Intellicus has introduced control called, ‘Barcode’. Barcode control can have a numeric value or string value as per the style selected.
Figure 1: Barcode Control in menu
Barcode is a control which can be placed anywhere on the canvas i.e. it can be placed at any of the sections, Report Header/Footer, Page Header/Footer, Group Header/Footer or Detail.
Steps to place it on canvas
A report may have one or more sections. The way Intellicus Report Server treats report components depends on the section where they are placed.
Here are the steps, to place a Barcode control on report using toolbar button. Beforehand decide the place where the Barcode is to be placed.
- Expand the section where you want to place a Barcode
- Barcode icon is placed on the toolbar, click
.
Figure 2: Inserting Barcode control
(You can also insert the Barcode from Menu Item, Insert>Barcode).
Figure 3: Inserting Barcode control from ‘Insert’ Menu item
- Go to the section you want to place the Barcode.
- Click on the place where control is to be placed. A crosshair is formed.
- Now, drag the mouse towards right and downwards.
- Release the mouse click when the height and Width are, as desired.
The Barcode has been placed.
Note: You can change the Height and Width of the Barcode from Property also.
Figure 4: Barcode control on Report Header
Properties of Barcode
The properties associated with Barcode control are as follows:
- (Name)
- Alignment
- BackColor
- BarWidth
- Caption
- CaptionPosition
- DataField
- EnableCheckSum
Figure 5: Property Menu
- Font
- ForeColor
- Height
- Left
- Style
- Tag
- Top
- Visible
- Width
Name
You can utilize this option only through the Script Editor. It sets or returns the name of the control.
Alignment
This property sets the alignment of the caption of the barcode.
| Value | Description |
| 0-ddTXLeft | To left-align the caption. This is default alignment for character type fields. |
| 1-ddTXRight | To right-align the caption in the barcode. |
| 2-ddTXCenter | To center-align the caption in the barcode. |
Figure 6: Alignment
BackColor
This property sets the background color of the Barcode.
Figure 7: BackColor in Barcode
Figure 8: Showing BackColor in report using BackColor
BarWidth
It determines the width of the bars of the barcode. It accepts decimal values. The valid range can be between 1-2.
Figure 9: BarWidth is 1
Figure 10: BarWidth is 1.5
Caption Position
It determines the positioning of the numeric value/caption within the barcode. It can either be placed above (‘Above’) the barcode or at the Bottom (‘Below’) of the barcode. There is a value which is ‘Blank’ which means even though caption is there the bars would show but caption will not be visible.
Figure 11: Caption Position in Barcode
Figure 12: Caption as Blank
Forecolor
This will set the fore color of the bars in the barcode. You can choose this option from color palette which is available in ForeColor property.
Figure 13: ForeColor in Barcode
Caption
Figure 14: Caption on Barcode
Caption is text that is displayed along with barcode. The caption needs to be used if Barcode is not bound with any DataField.
If the caption is too long for barcode width to adjust, then in the barcode itself the report designer can see a message. Here the length needs to be increased so that the bars can be adjusted in the barcode area.
Figure 15: Bars in Barcode not fitting
Tag
It sets or returns a user defined value associated with the field object.
Font
This property sets the font of the caption on the barcode. The ‘Font’ property allows you to set font name, size, styles, and effects. When you select this option from the Properties list, Font dialog box will be displayed for you to select from various options.
You can also change the font settings for a control at runtime, depending on conditions applied on the same.
Figure 16: Font on Barcode
Barcode DataField
Figure 17: DataField in Barcode
It determines the value for which barcode is to be generated. If the value in Datafield is blank or is no mapped then caption used in ‘Caption’ shall be shown.
EnableCheckSum
Figure 18: EnableCheckSum in Barcode
It is used to determine if CheckSum is used when the barcode is rendered.
The values can be Either True or False. Checksum is encrypted value which will help in knowing if the barcode was tampered.
Figure 19: Enable Check Sum
Figure 20: Preview of EnableCheckSum
Note: EnableCheckSum property is available for Codabar, 3of9, 3of9X and Interleaved2of9 Styles.
Style
It determines the style of the barcode.
Figure 21: Style in Barcode
The styles that Intellicus supports are:
- 3Of9
- 3Of9X
- Codabar
- CODE128
- CODE128_RAW
- CODE128_UCC
- Datamatrix
- EAN8
- EAN13
- Interleaved2Of5
- PDF417
- Planet
- PostnetZIP
- PostnetZIP4
- PostnetZIP4DP
- SUPP5
- UPCA
- UPCE
Note: There are certain requirements with some of the styles. It is suggested that report designers should know the styles that they are using in the report.
Examples:
The EAN13 style requires a minimum of 13 characters in data field.
