Generating & Printing Barcodes in Crystal Reports
Tutorial & Integration Guide for Crystal Reports Barcode Generation
OnBarcode provides several methods to generate and print barcodes in Crystal Reports reports.
This document will list all the methods, and each methods' advantages and disavantages.
Methods to generate and print barcodes in Crystal Reports
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Advantages and disavantages |
Method (We Recommend):
Use .NET Barcode Generator to generate barcodes in Crystal Reports for .NET
Product needed:
.NET Barcode Generator
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Advantages:
- Easy to customize the barcode settings
- No need to setup any web server for report designers
- Fast to print large number of barcode images on PDF, html, without any latency
Disadvantages:
- Works for "Crystal Reports for .NET" edition only, not work with "Crystal Reports" and "Crystal Reports for Eclipse (Java)".
- Every report designer needs a copy of barcode plugin and install it
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Method:
Streaming Barcodes to Crystal Reports image items using OnBarcode Online Barcode Generator
Product needed:
Online Barcode Generator
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Advantages:
- No need to install any plugin, barcode font, and components
- No need to setup any web server for report designers
- Customize barcode settings through URL paramters
Disadvantages:
- May have some latency during generating or previewing reports with large number of barcodes
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Method:
Streaming Barcodes to Crystal Reports image items using Java Barcode Generator buildin Servlet web application
Product needed:
Java Barcode Generator
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Advantages:
- No need to install any plugin, barcode font, and components
- Customize barcode settings through URL paramters
Disadvantages:
- You need setup a Java Servlet web server to host the barcode generation application for all report designers
- May have some latency during generating or previewing reports with large number of barcodes
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Method:
Streaming Barcodes to Crystal Reports image items using ASP.NET Barcode Generator buildin Servlet web application
Product needed:
ASP.NET Barcode Generator
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Advantages:
- No need to install any plugin, barcode font, and components
- Customize barcode settings through URL paramters
Disadvantages:
- You need setup a IIS and ASP.NET web server to host the barcode generation application for all report designers
- May have some latency during generating or previewing reports with large number of barcodes
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How to generate, print barcode using .NET, Java sdk library control with example project source code free download: