Objects
Drag
n Drop Snippets- Drag
n Drop Data Fields
- Text
- Lines
- Squares,
Rectangles, Circles, Ovals
Barcodes
Barcodes
Barcode objects are drawn in FTForm Plus. Create by selecting
Barcode from the Toolbox and dragging it onto the layout. Code 128
encodes numeric, character and special symbols up to Hex 7F. Include
other barcode symbologies in the Toolbox where your application
requires them. See the special manual section on SSCC barcodes
(these are Code 128 bar codes with a complex structure that is
implemented exceptionally well in FTForm Plus).
If you require a barcode where we do NOT have what you want, please advise Support@FormTrap.com and we will consider including it in the set, or quoting you for inclusion.
Appearance and Edit Content
Barcodes are shown as the correctly-formatted barcode (or a grey
rectangle if the data is incorrect for the symbology). Certain
barcodes have presentation standards for their human-readable data,
as shown for this EAN/UPC barcode.
This is a barcode where the data is incorrect, shown as a gray
rectangle.
Double-clicking the barcode shows normalized
barcode text where highlighted text is sourced from data.
The data portion is subject to Formatting panel instructions for
date and numeric formatting.
These on-screen icons are shown at the cursor position when Mouse
Right is pressed.
Icons 
control human-readable as (highlighted).
Symbology 
shows the barcode symbologies via a pull-down
menu. Where data is incorrect for the symbology no barcode is drawn
and a grey rectangle draws instead. Barcodes with in-built check
digits (for example, EAN/UPC 13 where the 13th digit is a check
digit) will process either 12 digits or 13 digits (and ignore the
13th digit) before calculation of the check digit.
Show data source 
shows the source data as part of the barcode text
in square brackets (highlighted yellow).
Link 
and Unlink 
require the prior selection of the text component
(use the 
pointer), the field is outlined in blue.
Barcode
text is manipulated using the Font tools. Barcode fonts should be
black, all the same font and size, and not italic.
Link to Data
Do this with data Source toggled On.
Double-clicking the barcode shows the characters in text.
Highlight the characters that come from data.
Press Mouse Right to show on-screen icons.
Select to show the available source fields, select the
source field from the drop-down menu.
Completed barcode, showing source data field.
Manipulation using Graphics Tools
Move by clicking the mouse over the small top-right box
(changes to arrowed cursor) and moving barcode with the mouse.
Size is pulled using the (white) size handles. Horizontal
size "jumps" between pixel multiples of the small space, vertical
moves smoothly.
Rotate by pressing and holding mouse-left when positioned
over the green circle, the green circle disappears while you rotate;
the object is placed, rotated when mouse-left is released.
Once you start rotation, holding down Ctrl rounds the
rotation to steps of 7.5°. This allows easy selection of 90° angles.
Without Ctrl, "near misses" are possible.