The EAN8 style requires a minimum of 8 characters in data field.
The EAN13 style requires numeric value in data field. It won’t work if barcode is set on String value.
EnableCheckSum in Intellicus can be set as True or False for, Codabar, 3Of9, 3OF9X and Interleaved2Of5 styles.
EnableCheckSum in Intellicus will be True for, EAN13, EAN8, UPCE, UPCA, PostnetZIP, PostnetZIP4, PostnetZIP4DP, and Planet styles.
EnableCheckSum in Intellicus will be unavailable for CODE128 , CODE128_RAW , CODE128_UCC, PDF417 , Datamatrix , SUPP5 styles.
Visible
This property defines if the Barcode would appear at run time or not.
| Value | Description |
| True | The control would appear at run time. |
| False | The control would not appear at run time. |
Figure 22: Barcode needs to be Visible or not
Height
Using the Height property you can set the height of the barcode. The height is the complete height of the barcode control. It defines the section’s height in twips.
Figure 23: Height of the Barcode control
Figure 24: Height of Barcode control and caption
Left
This property will be available in property pane when a field control is selected. It sets the distance of left boundary of the control from the left edge of the report page. The unit of measure is pixels.
Figure 25: ‘Left’ from report Page
Figure 26: ‘Left’ from report Page
Top
This property is available for a field control. This sets the distance of the control from the top edge of the report page. The unit of measure is pixels.
Figure 27: ‘Top’ Property
Width
This property is available for a field control. This sets the width (left to right) of the control. The unit of measure is pixels.
Figure 28: Width of Barcode
More about Styles
The styles that Intellicus supports are:
- CODE128 (Default): It can encode the complete ASCII-character set. It is calculated according to Modulo 103.
- CODE128_UCC: It is calculated according to Modulo 103. It is generally used more for goods and palettes in commerce and industry. The valid characters are 01234567890.
- EAN1 :The standard product code has 13 digits. When the code is of 12 digits then Intellicus will generate the checksum, else Intellicus will validate the checksum & if checksum in the code is invalid then the control will not be rendered. If length is less than 12 or more than 13 then, the control will not be rendered. It is calculated according to Modulo 10.
- EAN8: In EAN8, when length is less than 7 or more than 8 then the control will not be rendered. If code is of 7 digits then Intellicus will generate the checksum, else Intellicus will validate the checksum & if checksum in the code is invalid then the control will not be rendered.
- UPCA:In UPCA, if length is less than 11 or more than 12 then the control will not be rendered. If code is of 11 digits then Intellicus will generate the checksum, else Intellicus will validate the checksum & if checksum in the code is invalid then the control will not be rendered. The valid characters are 01234567890.
- UPCE: In UPCE, when length is less than 6 or more than 8 then the control will not be rendered. If code is of 6 digits, then Intellicus will prefix “0”, & generate checksum, else Intellicus will validate whether code starts with 0, if not then control will not be rendered. If code is of 7 digits then Intellicus will generate the checksum, else Intellicus will validate the checksum & if checksum in the code is invalid then the control will not be rendered.
- Interleaved2Of5:In Interleaved2Of5, when enable check sum is true & code length is even then engine will validate the checksum & if code length is odd then engine will generate the checksum. If checksum disabled & code length is odd then control will not be rendered.
- Planet: In PLANET, when length is other 11 or 13, then the control will not be rendered.
- PostnetZIP: (Postal Numeric Encoding Technique) When the code is Postnetzip, then its length should be 5 else control will not be rendered. (Postal Numeric Encoding Technique). Valid values are 01234567890.
- PostnetZIP4: When the code is POSTNETZIP4, then its length should be 9 else control will not be rendered. Valid values are 01234567890.
- PostnetZIP4DP: Its length should be 11 else control will not be rendered. Valid values are 01234567890.
- 3Of9:It is an alphanumeric code. Valid values are 0123456789[Space]ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ-.$/+%.
- 3Of9X:It is an extended version of 3Of9 that supports the ASCII character set.
- Codabar: Codabar is a numeric code with some additional special characters (0..9 and – $ : / . +). There are four different start and stop signs defined. It is calculated according to Modulo 16.
- PDF417: It is a 2D barcode. It is based on stacked barcodes. A code word consists of 17 modules, which consist respectively of 4 strokes and 4 spaces.
- Datamatrix: It can encode up to 3116 numbers or up to 2335 characters. Different symbol sizes are used depending on the amount of data to be encoded. It is calculated according to Reed-Solomon-Error correction.
- SUPP5: When the length is not 5 then the control will not be rendered.
Report with Barcode
A example of a report which has a Barcode control placed in it is shown below.
Figure 29: Report with Barcode