Crystal Reports & Barcodes

Printing Barcodes In Crystal Reports

It's easy to print barcodes in your Crystal Reports projects using our User Function Library (UFL) and any of our barcode fonts. Our UFL is a plugin that creates Code 128 barcodes, UPC barcodes, Code 39 barcodes, and Interleaved 2 of 5 bar codes within Crystal Reports including Crystal Reports 2008.

All of Azalea barcode font packages come bundled with a User Function Library that integrates our fonts into your Crystal Reports project. Creating barcodes in Crystal Reports is a two part process:
    - pass your data to our UFL
    - format the returned value in one of our fonts
The UFL adds the start bars and stop bars, calculates any necessary check digit(s), and maps the output into our fonts' character set. Our User Function Library can also be used in Business Objects XI, MAS90, MAS200, and other products that use the Crystal Reports engine.

The barcode functions built in Crystal Reports 2008 is licensed from us. This functionality is installed by default. Our fonts also work with older versions of Crystal.

By default, our setup programs install our Crystal Reports User Function Library (barcode.dll and u2lbcode.dll) in the correct locations on your hard drive. Alternately you can download and install our Crystal Reports UFL manually. The files found in the zip file need to go here:

Vista
  u2lbcode.dll -> c:\ProgramFiles\BusinessObjects\Common\3.5\bin
  barcode.dll -> c:\ProgramFiles\BusinessObjects\Common\3.5\bin

Windows XP
  u2lbcode.dll -> c:\windows\system32
  barcode.dll -> c:\windows\system32

Windows NT & Windows 2000
  u2lbcode.dll -> c:\winnt\system32
  barcode.dll -> c:\winnt\system32

We've written individual pages complete with screen shots and step by step instructions on how to use our UFL with our barcode font packages:
    Code 128 barcodes in Crystal Reports
    Code 39 barcodes in Crystal Reports
    UPC barcodes in Crystal Reports (UPC/EAN/JAN/Bookland)
    Interleaved 2 of 5 barcodes in Crystal Reports

Please note that if your Crystal Reports projects will be sent out via a server to multiple employees, you may need to purchase a site license. Please contact us for more details.

Business Objects has a technical article on their web site that describes printing bar codes in Crystal Reports.