I had trouble doing the exact same thing a few weeks ago. Wound up using the IDAutomationHC39M font from http://www.idautomation.com/fonts/free/
> I'm having a problem using barcodes on a pdf created with Coldfusion's > Report Builder. I followed the steps Jeff Houser identifies in his > Nov 2006 Coldfusion Developers Journal article entitled "Five Cool > Things I've Done with Coldfusion"(http://coldfusion.sys-con. > com/read/296187.htm) and still do not get the expected results. > Report Builder displays the value as a bar code but when my Coldfusion > page invokes myReport.cfr, the value displays in the default > (non-barcode) font. > > The "Free 3 of 9 Extended" font is installed on my local machine and > my development server. > I've used Coldfusion Administrator on my development server to verify > the font is listed in 'Font Management'. > The font is a TrueType font. > I've used Acrobat Professional to create a pdf with the barcode font > to verify that it can be used in a pdf. > I've displayed text on a Coldfusion page (on my development server) > using the barcode font. > Report Builder lists "Free 3 of 9 Extended" as an available font. > When I select the field in Report Builder and change the font name, > the value appears as barcodes. > In Report Builder, I've set the font as an embedded font. > In my Coldfusion page I have the statement > <cfreport template="myReport.cfr" format="pdf"> > <cfreportparam name="BatchToPrint" value="#THIS_BATCH_ID#"> > </cfreport> > When I execute my Coldfusion page, the field value on the resulting > pdf displays in the default non-barcode font. > > Does anyone have any suggestions as to why the pdf is not displayed > the barcode font? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:274255 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
