Step-by-step New Barcode Technology for Smart

Forms
1 ) Go to SE73 SAPscript Font Maintenance to create or display the system bar codes.

Printer Bar code : To be able to use this method, the printer itself must be able to print
bar codes. Therefore, it must be possible to access the bar code via a simple escape sequence.
Frequently, you require a special bar code module for the printer.
The printing works as follows: SAP sends a simple printer escape sequence that activates the bar
code, then the bar code text in plaintext and finally a sequence that switches the printer back to
normal printing. In this way, therefore, the lines of the bar code are created by the printer itself.
Whether bar code printing is supported in this way can be seen from the note that the printer
manufacturer created within the Printer Vendor program.
- Supported documents: Sapscript, Smart Forms, (lists)
- Supported bar codes: All bar codes that are implemented in the printer/bar code module
- Supported printers/device types: All printers that are barcode-capable
- Display in print preview/PDF file supported: no

System Bar codes :

In this way, SAP creates a graphic that contains the lines of the bar
code. SAP then prints this graphic. To be able to use this option, you must use
transaction SE73 (system bar codes) to create a new system bar code because the SAP standard
bar codes normally use the old technology (option 1 or 2).
Supported documents: SAPscript, if you have implemented Note 1558595, Smartforms

Supported bar codes: Code39, Code93, Interleaved 2of5, Code128, PDF417

Supported printers/device types: PCL device types, PostScript device types, Prescribe device types,
ZPL-II device types, SAPWIN device types (see Note 430887)
Display in print preview/PDF file supported: yes

Create new

Select Bar code symbol

Code 39 : is a variable length, discrete barcode symbology. The Code 39

specification defines 43 characters, consisting of uppercase letters (A through Z),
numeric digits (0 through 9) and a number of special characters (-, ., $, /, +, %, and
space). An additional character (denoted '*') is used for both start and stop
delimiters.
Code 128 : is a very high-density barcode symbology. It is used
for alphanumeric or numeric-only barcodes. It can encode all 128 characters
of ASCII and, by use of an extension character (FNC4), the Latin-1 characters
defined in ISO/IEC 8859-1
Interleaved 2 of 5 (ITF, from Interleaved Two of Five) is a continuous twowidth barcode symbology encoding digits. It is used commercially on 135 film,
for ITF-14 barcodes, and on cartons of some products, while the products inside are
labeled with UPC or EAN.

PDF417 is a stacked linear barcode symbol format used in a variety of applications,

primarily transport, identification cards, and inventory management. PDF stands for
Portable Data File. The 417 signifies that each pattern in the code consists of 4 bars
and spaces, and that each pattern is 17 units long.
Code 93 is a barcode symbology designed in 1982 by Intermec to provide a higher
density and data security enhancement to Code 39. It is an alphanumeric, variable
length symbology. Code 93 is used primarily by Canada Post to encode
supplementary delivery information.
RFID Generation-2 (Gen-2) tags are used for item level identification in retail
environments.
Step : Select Normal BAR Code Allignment

1.

normal -> scan direction is from left to right.

2.

rotated -> scan direction is rotated by 90 degree from top to bottom

3.

inverted -> scan direction is rotated by 180 degree from right to left

4.

bottom-up -> scan direction is rotated by 270 degree from bottom to top
Set the bar code parameters, width, height, etc., according to requirement as shown
below.

Save the bar code definition. Here you have created a demo bar code as shown
below.

Print Preview

Import the created bar code pattern into smart style

Create a node in character format

Select the BAR code Name that you have created

Now save and activate your smart style.

Create SMARTFORM
Click on Form attributes and import the smart style's character format that you
have recently created in the output option as shown below. Define import
parameter into the import tab of form interface as shown below.

Now in Global Definition->Global Data, declare the following.

Select the field which need to changed to barcode in text area.

Change format to character format you have created in SMART STYLE.

Here we've used <C3> as we've created character formats C3 for barcode format .

Save and Activate smartform > Execute smartform

Result as below :