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POSTNET
POSTNETisoneofthebarcodetypesthatcanbeaddedtoatemplate;see"Barcode"onpage175.
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175.
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POSTNET.Forthepropertiesofotherbarcodetypes,
see"Barcodetypeandproperties"onpage177.
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.
Bar height
Youcansettheheight(incm)oftheshortbarsandthetallbarsinthePostnetbarcode.
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.
Human Readable Message
Whenthisoptionischecked,PrintShopMail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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