Azalea Software, Inc.

Printing UPC/EAN Bar Codes 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 UPCTools 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. Double-click on the BarcodeUPCA function name (or other listed UPC supported function name). Double-click on field name.

Note: if you making a UPC or EAN barcode without supplemental bars, add double quotes to your function call. BarcodeUPCA({Mytable.MyField}, "")

5. Save and exit the formula editor.

6. Format it into, for example, our UPCTall font at 73 points.

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