Barcode in SSRS Reports
Barcode logic
We can fetch barcode to SSRS through 2 ways.
Approach 1:Simple way: Use font with font name Prefixed with BC in
text box property of report design
Approach 2:To convert the text to barcode with AX framework; and to
fetch font and size properties from AX.
Example of Report in standard AX where they have used approach 2
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Code Snippet for Sample Report which uses Barcode with Approach 2
Here we go! All we need is a string field.
Steps in short : Get a table which has string field
declare it in DP. Fetch the barcode font and size from the parameter table if
you need the one selected by end user. Encode your string to barcode in DP.
Simply send it to report. In Design update the font tab controls with user
entered font name and font size. There comes the bar code.
Steps
in detail with code snippet:
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Declare Barcode specific EDT, table and class
in Class declaration
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Define initBarcode where the record from
Barcode setup is selected based on inventory parameter.
Inventory parameter table is just an
example whereas the base table for bar code types are available in Organization
Administration ->Setup ->Barcode.
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Define process report and call initBarcode
method.
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Convert string to barcode using encode method
of barcode class in barcode method.
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Rest is inserting into table and getting from
table methods.
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In Design for the text box where you need to
print the barcode use barcode font name and size fields in text box
properties->Font tab controls just as in Approach 1 where you used to select font manually.
