Data to PDF417 Barcode

A software architect at my company found out that you can have data that are entered into fields within a form go automatically into one of these barcodes that you can place either near the field or on a page near the end of the form. I located the PDF417 barcode within the object library; however, I cannot seem to figure out how you attached field(s) so that the data goes into the barcode. Is this something that can be accomplished in Livecycle? If so, how?

There are a couple of ways to populate the barcode from Designer. First, is the manual coding method. In the "calculate" or (preferably) the "pre-print" event you change the .rawValue of the barcode object and change it to the value of the fields you wish to include. Alternatively there is a fairly good script generator built into designer that is accesible through the barcode object properties UI. Here you can have the content of the barcode auto-filled based on the entire form or selected fields in a collection. As a general rule of thumb: never select XML as your barcode data format and don't use the auto-generated code on a form with more than 30 or 40 fields.

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Bind XML data to PDF417 barcode - LiveCycle Designer ES

Trying to create a shipping form for a supplier that contains a PDF417 barcode. The source data will come from an XML data file. The form in not interactive, the data file will simply populate the pdf form, read-only via a Coldfusion program that queries our shipping data. But I'm not quite able to connect the dots. Does anyone know how to supply the data in the correct format within the XML doc? It consists of 5 fields / row, with 10 rows max. I'm unclear because the barcode software previously used embedded control chars within the data, such as record separators, group separators, and end of transmission. Do I need to include these for LiveCycle? As you've probably already guessed, yes, I do not use LiveCycle much at all.
I'm using LiveCycle ES2 version 9
Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks!

There are a couple of ways to populate the barcode from Designer. First, is the manual coding method. In the "calculate" or (preferably) the "pre-print" event you change the .rawValue of the barcode object and change it to the value of the fields you wish to include. Alternatively there is a fairly good script generator built into designer that is accesible through the barcode object properties UI. Here you can have the content of the barcode auto-filled based on the entire form or selected fields in a collection. As a general rule of thumb: never select XML as your barcode data format and don't use the auto-generated code on a form with more than 30 or 40 fields.

Confusion with the use of PDF417 Barcodes

I am trying to get clarification on what is required to utilize the Acrobat Designer to create a form that creates a PDF417 barcode. Here is the scenario:
We would like to create a form with Designer (bundled with Acrobat 7.0 Professional)that will be used as an index sheet for a document scanning system.
The form would contain one or more fields that a user would complete using the standard Acrobat 7.0 Reader that they can download from Adobe. When the user completes the data entry into the fields, they will print out the form (containing the 2D barcode (PDF417).
The form would be scanned and put through recognition software that is supposed to ready PDF417 2D barcodes.
I have read through the literature and have seen inconsistent representations regarding the ability of a user to use the Acrobat reader to complete the form and print it with the PDF417 barcode.
In one of the forum postings a user was told that they needed certain decoder software from Adobe or extensions.
I am not clear if the user filling out a form using Acrobat 7.0 reader, which generates the PDF417 barcode supposedly, can be read by an application which supports that barcode type. Or, if this is a special type of PDF417 barcode that has some additional attributes that requires special software from Adobe to be recognized.
Please explain how I accomplish the objective set forth above.

Mike,
It looks like I scanned over your email a little too quickly and missed a
VERY important point. You mention that your form will be "bundled with Acrobat 7.0 Professional". This is VERY important.
In fact, you will need to license nothing else from Adobe. You DO NOT need Reader Extensions because you are deploying Acrobat Professional on the work stations that will be filling in your forms. You do not need to "turn on" hidden functionality of the Free Reader if you are using Acrobat Pro. You already have all the functionality you need.
Second, when you fill in a Barcoded Form with Acrobat Professional the PDF417 Barcode that is rendered in your form will be a 100% standard PDF417 Barcode. But do not turn on compression. When filled in - in Acrobat - the Barcode is rendered so that it can be read by ANY Decoder that can read PDF417. However, if you enable compression you will need to use the Adobe Decoder. If you start decoding and see you are getting lower than a 99.9% decode rate, take a look at buying the Adobe Decoder. Not the whole "Barcoded Forms" license, just the Decoder.
Again,
if you are using Acrobat to fill in these forms, you have nothing else to buy. If you want to deploy these forms with the Free Reader then you will need to license Adobe LiveCycle Barcoded Forms and possibly ARES.

