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ThebarcodecanbeaddedeitherusingtheBarcodetoolbarbuttonorthroughselectingInsert > Bar-
codeonthemenu;see"AddingaBarcode"onpage572.
Initiallythebarcodewillhavethebarcodetype'sdefaultproperties.Tochangethoseproperties,such
asthescaleandcolor,opentheBarcodepropertiesdialog:right-clickthebarcode(ontheDesigntab
intheWorkspace)andselecttheBarcode...optioninthecontextmenu.
Notethatthistypeofbarcodeprocessestildecharacters(~)inthedataasspecialcharacters.Seethe
Java4lessBarcodesGuidetolearnwhatthetildecharactercanbeusedfor.
Barcode properties
ThistopicliststhepropertiesofthebarcodetypeMSI.Forthepropertiesofotherbarcodetypes,see
"Barcodetypeandproperties"onpage574.
Module width
Specifiesthewidthofthenarrowbarsincentimeters.Changingthisvaluetoahighervaluewillmake
thebarcodebiggerwhenScaleissettoNone.
Scale
Definesifandhowtherenderedbarcodeisscaledinrelationtotheparentelement:
l
None:Thebarcodeisrenderedbasedonthemodulewidth.
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Fit to box:Thebarcodeisstretchedtofittheparentboxinbothwidthandheight.
Add Checksum
Whenchecked,PlanetPressConnectwillcalculateaChecksumcharacterandaddthattotheresultof
theBarcodescript.Ifthevaluetobeencodedislongerthan10digits,asecondcheckcharacterwillbe
calculated.
Checksum Type
TheChecksumtypecanbeMSI10,MSI11,MSI1010orMSI1110;seehttps://en.wiki-
pedia.org/wiki/MSI_Barcode.
Human Readable Message
Whenthisoptionischecked,PlanetPressConnectshowsahumanreadabletextbeloworabovethe
barcode,asdefinedusingtheTextPosition,usingthespecifiedfontandfontsize.Thefontsizeis
giveninpoints(pt).
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