Barcode Control

[Segi]

Is it possible to dynamically set the value of a barcode control in one of my scripts ?

I want to dynamically create a custom barcode with a value of my choice but I don't see a value or text property to set its value.

[Steve]

Hi Segi,

It looks like there is a bug and you cannot access the text through the barcode control.

But you can change the text through the barcodes text reference.

Click on the "Barcode Text" property of the Barcode Control to select the text reference. Make a note of the text reference for the barcode text e.g Txt2ZEG9f

Then in javascript you can change the text directly:

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texts.Txt2ZEG9f.text = "999999999";

Or you can create a different text in the texts manager with a more meaningful name: eg. barcodeText

Then select the text in the "Barcode Text" property on the barcode control and change the text reference to your new text.

Then change the new text in your Javascript.

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texts.barcodeText.text = "999999999";

Hope this helps.

Steve

[Segi]

Steve

I am getting an error that texts is not defined in my before page event where I try to set the barcode value.

I have one line in my Before page event script. TXT24 is obviously the text reference for this particular control.

texts.TXT24.text="Foo";

The error is:

com.ebasetech.ufs.runtime.events.rhinojavascript.JavascriptExecutionHandler$RhinoScriptException: ReferenceError: "texts" is not defined. (TESTMENU_BP#4)

The 2nd method that you mentioned won't work for me as far as creating a text in the texts manager because I need the control to be dynamically changed.

[Steve]

Hi Segi,

I did not realize but texts.<textId> was introduced in version 5.

You can use an FPL script to change the text though:

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set text TXT24= '222222222';

Steve

[Segi]

Steve

thanks,

I am in the process of upgrading now to 5.0.1 which was released today. I have no plans on using FPL.

[Steve]

Hi Segi,

On closer inspection of the Barcode control you can update the text in JavaScript using this:

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  controls.MyBarcodeControl.message.text = "11233343444";

It is not obvious as the documentation is missing.

This is supported from version 4.4

Kind regards

Steve