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Microsoft SSRS Barcode CRI User Manual

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SSRS Barcode Installation & Compatibility

Application Compatibility

IDAutomation's Reporting Services Barcode CRI is compatible with the .NET Framework 2.0 and Microsoft Reporting Services 2005 & 2008. This component is used to create barcode images on reports as an integrated control that may be bound to SQL Server database fields.

Barcode Compatibility

These barcode generation controls support several linear and 2D barcode symbologies including Code 39, Extended Code 39, Code 128, Telepen, Interleaved 2 of 5, LOGMARS, Codabar, EAN-128, GS1-128, USS Code 128, UPC-A, UPC-E, MSI, EAN-8, EAN-13, Code 11, Code 93, Industrial 2 of 5, Postnet, Planet, Intelligent Mail qne USPS4CB barcode symbologies. The 2D version includes PDF417, Data Matrix ECC200, Aztec and QR Code.

SQL Server CRI 2005 Installation Application

  1. Download and unzip the package into a directory on the development computer.
  2. Run the IDAutomation CRI Setup V2005 application.
  3. A navigation window will pop up asking you to navigate to the report server directory.
    This directory is machine-specific, and the directory will change depending on which features of SQL Server are installed, For example in the following directory the MSSQL.3 folder may be different

    "\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer"

    This folder may be MSSQL.1, MSSQL.2, or MSSQL.4.

    Navigate to Report Server Directory
     
  4. Verify that the directory to the Private Assemblies folder is correct. The default for Visual Studio 2005 is "\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies". Click the Browse button to change it.

    Navigate to Private Assemblies Directory
     
  5. When the directories are in place, click the Install CRI 2005 button. This will copy the IDAutomation_ReportingServices_BarcodeCRI.dll  and IDAutomation_ReportingServices_Barcode.dll files to the private assemblies directory and copy the IDAutomation_ReportingServices_BarcodeCRI.dll file to the ReportServer\bin directory. This will also edit the three config files necessary for deployment, the rsreportserver.config and rssrvpolicy.config, which are located in the ReportServer\bin directory and the rsreportdesigner.config file, which is in the PrivateAssemblies directory.*
  6. Please see the Reporting Services Barcode Custom Report Item Tutorial for steps on including this in the Visual Studio tool box.

SQL Server CRI 2008 Installation Application

  1. Download and unzip the package into a directory on the development computer.
  2. Run the IDAutomation CRI Setup V2008 installer application.
  3. When the application loads there will be two directory paths, make sure the directory to the Private Assemblies folder and the Report server is correct. Click the Browse button to change it.

    Install the 2008 Custom Report Item
     
  4. Once the directories are in place, click the install button. This will copy the IDAutomation_ReportingServices_BarcodeCRI.dll and IDAutomation_ReportingServices_Barcode.dll files to the Private Assemblies directory and copy IDAutomation_ReportingServices_BarcodeCRI.dll file to the ReportServer\bin directory. This will also edit the three config files necessary for deployment, the rsreportserver.config and rssrvpolicy.config, which are located in the ReportServer\bin directory and the rsreportdesigner.config file, which is in the PrivateAssemblies directory.*
  5. Please see the Reporting Services Custom Report Item Tutorial for steps on including this in the Visual Studio tool box.

* A backup of the original configuration files are made, with a .bak extension, before they are edited. Ex: The backup for the rsreportserver.config file is called rsreportserver.config.bak.

Manual Barcode CRI Installation

  1. Download and unzip the package into a directory on the development computer.
  2. Copy the IDAutomation_ReportingServices_BarcodeCRI.dll file in the linear package, or the appropriate file ending in *CRI.dll in the 2D package from the extracted file to the Visual Studio private assemblies directory.
     
    V2005: "\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies"
    V2008: "\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies"
               and to the Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services bin directory.
    V2005: "\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\bin". This directory is machine-specific for SQL 2005. The MSSQL.3 folder may be different, for example MSSQL.1, MSSQL.2, or MSSQL.4.

    V2008: "\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS10.MSSQLSERVER\Reporting Services\ReportServer\bin"
  3. Copy the IDAutomation_ReportingServices_Barcode.dll file in the linear package, or the appropriate file ending in *CRI.dll in the 2D package to the Visual Studio private assemblies directory.

