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Laserfiche Forms and Barcode?

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Updated April 14, 2014

asked on April 10, 2014

Currently we are responding to an RFP and the question is:

Can we generate Barcode from Laserfiche forms? The idea is for client to populate a field in Laserfiche Form and submit it and save it as PDF file into the repository. They want to see the submitted field value shown as a barcode on the PDF file.

Is this possible?

If not, will Laserfiche have this included in Forms 9.2 release?

Thanks

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replied on April 11, 2014

You should be able to accomplish this using web fonts. It would probably require a custom HTML field and some JavaScript though. See the following on how to use web-fonts http://www.w3schools.com/css/css3_fonts.asp.

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replied on April 11, 2014

The site doesn't reference barcodes specifically, but a barcode is just a font. So you would need to find a barcode font and then you would use the concepts they talk about to use the barcode font on a form.

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replied on April 14, 2014

It looks like there are several JavaScript libraries dedicated to creating barcodes. Here's one. As long as you know the barcode you want to generate, it seems like it should be pretty straightforward to get it working with Forms and a little JavaScript.

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replied on April 14, 2014

These are some great suggestions. Where do I unzip the fonts to. Am I downloading them into specific Laserfiche Forms folder or ISS folder? There othere question is, if we use Java to get the barcode, will I be able to capture the variable for workflow actvities?

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replied on April 11, 2014

Hi Blake

I hope we were able to upload Barcode Font to forms server and select the font in forms and use it. I noticed some issues mentioned in the site that you were refering; one is browser limitation and another is that it says if you type uper case it might produce error.

This is going to be for mass public submission and I am looking to have laserfiche support and best practice on this regard.

I think Forms 9.1 can do this by default. I am not sure if you know, if this is in the works with Forms 9.2 release?

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replied on April 11, 2014

You might be able to check what browser and browser version they have using JavaScript. So when they fill out the form and if it is lower than a supported version show a popup saying that they must update their browser before filling out the form

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replied on April 13, 2014

You could collect the form data including the data you need for the barcode, and release that into Laserfiche workflow. Then using the PDF form filling capability and a barcode font, generate the barcoded form, and send it back to the user via email and/or keep a copy in Laserfiche.

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replied on April 14, 2014

I am not a programer and I like the idea Franz suggested. I am not sure where do I implement the barcode. Workflow does not have any barcode function. Is barcode part of PDF activity in te Wrokflow? Where do I input barcode font?

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