Generates and places a barcode on a page. The type and geometric characteristics of the barcode are specified in the the config command which precedes the barcode command.
To add a barcode at the position specified in the configuration string (from the config command).
barcode [value=]BarcodeValue
To add barcode at position specified placement parameters, which may differ from the configuration string.
barcode PlacementParameters, [value=]BarcodeValue
BarcodeValue
Text string to be encoded into barcode. Explicit
or implicit (last position).
Value might contain one or more variables.
PlacementParameters
One or more parameters with instructions where to place
barcode on a page.
See Placement
Parameters section for various options.
Configuration string specifies the distance in units from top, left corner of the page
The distances point to the bottom and the right
Negative numbers are not valid.
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that the user must supply |
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Parameter that can be repeated several times |