    V2005: "\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies"
    V2008: "\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies"
  4. Edit the rsreportserver.config and the rssrvpolicy.config files in the ReportServer directory:
    • In the rsreportserver.config file insert the following code before </Extensions>
      <ReportItems>
<ReportItem Name="LinearBarcode" 
Type="IDAutomation.ReportingServices.LinearBarcodeCRI,IDAutomation_
ReportingServices_BarcodeCRI"/>
</ReportItems>
      Note: Some distributions of Reporting Services also include a rsreportserversp2update.config file, in which case include the same code above.
    • Place a <CodeGroup reference in the rssrvpolicy.config file for the IDAutomation_ReportingServices_BarcodeCRI.dll after the first <CodeGroup element. Failure to place this in the correct section will cause the Barcode CRI to disappear from a deployed report. 
    <CodeGroup class="FirstMatchCodeGroup" 
version="1" PermissionSetName="Nothing">
    
<IMembershipCondition class="AllMembershipCondition" version="1" 
/>
<CodeGroup

    
  class="UnionCodeGroup"
  version="1"
  PermissionSetName="FullTrust"
  Description="This code group grants IDAutomation_ReportingServices_
BarcodeCRI.dll Full Trust permission. ">
  <IMembershipCondition class="UrlMembershipCondition"version="1"
  Url="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\
ReportServer\bin\IDAutomation_ReportingServices_BarcodeCRI.dll" 
/>
</CodeGroup>
    etc.......................
</CodeGroup>
</CodeGroup>
  5. To register the design component, edit the rsreportdesigner.config file in the PrivateAssemblies directory, and add the following code before </Extensions>:
    <ReportItems>
 <ReportItem Name="LinearBarcode" Type="IDAutomation.ReportingServices.
LinearBarcodeCRI,IDAutomation_ReportingServices_BarcodeCRI"/>
 </ReportItems>
 <ReportItemDesigner>
 <ReportItem Name="LinearBarcode" Type="IDAutomation.ReportingServices.
LinearBarcode, IDAutomation_ReportingServices_Barcode" />
 </ReportItemDesigner>

Reporting Services CRI Tutorial

  1. Follow the steps for installation and deployment.
  2. If adding the custom assembly to an existing report, skip to Step 12.
    Create a report: Select File - New - Project from the Visual Studio .NET IDE menu.
    In the New Project dialog, highlight Business Intelligence Projects in the Project Types box and Report Project Wizard in the Templates box.
    Name the sample report appropriately in the Name box and click OK.

    New Project Reporting Services
     
  3. Select the data source. For this example, the AdventureWorks database is used.
    Ensure that the user edits the connection string to properly connect to the database. Click Next.

    Select Data Source for Reporting Services
     
  4. Create the query string for generating the report by using the Query Builder.
    Add the Customer table to the query by right-clicking the upper pane in the query builder and selecting Add Table.
    Highlight Customers and click Add and Close.
    Click the CustomerID, TerritoryID, and AccountNumber fields. Click OK.

    Query Builder Reporting Services
     
  5. Click Next on the Design Query Wizard.
  6. Choose the type of report (tabular or Matrix) to create and click Next.
  7. Leave the default values for the grouping of the report and click Next.
  8. Select the style of the table and click Next.
  9. Select the Report Server (The user will want to leave the default value. This was setup during Report Services installation.) and the folder for the deployment of the compiled report. Click Next.
  10. Name the report Barcode Company ID and click Finish. The report will now be in Layout mode. The user may run the report to get an idea of how the output will be displayed. The following steps will add the barcode image to the report.
  11. Right click the last column in the table.
    Select Insert Column to the right.
    Label the column Barcode ID by typing directly into the column header.

    Insert a Barcode ID Column into Microsoft Reporting Services
     
  12. To add the IDAutomation Reporting Services Barcode CRI component, right click the Report Items Toolbox and select Choose Items.
    In the next window select the .Net Framework Components tab and click browse.

     Choose Toolbox Items for Reporting Services
     
  13. For the 2005 version, browse to the IDAutomation_ReportingServices_Barcode.dll in the "\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies" directory, or the "\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0
    \Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies" directory for version 2008. Click OK.
  14. The Linear Barcode component should be visible in the Report Items Toolbox. If it does not appear or an error message is thrown, compare the code in the rsreportdesigner.config to the code listed in step 5 in the Manual Installation section.
  15. Select the LinearBarcode CRI component and drag it into the Barcode field. The properties of the barcode may be edited in the Properties window.
  16. Click the Preview tab to ensure that a barcode is returned. To verify that the data is being encoded properly, print the report and scan it with a barcode scanner. If a scanner is needed to verify barcodes, IDAutomation suggests an easy-to-use USB barcode scanner.

    Completed Report with Barcode Image
     
  17. To deploy the solution to the Report Server, choose Build - Deploy Solution.
Sizing the Barcode CRI Component

The custom report item component cannot be sized by dragging the object because barcodes must meet specific requirements, such as a precise X dimension (narrow bar width) and barcode height as specified in the properties of the control. To increase the barcode width, increase the XDimensionMils property. To increase the height, increase the BarHeight property.