Error in encoded data in 2D barcode

Hi, I have been met with a strange problem.
I have a form with a 2D barcode. The barcode is a pdf417 barcode and the character encoding is ISO-8859-1.
Often the field data include special characters as Æ – Ø – Å – Ü
Most of the time everyting is fine. But now and then (I guess one in a thousand) it seams that the encodeding of the special characters get wrong. e.i in the form field the data is ”Ørskov” but the barcode data says ”Ãrskov”. I have not been able to reproduce the error in house but I have seen a few on incomming forms in the last 6 month.
Where should I start troubleshooting? Has it anything to do with the client’s version or settings of Adobe Reader?
Is there anything I can do to prevent this error?
Regards,
Kirstine

I have now been able to reproduce the error. The data get encoded wrong when the form is filled out in Adobe Reader 8. (Or at least in Reader 8.2 which is the version I have for testing).
The easy way out for me would be to ask all the clients to upgrade Adobe Reader but that is not practically posible, as we have thousand of clients using this form.
Would it be posible to script my way out of this?
Kirstine

PDF417 Barcode - Dynamic Page Number

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Is there a way to implement this in 11.3?
(It was done in 12.2 with the help of post tran dal and field properties set to PDF417. But requirement is in an application which uses 11.3. And PDF417 is not available in 11.3 field properties.)
Thank you,
Sruthi

I figured it out thanks any way
If anyone looking for a solution for the same issue
he solution is as follows
create 3 numeric fields in the header of the table
total
counter 1
counter 2
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in initialization event
total = total + 1 ;
the counter 1 is to make the counter of the pages from 0 to total (invisible)
in calculate event
if ( counter 1 < total ) then
counter 1 = counter 1 + 1 .
elseif( counter 1 >= total ) then
counter 1 = 1
counter 2 to show the page number of the document
in layout ready
counter 2 = 1
in calculate event
counter 2 = counter 1 + 1
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How to display or generate PDF417 barcode dynamically in PDF form? I am using Acrobat XI Professional and there is a Bar Code Field in the same through which I generated the same. But I want to generate the same dynamically.

How to display or generate PDF417 barcode dynamically in PDF form? I am using Acrobat XI Professional and there is a Bar Code Field in the same through which I generated the same. But I want to generate the same dynamically.

What do you mean by dynamically? When yo set up a 2D bar code field you specify which field name/value pairs you want to include, along with other parameters. But be aware that they won't work with Reader unless you Reader-enable the document with LiveCycle Reader Extensions and include the bar code usage right. It will work with Acrobat Standard/Pro.

How we can populate the form data from 2D barcode

Hi All,
Can anyone tell me how we can populate the form data from 2D barcode, will this can be done through script(javascript)?.
Thanks & Regards,
Faisal Afzal

I was hoping someone could put me in the right direction here. I am basically doing the same . I am decodeing the information stored in a 2D Bar code and sending this information to an XML file, then I am trying to combine that xml file with a blank PDF template but the process is failing beacuse there are some additional tag fields the XML data from the Decode->Extract XML process.
The XML file from the decode process gives the structure below..notice therer some extra tags (lines 2- 4)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xdp:xdp xmlns:xdp="http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/" xmlns:xfa="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/">
<xfa:datasets>
<xfa:data>
<form1>
The XML structure that is expected by the PDF template is as follows
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<form1>
So the xml output of the Decode barcode + Extract XML process has three extra lines of tag. Is there a way I could use a process within liveCycle to clean out those three lines in real-time before sending the xml to be recombined with the PDF template.
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Creating new PDF417 Barcode for SmartForm

Hi Experts,
I want to create a new PDF417 Barcode into SE73 but I don't know how to interpret following instructions:
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Xdim / Ydim = 1 / 3
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of Columns (1-30)*
of Rows (3-90)*
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David

Hi,
nobody ? How can I define the barcode with these X/Y properties ?
Regards,
David

GS RS EOT in 2D PDF417 Barcode

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We are printing 2D barcode on a Printronix printer.
Please let me know how to include GS, RS, EOT in my data for 2D barcode.
I must write the code
e.g. [)>RS06GSfield1GSfield2GSfield3GSfield4GSfield5RSEOT
in spool.
when i use hex 1E, 1D, ... i get an #
[,),>,RS,GS,EOT are all the special characters and all their hexadecimal codes are available.
What must i do?
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Por favor teste desta forma direto no editor do smartforms.
<D3>\0x5B\0x29\0x3E\0x1E06\0x1DF01001P\0x1D1JUN&t_sforms-duns&
&t_sforms-nrseq&\0x1DV&t_sforms-eikto&\0x1D16K\0x1D6D&V_DATUM&\0x1D2L
&t_sforms-planta&/&t_sforms-doca&\0x1DB&t_sforms-tpemba&
\0x1DF02010I\0x1DP &t_sforms-kdmat&\0x1D4LBR\0x1D1T&t_sforms-lote&
2P\0x1D14D&V_DATUM&\0x1D7Q&t_sforms-quant&PC\0x1D7Q&t_sforms-ntgewtx&
58\0x1E\0x04</>
Substitua minhas variáveis pelas suas, o nosso caso funcionou.
Em uma impressora laser HP.

