Barcode Wits End :)

MauddibMauddib Member Posts: 269
Hi all, Nav2015 here,

So I am at my wits end trying to print some decent quality barcodes. I saw a couple of solutions on here but one looked complex with a third party module as part of it, and another did not support "Interleaved 2 of 5" codes which I require.

The solution I am currently using is a DotNet library from a solution called "TBarcode" which I am using C/AL side.

But our national postal supplier is complaining that this is giving near unreadable barcodes (F on the A-F scale many use for such things) even though I have tried to modify all kinds of heights, widths, DPIs and ratios.

And indeed with "I2of5" codes one can even visually see it is sometimes generating barcodes with three different sizes of bars, when there should only be 2 in that format.

So if anyone out there has gotten Grade A/B quality codes coming out of reports on Nav2015, and your solution supports 2of5, EAN128 and derivitaves, and code39 please let me know what solution you are using! And if the solution you are using is also "TBarcode" please tell me how you got it to work as their support desk appears to not reply to calls or emails if the complexity of your inquiry goes over mild and I simply can not get a quality grade result out of it. Happy to go with a paid solution that actually works! Especially if it has a support desk that actually tries to help.

Comments

  • Wisa123Wisa123 Member Posts: 308
    We usually just get the needed Font (theres lots of free sources available online) -> install on NAV-Server and Developer Machine.

    And then just normally design your Report using the font.
    Maybe im not understanding your problem really well, but i can't really see a need to go for a .net workaround.

    If that doesnt work for you, there are also some weird Converters which put out a .bmp picture file including the barcode.

    Regards, wisa
    Austrian NAV/BC Dev
  • kinekine Member Posts: 12,562
    edited 2015-11-11
    We are using our own library (old demo is here: http://mibuso.com/downloads/navertica-bar-code-generator) which is supporting different kind of barcodes. New version is available as .net assembly and codeunit using it. Can be used not only for barcode generating but even for any postscript output (like rotated texts etc.).
    Kamil Sacek
    MVP - Dynamics NAV
    My BLOG
    NAVERTICA a.s.
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