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Datamatrix barcodes with Visual Studio

former_member1367299 — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:42:20 GMT

How do I print a datamatrix barcode in Crystal Reports for Visual Studio?

If I can't, and I were to license a developer's version of Crystal, would I be able to distribute and print a datamatrix through the run-time module?

Re: Datamatrix barcodes with Visual Studio

former_member11696 — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 19:58:41 GMT

In the Designer change the font for the barcode field and select the datamatrix font and preview if it works there then it will work in your application.

Only issue may be licensing, for example exporting to PDF CR may not show the font, it may substitute, you'll have to test it.

Quick search on that font is it's a 2D font, CR currently doesn't support them.

I think Ido does have a UFL for them though:

https://milletsoftware.com/index.htm

Re: Datamatrix barcodes with Visual Studio

ido_millet — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:27:37 GMT

Thanks for the mention, Don.

Yes, my CUT Light UFL allows you to generate barcode images "on the fly " using the 'Graphic Location' expression of a dummy image (that gets replaced by the barcode image). See details here.

The advantage of using images instead of special fonts is that you remove the dependency on the font. But if you'd like to use the special font approach, a simple Google search would land you on solutions such as this one.