Properties and Methods

Linear Properties

Linear Properties
IDAutomation recommends using default values for all properties, unless requirements dictate otherwise.
Property Name Default Property Description
ApplyTilde False When ApplyTilde is set to "1" in Code 128 with the Auto character set, the format ~ddd may be used to specify the ASCII code of the character to be encoded and several other tilde options are enabled.
AutoSize True This is only available in the 2005 version of the CRI. When set to true the size of the canvas will automatically be fit to the size of the barcode. If the border is adjusted manually then this will effectively set it to False.
BackGroundColor** Transparent The background color of the barcode canvas.
BarHeightCM 1 The height of the barcode in centimeters (CM).
BearerBarHorizontal 0 The width of the horizontal bearer bars as a multiple of the XDimension; valid options are 0-10.
BearerBarVertical 0 The width of the vertical bearer bars as a multiple of the XDimension; valid options are 0-10.
CaptionAbove null When text appears in this property, it is displayed in the margin above the symbol.
CaptionBelow null When text appears in this property, it is displayed in the margin below the symbol.
CharacterGrouping 0 Determines the number of characters between spaces in the text interpretation of the data encoded in the barcode. Supported values are 0 (which disables grouping), 3, 4 and 5.
CheckCharacter True AddCheckDigit automatically adds the check digit to the barcode when equal to "True". The check digit is required for all symbologies except Code 39, Industrial 2 of 5 and Codabar.
CheckCharacterInText False AddCheckDigitToText automatically adds the check digit that is encoded in the barcode to the human readable text that is displayed when equal to "True".
CodabarStartCharacter A The Start Character in the Codabar barcode.
CodabarStopCharacter B The Stop Character in the Codabar barcode.
Code128CharSet Auto The set of characters to be used in Code128. Valid values are: Auto, A, B or C. IDAutomation recommends using Auto.
DataToEncode 123456789012 DataToEncode is the data that is to be encoded in the barcode. If the control is connected to a control source, the source will override this field. For example; setting DataToEncode to "=Fields!AccountNumber.value" will encode the values in the AccountNumber field.
Font** Times New Roman Used to change the font or font point size of the text interpretation or human readable text.
Color** Black The color of the bars in the barcode.
LeftMarginCM 0.2 The space of the left margin in centimeters.
NarrowToWideRatio 2.0 The wide to narrow ratio of symbologies that only contain narrow and wide bars such as Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5 and MSI. Common values are 2, 2.5, 2.75 and 3.
PostnetHeightShortBar 0.1270 The size in centimeters of the short bars when using Planet and Postnet symbologies, and the tracker bar when using the Intelligent Mail (formerly OneCode).
PostnetHeightTallBar 0.3226 The size in centimeters of the tall bars when using Intelligent Mail (formerly OneCode), Planet and Postnet symbologies.
RenderedImageDPI 300 The DPI of the image that will be rendered when the report is run.
For version 2008 the default value is 96.
RotationAngle Zero_Degrees Orientation indicates the orientation of the barcode. Valid values are Zero_degrees, Ninety_Degrees, One_Hundred_Eighty_Degrees and Two_Hundred_Seventy_Degrees.
ShowText Yes If ShowText is yes (the default), the human readable text will be displayed with the barcode.
ShowTextLocation Below Determines if the human-readable text is placed above or below the barcode.
SuppSeparationCM 0.5 The distance between the end of the barcode and the beginning of the supplement for UPC/EAN sybologies
SymbologyID Code128 A number that selects the symbology or barcode type. To obtain more information about barcode types, visit the barcoding for beginners page.
TextMarginCM 0.10 Sets the distance between the symbol and the text in centimeters.
TextFontColor Black Color of the human readable text
TopMarginCM 0.2 The top margin in centimeters.
UPCESystem 0 The encoding system to be used for UPC-E; valid values are 0, 1, and Auto.
WhiteBarIncrease* 0 A percentage value to increase the white space between the bars to improve readability. Common values are 10, 15, 20 and 25. *
XDimensionMILS 11.8 The width in mils (1/1000 of an inch) of the narrow bars. The X dimension should be increased if the barcode scanner being used does not dependably decode the symbol.

