Code 128 Barcode and PDF include

[ryanmckeever]

Hope you are well...

I want to generate some despatch documents which will include code 128 barcodes and perhaps even EAN 128.

I can do the code 3of9 as is laid out in the documentation for the wonderful pdfinclude

Just wondering if anyone can recommend a way forward to do this.
The solution must be 100% programmatic I don't mind using a font in AFM format or a printer font, but the solution needs to be emailed and printed

Thanks in advance ryan

[LarryD]

You will need both .ttf and .afm font files for these.

I would suggest reading Appendix B in the PDFInclude Pro Documentation.doc to see what you need to download and steps to perform, as it pretty much describes the "how to" find/create those files. Or you can find a source and just buy them.

After you have the files, then it works the same as the Code39 font in how it is loaded and used.

[ryanmckeever]

Thanks for that Larry...
But I've already got all this working in code3of9 as I mentioned
ttf, afm etc....

I was asking for recommendations for code 128 fonts to use...
I had a look on the net and a lot of the EAN 128 (I appreciate the difference between code 128 and ean 128) ones seem to have a little interface for generating the barcode. Is there an easy way to introduce the application identifiers in EAN 128
I was hoping to do something similar to using the code3of9 font

At the moment my requirement is for code128 but I will need to use EAN 128 soon

I'm sure this is a common requirement so was looking for inspiration from the community on what people have been using to solve this issue.