Crystal Reports Barcode Tutorial
& Integration Guide
IDAutomation provides several products and options for implementing
barcodes in Crystal Reports with
flexible license agreements
to meet a variety of needs including single user licenses and royalty-free
developer licenses. The following chart may be used to determine the best product
needed:
| Integration
Options with Links: |
Advantages
and Disadvantages: |
Use the
Crystal
Reports UFL with
Barcode Fonts
Supports Crystal 7 and up
Prices from $139 |
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Use
font
formulas within Crystal Reports with
Barcode Fonts
Supports Crystal 8 and up
Prices from $139 |
- May be difficult to install for users not familiar with Crystal
formulas.
- Requires only the barcode fonts to be installed on computers running
reports that generate barcodes.
- The
barcode font formulas are only provided in purchased versions of
some products; no demo version is available.
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Install the
Native Barcode Generator
in the report
Supports Crystal 9 and up
Prices from $149 |
- After the Native
Barcode Generator is installed in a report, no other components
or fonts need to be installed to create barcodes.
- Easy to install and use.
- Demo version has limited functionality. However, IDAutomation offers a 30
day money back satisfaction guarantee on all products.
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Stream Images directly
into a Crystal
Report with the
Dynamic Barcode Generator Service
Supports Crystal XI (11) and up
Prices from $290 |
- Because an image is used to create the barcode, no fonts or other
components need to be installed.
- Requires access to the Internet or the server creating the barcodes.
- When creating several barcodes on large reports, latency may cause a
slow-down in report generation.
- Many barcode types are supported including
Aztec,
Intelligent Mail,
PDF417 and
DataMatrix.
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