XSLfast offers to create bar code from entered static values or from values contained in the XML file. It is possible to generate the bar code using bar code fonts or using SVG graphics (this goes for both, static bar code or bar code generated from XML nodes). The result is identical.
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Bar code type |
Generation type |
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Static bar code |
Static text, Barcode font |
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Dynamic bar code |
XML based text, Barcode font |
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Static bar code |
Static text, SVG graphics |
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Dynamic bar code |
XML based text, SVG graphics |
XSLfast contains the bar code font EAN-13 that is the most common bar code font in Europe, and Fi2of5, often used in the US.
Open a bar code frame in the usual way. Like in text frames, you can either enter a number manually or assign an XML node from the XML tree if you double click the frame.
You will also see that the font for this frame is set to EAN-13 by default, if you specified dynamic data for it.
Enter the number, which you want to display as a static bar code in the right frame or drag the node containing the correct dynamic information from the XML tree to the right frame.
Apply your entries with the button "OK".
Like for text frames, the icon bar changes:
It offers you to change the font, the font size, horizontal alignment (left aligned, centered, right-aligned), vertical alignment (top, center, bottom) the background color as well as border or paddings.
Attention: Only if you specify the bar code via fonts, the option "Text color" is available.
