Urgent : Barcode Printing porblem in smartforms.

Hi Experts,
1,
I am be able to see the barcode in print-preview but while i am taking the print of that smartform it shows the value of that barcode...
How to solve this problem?
2,
when i am seeing the barcode in print-preview it is showing the black color rectangles... it seems like barcode but its not giving the output of exact code39 barcode...
How to solve this proble ?
Please avoid posting unnecessory replies... Please post only for particular problem... It will save yours and mine both's time....
Please let me know if anyone wants any further information.
Thanks in advance.
Ilesh Nandaniya

1. go to SE73.
2. choose SYSTEM BAR CODES radio button and then press CHANGE.
3. in the following screen press CREATE. a popup screen will show.
4. you can choose either OLD or NEW barcode technology. I'll go with NEW.
5. name your barcode. I usually choose Z + customer's company name for marketing reasons. continue.
6. choose the symbology. This information should be provided from the person handling the barcode machine itself. We'll go with the popular code 128 for this example. continue.
7. barcode alignment - choose the one that fits your form best. continue.
8. barcode parameters - again, choose the one that fits your form best. continue.
9. save the barcode.
moving on to SMARTFORMS transactions.
go into the smartform style you're using, or create a new one.
1. create a new character format. I usually name it BC for barcode
2. on the second box (barcode) of the first tab (standard settings), you can now choose the barcode you created.
3. save and exit.
and that's about it. from now on, when choosing the style with the barcode in it, you have the option to applying your barcode font to a text the same way you apply any other font.
Hope this helps. There are other ways probably, but this one works for certain. The only problem I had with it, was when using hebrew fonts and barcode together on a zebra printer from the early nineties.

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