Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Barcode.DrawBarcode

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Barcode.DrawBarcode

Draws a barcode into a PDF page.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
Barcode	3.5	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "Barcode.DrawBarcode"; PDF; symbology; Text; x; y { ; width; height; Encoding } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

PDF The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New. $pdf

symbology The symbology to use. "EANX"

Text The text to encode in the barcode. "12345"

x The x coordinate. 100

y The y coordinate. 100

width The desired width of the barcode in points. Zero gives the auto size. 0 Optional

height The desired height of the barcode in points. Zero gives the auto size. 0 Optional

Encoding The text encoding for text parameter.
Default is UTF-8.
Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ. UTF8 Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
PDF	The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New.	$pdf
symbology	The symbology to use.	"EANX"
Text	The text to encode in the barcode.	"12345"
x	The x coordinate.	100
y	The y coordinate.	100
width	The desired width of the barcode in points. Zero gives the auto size.	0	Optional
height	The desired height of the barcode in points. Zero gives the auto size.	0	Optional
Encoding	The text encoding for text parameter. Default is UTF-8. Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ.	UTF8	Optional

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Draws a barcode into a PDF page.
The plugin uses zint library internally, so we include the zint manual in documentation.

Possible symbologies: CODE11, C25MATRIX, C25INTER, C25IATA, C25LOGIC, C25IND, CODE39, EXCODE39, EANX, EAN128, CODABAR, CODE128, DPLEIT, DPIDENT, CODE16K, CODE49, CODE93, FLAT, RSS14, RSSLTD, RSSEXP, TELEPEN, UPCA, UPCE, POSTNET, MSIPLESSEY, FIM, LOGMARS, PHARMA, PZN, PHARMA_TWO, PDF417, PDF417TRUNC, MAXICODE, QRCODE, CODE128B, AUSPOST, AUSREPLY, AUSROUTE, AUSREDIRECT, ISBNX, RM4SCC, DATAMATRIX, EAN14, CODABLOCKF, NVE18, JAPANPOST, KOREAPOST, RSS14STACK, RSS14STACKOMNI, RSSEXPSTACK, PLANET, MICROPDF417, ONECODE, PLESSEY, TELEPEN_NUM, ITF14, KIX, AZTEC, DAFT, MICROQR, HIBC128, HIBC39, HIBCDM, HIBCQR, HIBCPDF, HIBCMICPDF, HIBCBLOCKF, HIBCAZTEC, AZRUNE, CODE32, EANXCC, EAN128CC, RSS14CC, RSSLTDCC, RSSEXPCC, UPCACC, UPCECC, RSS14STACKCC, RSS14OMNICC, RSSEXPSTACKCC, CHANNEL, CODEONE, GRIDMATRIX, EANXCHK, UPCACHK, UPCECHK, DOTCODE, HANXIN, VIN, MAILMARK, UPNQR and ULTRA..

For the size, be aware that some types like UPC codes have fixed size depending on content.
Please use DynaPDF.SetPageCoords to set the coordinate system to TopDown before drawing barcodes.

See also Barcode.SetOptions for further options.
Deprecated. For newer development, please switch to DynaPDF.InsertBarcode function.

Example Databases

Blog Entries

FileMaker Magazin

Ausgabe 5/2018, Seite 28, PDF

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 18th September 2020

Barcode.Detect - Barcode.EANChecksum

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