We have a requirement to embed a 2D barcode (PDF417) in a Crystal Quick report. The barcode will need to be dynamically created from data in IFS e.g. part number, lot batch, expiry date, analysis results etc.
I’m not sure if this is even possible or how you would go about it.
Hoping somebody on here has experience of implementing a similar requirement.
We used IDAutomation in the past to insert barcodes inside of Crystal reports. Never 2D though. I see they say they offer a solution for Crystal & PDF417.
https://www.idautomation.com/barcode-fonts/2d/pdf417/
Good luck. Hope this helps.
Luke
If you don’t mind some programming, here’s an open-source PL/SQL package that outputs a barcode image. It can produce a QR code in PNG format, but it would need some effort to integrate.
https://github.com/antonscheffer/as_barcode
(Its license is permissive, provided the attribution notice is retained.)
Thanks for the replies,
We have looked into the ID automation before and it does seem like a good option. However, we trialled the demo version and found the report took a long time to render. OK for the odd ad-hoc single page but no good if you are running a large batch.
I used IDAutomation too for our barcodes. We also found that unless the Crystal Report was an Operational Report ie. was a Quick Report then the Barcode had to be installed on the users machines. Whereas, if an Operational Report then the barcode only had to be installed on the Server.
I hope this helps.
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