better Suited to My Needs- the SDK or the Add-In?

Here the comparison:

TBarCode Office - Excel Add-In

• Contains a panel for inserting bar codes
• Embed bar codes as EMF picture, a higher number of bar codes per sheet is supported.
• No VBA programming of the bar codes possible, barcodes linked to cells are updated before printing.
Bar codes linked to dynamic data are updated only if the add-in is loaded. If Excel disables the add-in for some reason (e.g. after updates), then the bar codes are NOT updated and you need to re-activate or re-install the add-in again.

TBarCode SDK - ActiveX Control

• No panel for inserting bar codes, bar codes are insert through Developer ribbon in Excel
• ActiveX Control for embedding bar codes, the amount of bar codes per sheet should be low (< 100)
• VBA programming is possible, linked barcodes are updated in real-time, bar codes are licensed if there is the license key available in the registry ⇒ usually no problem with unlicensed bar codes, not much user interaction required.

Summary

• We recommend the SDK if the focus lies on VBA programming or the sheet should work without need for too much user interaction and the number of bar codes per sheet is low.
• We recommend the Add-In (with EMF Barcodes enabled) if the focus lies on many bar codes per sheet (e.g. barcode list) with a user interface (panel) for easy configuration.