PGL Programmer's Reference Manual

Table of Contents

Overview.............................................................................................. 87

User-Defined Variable Bar Code Ratios........................................ 89

PDF Character Sizes [PDF [;LOC] [;FONT]] ................................. 90

Bar Codes............................................................................................ 92

Codabar ........................................................................................ 92

Code 39......................................................................................... 97

Code 93......................................................................................... 103

Code 128A, 128B and 128C ......................................................... 109

EAN 8............................................................................................ 119

EAN 13.......................................................................................... 124

FIM ................................................................................................ 130

Interleaved 2/5 (I-2/5), German I-2/5 and ITF-14 .......................... 136

Matrix ............................................................................................ 142

MSI................................................................................................ 148

PDF417 ......................................................................................... 154

POSTNET ..................................................................................... 159

PostBar and Royal Mail (KIX)........................................................ 164

UCC/EAN-128............................................................................... 168

UPC-A ........................................................................................... 180

UPC-E and UPC-E0...................................................................... 186

UPS 11.......................................................................................... 193

Incremental Bar Code Fields ............................................................... 198

Incrementing Bar Code Data......................................................... 198

Incremental Bar Code Fixed Data Fields ...................................... 201

Incremental Bar Code Dynamic Data Fields ................................. 202

Duplicating Incremental Bar Code Fields...................................... 204

4 Form Examples and Exercises........................... 205

Form Examples................................................................................... 205

Example: Basic Create Form ........................................................ 205

Example: Dynamic Data................................................................ 208

Form Exercise...................................................................................... 218

Creating a Box and Corners.......................................................... 218

Adding Horizontal and Vertical Lines ............................................ 220

Adding Fixed Alphanumeric Text .................................................. 221

Adding a Bar Code........................................................................ 223

Logo Exercise...................................................................................... 226

Creating a Logo............................................................................. 227

Form Design ........................................................................................ 229

Page Layout Considerations ......................................................... 229

Planning the Form Layout ............................................................. 229

Creating a Form and Adding Form Components .......................... 233