Print EAN128 Barcodes with Crystal Reports only

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Created on Thursday, 09 May 2013 12:33

Is possible to create one report with Crystal Reports that includes Barcodes and no need to buy expensive fonts or dll to print encoded values.

You only need one code 128 font , I recommend this:

Code128Font

where is the trick?

The result:

How it's made? 

realy simple:

First you need to know the table of AI (Application Identifier) and his lengths, and if the lenght of the values are fixed or variable, and if they needs checksum.

there is a complete guide to know about this.

in the sample of the botton first AI (SSCC) needs checksum.

I was created 2 functions in the label:

then simply call the function Ean128 to generate the barcode, and assigns the font Code128:

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