Bar codes - forms and labels

 

Add bar code

 

At the Designer screen:-

 

 Select: Tools - Bar code

or

Select option on the Object Toolbar

 

The program may prompt for the properties and for Form design also prompts the action of the bar code; Per item or Per list

 

 

Drag the item to the form

 

Left click at an edge to drag and resize

Left click on the item and drag to move it

Right click for properties

 

Use properties to change and position the item accurately

 

 

Use the panel at the top of the screen to set the Bar code properties.

 

Visible

Type

Code 39, Code 128, Aztec, Maxicode, PDF417 or QR Code

Font type and size

Position on design (Top, Left, Width, Height)

 

At the left the selection panel shows the data items that can be used with a bar code.

 

Select the item and use the buttons to move it into the right bar code design panel.

 

A bar code can contain more than one data item in a bar code. The order of the items in the bar code design panel determines the order on the bar code. Maximum of 99 items per bar code.

 

Below the bar code design panel are boxes to design each item in the bar code.

 

ZERO

SIZE

 

For each item in the bar code set it to zero filled and set the size of the item (number of characters).

 

There is a special item in the left hand selection panel.

 

TEXT

 

Select this item into the right hand bar code design panel to enter text in the box below the bar code design panel.

 

This allows for fixed text in any position in the bar code.

 

Per list or per item - Select the type of bar code required. For label design this dialog is not shown and the only type allowed is: Per list. A Per list bar code is shown once per page and does not include item information. A Per item bar code is displayed in a column format like other item fields (e.g. width, length, qty etc).

 

 

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