PDF417 Properties

PDF417 Properties
IDAutomation recommends using default values for all properties, unless requirements dictate otherwise.
Property Name Default Product Description
ApplyTilde True When true, the format ~??? may be used to specify the ASCII code of the character to be encoded.
PDFErrorCorrectionLevel 0 The Reed Solomon error correction level encoded in the symbol. More error correction creates a larger symbol that can withstand more damage. The default setting of 0 performs automatic selection.
MacroPDFEnable False When true, indicates that this barcode is part of a MacroPDF sequence.
MacroPDFFileID 0 Assigns a file id to the MacroPDF barcode. Each barcode in the MacroPDF sequence must have the same file id assigned to it. Valid options are 0-899.
MacroPDFSegmentIndex 0 The index number of each MacroPDF symbol must have a unique segment index, starting at zero and incrementing thereafter by one.
MacroPDFLastSegment False When true, indicates that this is the final barcode in the MacroPDF sequence.
PDFColumns 0 The number of data columns in the PDF417 barcode. The default is 0 and the maximum is 30.
PDFMode Binary The mode of compaction used to encode data in the symbol. When set to "Text," a smaller symbol may be created. Text mode encodes all characters on the US keyboard plus returns and tabs.
PDFRows 0 Sets the number of rows. It is recommended to leave this setting at 0, the default.
Truncated False A truncated PDF417 symbol is more area efficient than normal PDF417. When true, the right hand side of the PDF417 is removed or truncated.
XtoYRatio 3 The X multiple height of individual cells; default = 3, usually 2 to 4 times the NarrowBarCM (X).

Data Matrix Properties

Data Matrix Properties
IDAutomation recommends using default values for all properties, unless requirements dictate otherwise.
Property Name Default Product Description
ApplyTilde True When set to True, the tilde (~) will be processed as explained in the DataMatrix Barcode FAQ and the format ~d??? may be used to specify the ASCII code of the character to be encoded. For example, "ECC-200~d009Data-Matrix" encodes "ECC-200 <TAB> Data-Matrix".
EncodingMode E_BASE256 Valid Encoding Mode values are E_ASCII, E_C40, E_TEXT or E_BASE256.
LeftMarginCM 0.10 The left and right margin of the symbol in centimeters.
PreferredFormat Auto Sets the preferred format; valid values are from 0 (10X10) to 23 (144X144) and from 24 (8X18) to 29 (16X48); the default value of "Auto" is used for automatic formatting.
TopMarginCM 0.10 The top and bottom margin of the symbol in centimeters.
XDimensionCM 0.06 The width in centimeters of the narrow bars. This value may need to be increased if the scanner cannot read barcodes with small X dimensions. When working with a high-quality Data Matrix barcode imager, this value may be decreased to create a smaller symbol.

Aztec Properties

Aztec Properties
IDAutomation recommends using default values for all properties, unless requirements dictate otherwise.
Property Name Default Property Description
ApplyTilde True When set to "True," the format ~d??? may be used to specify the ASCII code of the character to be encoded. Commonly used ASCII codes are ~d009 which is a tab function and ~d013 which is a return function.
MessageAppend na Specifies the message appended across multiple symbols. Only valid if NumberOfSymbols is greater than 1.
NumberOfSymbols 1 Invokes MessageAppend across # symbols
XDimensionCM 0.06 The width in centimeters of the narrow bars. This value may need to be increased if the scanner cannot read barcodes with small X dimensions. When working with a high quality Aztec barcode imager, this value may be decreased to create a smaller symbol.

QR-Code Properties

QR-Code Properties
IDAutomation recommends using default values for all properties, unless requirements dictate otherwise.
Property Name Default Description
ApplyTilde True When set to "True," the format ~d??? may be used to specify the ASCII code of the character to be encoded. Commonly used ASCII codes are ~d009 which is a tab function and ~d013 which is a return function.
EncodingMode Byte The mode of compaction used to encode data in the symbol. Valid values are Byte, Alphanumeric, and Numeric mode.
Version AUTO Sets the size of the symbol; valid values are from 01 (21X21) to 40 (177X177); the default value of "Auto" is used for automatic formatting.
ErrorCorrection M The error correction level encoded in the symbol. Valid values are L, M, Q, H. Higher error correction creates a larger symbol that can withstand more damage.
XDimensionCM 0.06 The width in centimeters of the narrow bars. This value may need to be increased if the scanner cannot read barcodes with small X dimensions. When working with a high quality QR Code imager, this value may be decreased to create a smaller symbol.

* When used with low-resolution devices such as the display screen, changes in the WhiteBarIncrease property value may not be visible in the control itself. However, the change will usually only be visible when printed, if a printer with 300 dpi or greater is used.

 
** Due to compatibility issues, some of the property names have changed in the 2008 version. The 2005 properties Font, BackGroundColor, and Color are called HRFont, BackColor, and ForeColor in the 2008 version respectively.  

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