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ABarcode is an ActiveX control that allows you to print barcodes in any Windows application that supports ActiveX technology, including the MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, FrontPage) and development environments like Visual Studio.                                 The package also includes a Word add-in and an Excel add-in to make it easier to barcode spreadsheets and docs.                                       It supports the most common linear symbologies (EAN-8, EAN-13, UCC/EAN-128, Code 11, Code 128, Code 39, Code 93, Codabar, UPC-A, UPC-E, Interleaved 2 of 5, Postnet and RoyalMail) as well as 2D symbologies PDF417 and Code 16K.

Key features of ABarCode ActiveX Control:

• BackColor: the background color of the barcode.

• Font: the font of the human readable text.

• ForeColor: the color of the bars and text.

• LeftMargin: the space of the left margin in centimeters. The same space applies to the right margin when the Autosize property is set.

• NarrowBarWidth: width in centimeters of the narrowest bar. Also called X-Dimension.

• Orientation: sets the orientation of the barcode. Valid values are Horizontal, Vertical (bottom to right), Inverted, and Vertical inverted (bottom to left).

• Symbology: type of barcode to be used. Look at the Symbologies chapter for information about the available symbologies for ABarcode.

• TopMargin: the top margin in centimeters. Also applied to the bottom margin when Autosize is set.

• ValueToEncode: data to be encoded in the barcode. It has no effect if you connect the control to a data source.

• Autosize: set this option to True if you wish then dimensions of the control to be automatically adjusted to the barcode inside.

• AddCheckDigit: adds a check digit to the barcode. Only applies to symbologies that do not require check digit: Code39, Extended Code 39, Codabar, Interleaved 2 of 5, and RoyalMail. This option is ignored for the rest of symbologies since the check digit is always required.

• AddCheckDigitToText: adds the check digit to the human readable text. 

• BarHeight: the height of the bars in centimeters. This option has no effect for bidimensional barcodes (PDF417 and Code16K) which use the YDimension property.

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