1. In the Barcode Field Properties dialog box, select the Options tab, and then select Manage Barcode Parameters.
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Set barcode field properties
The "Value" tab in form field properties is exclusive to barcode fields and offers these options:
- Encode Using: Allows selection of encoding methods. Options include:
- XML: Encodes data in standard XFDF format, generating JavaScript script automatically.
- Tab Delimited: Encodes fields as tab-delimited values, useful for fitting more data into the barcode or for copying data into database or spreadsheet tables. JavaScript script is automatically generated. If the form outputs data in XFDF or XDP files, it must be in tab-delimited format with field names on the first line.
- Pick: Opens a dialog box to select user data fields for barcode encoding.
- Include Field Names:
- Only available with Tab Delimited encoding.
- Encodes field names as the first line of barcode contents with values encoded below them.
- Custom Calculation Script:
- Displays default script.
- Click "Edit" to open the JavaScript Editor for custom calculation scripts.
- Reference To Published Form:
- Displays the path to the PDF form.
- Allows editing the URL to the published form.
- Helps recreate a digital version of the completed form by merging the form template with user-supplied data.
- Maintains the relationship between form template and barcode data files.
- When encoding a barcode using XML values, the URL reference is encoded into the barcode and displayed below it.
Manage custom barcode settings
You can save, reuse, and share a set of custom settings for barcode parameters, to apply them when you create new barcode form fields. You can make further adjustments to your custom parameter sets after you define them.
All of these processes begin by opening the barcode form field properties dialog box. To open the properties dialog box, double-click the barcode field.
Create a new barcode parameters set
2. Select the existing parameter set that you want to use as the basis of the new set, and select New.
3. Type a name in the Name box and a description in the Description box.
4. Select options for Symbology, X Dimension, Y/X Ratio, and Error Correction Level, and then select OK.
The newly defined parameter set appears in the list in the Manage Barcode Parameters dialog box, and all the buttons on the right side of the dialog box become available. The new definition also appears in the Decode Condition menu in the Options tab of the Barcode Field Properties dialog box.
Edit or delete a set of custom barcode parameters
1. In the Barcode Field Properties dialog box, select the Options tab, and then select Manage Barcode Parameters.
- 2. Select a custom parameter set from the list.
- 3. Choose the appropriate action:
Select Edit and make the changes to the settings; then select OK.
Select Delete. Confirm the deletion in the message that appears by selecting OK.
Export or import a set of custom barcode parameters
1. In the Barcode Field Properties dialog box, select the Options tab, and then select Manage Barcode Parameters.
- 2. Choose the appropriate action:
Select a barcode parameter set from the list and select Export. Select a location and file name for the file that has the file name extension .bps.
Select Import, and navigate to and select the BPS file that you want to import.
Redefine form field property defaults
After you change properties for a specific type of form field, you can set those properties as the default set for that type. For example, you can create a checkbox, change its properties, and then save the properties as the default values. The default values can be only for Appearance and Size related attributes of the field. Properties for format related attributes like Date cannot be set as default.
1. Select All tools > Prepare a form to go to form-editing mode.
2. Right-click the form field for which you have already changed properties, and choose Use Current Properties As New Defaults.
Note
Changing the default properties does not change the settings for existing form fields of that type. The new defaults apply only to new fields that you create.
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