Generating Bar-code with barcode no.

Hi Experts,
          my requirement is to generate bar-code for data from certain fields like material no,batch no, expiry date etc. Well i am
          able to generate the bar-code with the help of smart style but i am not getting any no below the generated bar-code as
          bar-code no. As i have come across that there are basically 2 types of bar-code no. 1) UPC   and   2) EAN
          Please help me in generation of bar-code with its no below (either in UPC   or   EAN ) type.
Thanks.
Praveen Kumar.

Hi, Praveen,
I am more a barcode expart than SAP expert. Here is a link to an article that may be helpful:
[Printing barcodes from SAP|http://www.makebarcode.com/info/appnote/app_024.html]
You mentioned using UPC-A or EAN-13. I recommend that you do not use these symbologies for general-purpose fields like material no,batch no, expiry date etc. Both of these codes are fixed length, numeric only. It will be much better if you use a variable-length, alpha-numeric symbol like Code 39 or Code 128. Code 39 is the easiest to work with; Code 128 requires a little more work to set up your software, but it supports a wider range of characters (lower case, symbols, etc.).
Here is a link to a barcode comparison chart. From there you can find details about these codes.
[Barcode comparison chart|http://www.makebarcode.com/specs/barcodechart.html]
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