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l SVG: Vector format. This is usually of higher quality, but may take longer to generate and
is not compatible with Email output.
l PNG: Binary rasterized format. This has a slightly lower quality than SVG but is usually
generated faster and will display properly in Email output.
Data Matrix
Data Matrix is one of the types of barcodes that can be added to a template; see "Barcode" on
page640.
The barcode can be added either using the Barcode toolbar button or through selecting Insert
> Barcode on the menu; see "Adding a Barcode" on page640.
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.
Data Matrix barcodes can be read even if they are partially damaged, because of the error
correction codes added to them (according to the ECC200 standard).
Barcode properties
This topic lists the properties of the Data Matrix barcode. For the properties of other barcode
types, see "Barcode type and properties" on page642.
Note
Tilde characters in the data are processed as special characters (see the Java4less
Barcodes Guide to learn what the tilde character can be used for).
Any tilde that needs to be included in the output must be escaped by adding another tilde
(either "~~", or "7E7E" if the Hex input option is enabled). This can be done with a
replace() call in the Barcode script, after expanding the script.
Hex Input
For optimized mailings, German Post requires the supplied data for the Data Matrix barcode to
be hexadecimal input.
Check this option if your input data is a hexadecimal code. The incoming data will be
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