PCL Escape Sequence for PDF417 barcodes

I have purchased the HP Laserjet Font Solutions (HP Part HG271US) for my HP Color LaserJet CP4020 Series printer so that I can create shipping labels with scannable barcodes for our customers. I am able to generate the PCL code and print out code 39 and code 128 barcodes. When I print out the PCL font list, it shows the escape sequences for the code 39 and code 128 barcodes. I need to print out pdf417 barcodes as well but I don't get any escape sequences on the PCL font list or a font ID for the pdf417 barcode.
Does anyone know what the escape sequence is for the PDF417 barcode when using the HP Laserjet Font Solutions (HP Part HG271US)?

A translation of your PCL snippet for Code 128:
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<Esc>&a3R Cursor Position Vertical (row 3)
<Esc>&a0C Cursor Position Horizontal (column 0)
<Esc>(9Y Primary Font: Symbol Set (identifier = 9Y)
<Esc>(s1P Primary Font: Spacing: Proportional
<Esc>(s30V Primary Font: Height (30 points)
<Esc>(s0S Primary Font: Style (Upright, solid)
<Esc>(s0B Primary Font: Stroke Weight: Medium
<Esc>(s28687T Primary Font: Typeface (identifier = 28687)
*VttbRackLabelInfo.SupplierCode*
Note that I've changed the "(s30v" to "(s30V" to comply with PCL syntax rules.
And a translation of your PDF417 snippet:
<Esc>&a0P Print Direction: 0 degree rotation
<Esc>&a8R Cursor Position Vertical (row 8)
<Esc>&a113C Cursor Position Horizontal (column 113)
<Esc>(9Y Primary Font: Symbol Set (identifier = 9Y)
<Esc>(s1P Primary Font: Spacing: Proportional
<Esc>(s50V Primary Font: Height (50 points)
<Esc>(s0S Primary Font: Style (Upright, solid)
<Esc>(s0B Primary Font: Stroke Weight: Medium
<Esc>(sp Primary Font: Spacing: Fixed
b Primary Font: Stroke Weight: Medium
24850T Primary Font: Typeface (identifier = 24850)
*ttbRackLabelInfo.PCISegment15*
with the same correction as above; note also that you have specified (the same) stroke weight twice, and two different spacing attributes (the latest will apply).
It's possible that other values for some of these attributes may have non-standard interpretations by the font DIMM (e.g. to specifiy PDF417 error-correction level).

Capture data in 1D barcode upon merging XML with XDP?

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The scenario is:
Forms Server 7.2.2 is being used for merging XML data with an XDP file to render a PDF (displaying a pre-filled form to user).
On the XDP, there is a 1D Barcode and few fields are mapped to this barcode (the barcode is intended to capture form identification information).
Upon merging, the barcode should capture the data of those fields (data is being fetched from a db and fed as XML to Forms server). This is required as the pre-filled form will be printed and then mailed to another location, where the barcode will be read using a decoder to capture form indentification.
Will the 1D barcode captures data from those fields, after merging XML with XDP?
The form is NOT Reader Extended. Is Reader Extending a necessity for enabling 1D barcode to capture data?
Is this also applicable for 2D barcodes?
Thanks a lot for your help! :)

Thank you Hodmi,
I had forgotten to define the Record name parameter in the PDF Output Options.
As the XML structure changed, not upating this parameter was preventing the process from working.
Now it is working just fine. Thank you!
Marcos

GS1 characters in PDF417 barcode format

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I need to use PDF417 with GS1 Auto Identifiers for printing Barcode. Is it possible to use this symbology for GS1?
Let me know the approach to go ahead with this requirement.
Thanks
Madhu

http://www.gs1us.org/standards/barcodes/gs1_databar/symbol_size_comparison
Closing the thread .

Help with Data Matrix (2D) barcode

Hey everybody,
I need a little help with creating a dynamic Data Matrix barcode. The DM Studio help files explain the barcode, regions, data code words, etc, but don't really help with implementation of one. I can create a static one using the actual Barcode widget in DM Studio, but I'm unsure how to create a dynamic one. Minimally I'd need to change the barcode's content from document to document, but if you use the barcode object in your section, it doesn't appear as though it allows variables or variable information (i.e. DAL script results). We have 3 of 9 barcodes, but we create those by simply using the 3of9 font when outputting the barcode's content. With the Data Matrix barcode, that doesn't seem like the appropriate course of action because of additional attributes like Scale or Symbol Size.
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Hi Gregg,
I would request you to try like this.
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2. Change 'Type' to Barcode.
3. Change 'Format' to Data Matrix.
4. Change 'Length' to 11.
5. Change Symbol size, Scale appropriately.
6. Use Rule as usual you would do for a normal field.
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These steps should allow you get a dynamic bar code.
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Disabling the keyboard to read the data from the Barcode reader

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