How to add a vertical barcode on the side of each page?

Question

I'm trying to add vertical barcode on the side of each page in my crystal reports. "Format with multiple columns" wouldnt work, because I need the barcode to be from top to the bottom of the page.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hi,
Well, I'm not sure how this can be done considering the barcode needs to display irrespective of the way sections execute.
It's as if the barcode needs to be placed at the end of the page-width (in a section of its own) that runs vertically(down) to the end of the page.
Here's something that I tried though and almost succeeded!
1) Create a simple report against the extreme sample database
2) Three fields in the details section
3) Create a formula called group:
whileprintingrecords;
4) Create a group on this formula
5) Add the barcode field toward the end of the Group Header section and increase its height
6) Go to the Group Expert and select the group > Options >options tab > check 'Repeat Group header on each page'
7) Go to the Section Expert, select the Group Header section and check the 'Underlay Following Sections' option
8) Suppress the Group Footer
You'll still notice that the barcode doesn't actually run from the top to the bottom of the page; there's still some blank space at the top and bottom.
Another thing to try would be to suppress the Report Header and the footer, Page footer, Group Footer.
Push the barcode field to the Page Header, bring down the contents of the Page header to the  Group Header (Make sure you've got 'Repeat Group Header on each page' turned ON) and have the 'Underlay Following Sections' checked ONLY for the Page Header.
This takes care of the barcode not running until the end of the page, although it still leaves some blank space at the top and the bottom.
This blank space can be reduced to a minimal by setting the top and the bottom margins to 0 from the Page Setup.
Again, the second approach looked better to me and the barcode runs from the top of the page all the way to the bottom on every page without affecting the detail section processing. But this is a very simple report that I created and you might have some work to do on your's!
Give it a shot and let me know how it goes.
-Abhilash