Crystal Reports Barcode Tutorial
& Integration Guide
IDAutomation provides several product 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:
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Integration Options: |
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 |
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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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