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Barcode.SetOptions

Sets options for barcode creation.

Component Version macOS Windows Server FileMaker Cloud FileMaker iOS SDK
Barcode 4.3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

MBS( "Barcode.SetOptions" { ; Option1; Option2; Option3 } )

Parameters

Parameter Description Example value
Option1 Optional
The first option.		 1
Option2 Optional
The second option.		 1
Option3 Optional
The third option.		 1

Result

Returns OK.

Description

Sets options for barcode creation.
Creating a barcode will reset those options to zero for next barcode.

For QRCode:
Option1 is the ECC Level with values from 1 = low, 2 = middle, 3 = better, 4 high. Default is low.
Option2 is version code from 1 to 40. Default is 0 to auto select.

For Data Matrix:
Option2 size from 1 to 30. 0 is auto. See table in zint manual pdf.
Option3 can be 100 to force square size.

For Code 39:
You can set Option2 to 1 to add module 43 checksum.

For MaxiCode:
Option 1 is the mode.

For PDF 417:
Option1 is a number between 0 and 8 where the number of codewords used for check information is determined by 2^(value + 1).
Option 2 is the number of columns between 1 and 30,

See also Barcode.DrawBarcode, Barcode.WriteFile and Barcode.Generate.

Examples

Set better ECC level for QRCode:

MBS( "Barcode.SetOptions"; 3)

Set square option for data matrix:

MBS( "Barcode.SetOptions"; 0; 0; 100 )

Create QRCode with UTF-8 and size 10:

Set Field [Barcode Generation::Image; ""]
#Better error correction and size 10
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "Barcode.SetOptions"; 3; 10 )]
#Generate QRCode with UTF-8
Set Variable [$img; Value:MBS("Barcode.Generate"; "QRCode"; Barcode Generation::Text; 0; 0; 0; 1; 0; 1; "UTF-8")]
If [GetAsNumber($img) > 0]
    Set Field [Barcode Generation::Image; MBS( "GMImage.WriteToPNGContainer"; $img; "barcode.png")]
    Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "GMImage.Destroy"; $img )]
End If

Create a data matrix barcode with size 10 and return as container:

Let ( [
// set options for Size 10 (32x32) square for data matrix
r = MBS("Barcode.SetOptions"; 0; 10; 100);
// create a data matrix barcode
p = MBS("Barcode.Generate"; "DATAMATRIX"; "12818670,3,1" ; 0; 0; 0; 4);
// success?
e1 = MBS("IsError");
// save as PNG
image = MBS( "GMImage.WriteToPNGContainer"; p; "barcode.png" );
// success?
e2 = MBS("IsError");
// free image from memory
r = MBS("GMImage.Destroy"; p)
// return container if no error
]; If(e1 = 0 and e2 = 0; image; "") )

Create Maxicode with mode 3:

Set Variable [ $p ; Value: "196LS97TF826004" // primary text ]
Set Variable [ $t ; Value: "1Z42015596UPSN123W123456/11NLEEDS" // second text ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("Barcode.SetOptions"; 3) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("Barcode.SetPrimary"; $p) ]
Set Variable [ $img ; Value: MBS("Barcode.Generate"; "maxicode"; $t) ]

See also

Example Databases


Barcode.SetOption   -   Barcode.SetPrimary

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