Might this help?
http://www.runrev.com/products/related-software/quartam-reports/ Quartam Reports Improvements for Professional edition only: * Barcodes Another new feature in Quartam Reports 1.1 is the ability to add barcodes to your reports and label sets - currently supporting the industry standards EAN 8, EAN 13,UPC-A, Codabar, Interlaced 2 of 5 and Code 3 of 9, as well as Postnet. -------------------------------------------------------- --- On Wed, 12/30/09, dlwild at gmail <[email protected]> wrote: > From: dlwild at gmail <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: bar code support > To: "How to use Revolution" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 7:58 AM > Hi Ruslan, > > Check out the links: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF417 > > http://grandzebu.net/index.php?page=/informatique/codbar-en/pdf417.htm > > In short, a pdf417 is a stacked linear bar code, and my > particular use would be for inventory management. For those > who don´t want to follow the link, here is an excerpt: > > The PDF417 bar code (also called a symbol) consists of 3 to > 90 rows, each of which is like a small linear bar code. Each > row has: > > a quiet zone. This is a mandated minimum amount of white > space before the bar code begins. > a start pattern which identifies the format as PDF417. > Every type of bar code symbology has a unique start and stop > pattern. > a "row left" codeword containing information about the row > (such as row number and what error correction rate the row > is using) > 1 - 30 data codewords : Codewords are a group of bars and > spaces representing one or more numbers, letters, or other > symbols. > All rows have the same number of codewords. > Every codeword contains four bars and four spaces (where > the 4 in the name comes from). > The total width of a codeword is 17 times the width of the > narrowest allowed vertical bar (the X dimension). This is > where the 17 in the name comes from. > Each codeword starts with a bar and ends with a space. > There are 929 codewords to choose from, 900 for data, and > 29 for special functions. > Each codeword is printed using one of three distinct > clusters: > A cluster is a bar-space pattern for each of the 929 > codewords > No bar-space pattern is repeated between clusters > The row number determines which cluster to use > The cluster is the same for all codewords in a row. > The purpose of clusters is to determine which row (mod 3) > the codeword is in, allowing the scan to be skewed from the > horizontal. For instance, the scan might start on row 6 at > the start of the row, and be on row 10 at the end. > A "row right" codeword with more information about the > row. > A stop pattern. > A quiet zone. > Along with the Data Matrix format, this symbolism can be > used to generate postage accepted by the United States > Postal Service. PDF417 is also selected by the airline > industry's Bar Coded Boarding Pass standard (BCBP) as the 2D > bar code symbolism for paper boarding passes. PDF417 is the > standard selected by the Department of Homeland Security as > the machine readable zone technology for RealID compliant > driver licenses and state issued identification cards. > > > The pdf 417 can encode up to 2700 bytes what explain its > name of "Portable Document File". The encoding is done in > two stages : first the datas are converted to "codeword" > (High level encoding) then those are converted to bars and > spaces patterns. (Low level encoding). Moreover an error > correction system with several levels is included, it allows > to reconstitute badly printed, erased, fuzzy or torn off > datas. > > The pdf417 symbols can store much more data than the > regular bar codes, and it can contain redundant information > in case the surface scrubs, get dirty, or otherwise damaged. > It´s worth looking into if you want to produce a > machine-readable/printable symbol that has more than the > regular information found on bar codes and may be exposed to > wear and tear due to storage or transport conditions. > > All the best and thanks for the help, > > Leonardo > > On Dec 30, 2009, at 1:03 AM, Ruslan Zasukhin wrote: > > > On 12/30/09 6:27 AM, "dlwild at gmail" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi Leonardo, > > > >> Bar codes, great. I´m getting the 09 bundle so > I´ll have Valentina, > >> although I haven´t worked with it yet. Any idea > about the pdf417 > >> reading-writing capacity? > > > > Valentina Reports can produce PDFs of course. > > Also PDFs with embedded XML. > > > > I don't know about PDF417. What is this? > > You always can add this as feature request. > > > > Reports do not have need to read PDFs AFAIK. > > > >> All the best, > >> > >> Leonardo > >> On Dec 29, 2009, at 10:11 PM, Lynn Fredricks > wrote: > >> > >>>> Hello (Merry Christmas and a Happy New > Year in advance), > >>>> > >>>> Anyone know if RunRev 4.0 supports or if > there is a way to > >>>> create, print, read, regular bar codes or > pdf417 bar codes > >>>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF417 > >>>> ) in revolution or related software? > >>> > >>> Valentina Reports can print bar codes, but > necessarily its working > >>> with data > >>> stored in Valentina DB. > >>> > >>> Valentina Reports is, however, being given > away for free with any > >>> new or > >>> upgrade orders placed through the Paradigma > Website through the end of > >>> December (so not long) - check it out at http://www.valentina-db.com. > > > > --Best regards, > > > > Ruslan Zasukhin > > VP Engineering and New Technology > > Paradigma Software, Inc > > > > Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information > > http://www.paradigmasoft.com > > > > [I feel the need: the need for speed] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-revolution mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and > manage your subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage > your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
