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Bar height
Definestheheightofthebarsforasinglerowmeasuredinpixelsdrawn.
Compact
CheckthisoptiontouseCompactPDF417insteadofthePDF417barcode.Thisshortenedformofthe
PDF417barcodeisusefulwherethespaceforthesymbolisrestricted.
Scale
Definesifandhowtherenderedbarcodeisscaledinrelationtotheparentelement:
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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.
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Proportionally:Thebarcodeisstretcheduptowhereitfitseitherthewidthorheightofthepar-
entbox,whicheverrequiresthelessstretching.
Tilde processing
Checkthisoptiontoprocesstilde(~)charactersinthedataasspecialcharacters.(SeetheJava4less
BarcodesGuidetolearnwhatthetildecharactercanbeusedfor.)
Thetildeisexpectedtobefollowedbythe'd'characterand3digitsrepresentinganASCIIcharacter:
~dNNN.Forexample,~d013representsacarriagereturn.
Notethatwiththisoptionchecked,anytildethatneedstobeincludedintheoutputmustbeescapedby
addinganothertilde:~~.
Color
TheColorgroupallowsyoutochooseadifferentBarcodecolor(insteadofblack)andBackground
color(insteadofwhite),bytypingahexadecimalcolorvalue(seeforexamplew3school'scolorpicker).
WhenblackisacompositeofCMYKorRGBvalues,itmayincuracolorclickchargeonsomeprinters.
ChecktheOutput in Grayscaleoptiontomakesurethatpureblackisused.
Output format
Defineshowthebarcodeisoutputonthepage.Therearetwopossibleformats:
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SVG:Vectorformat.Thisisusuallyofhigherquality,butmaytakelongertogenerateandisnot
compatiblewithEmailoutput.
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PNG:Binaryrasterizedformat.ThishasaslightlylowerqualitythanSVGbutisusuallygen-
eratedfasterandwilldisplayproperlyinEmailoutput.
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