Azalea Software, Inc.

Printing Interleaved 2 of 5 Barcodes in Crystal Reports

If you are printing barcodes from within a Crystal Reports project, the easiest thing to do is to use our free User Function Library (UFL) along with our TrueType fonts. Our UFL adds the start and stop bars to your input string, calculates any necessary check digit(s), and maps the output into our fonts’ character set. You need to use the UFL because you can not simply format a chunk of text in a bar code font and create a scannable bar code symbol. The UFL does all of the heavy lifting for you.

1. By default, the I2of5Tools setup program installs the files you need to use the fonts with Crystal Reports.

2. In Crystal Reports menu, create a new formula.

3. Name your formula.

4. Click twice on the BarcodeI2of5 function name.  Click twice on field name.

5. Save and exit the formula editor.

6. Drag an instance of your formula on the form. Size it. Format it into, for example, our Interleaved2of5 font at 48 points.

7. Now you’re ready to run your report.