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Pharmacode Barcode - Compact Framework
Also known as Pharmacode Laetus, Pharmaceutical Binary Code
This Barcode Symbology is supported by the following
Neodynamic products:
Overview
 Pharmacode is a barcode standard,
used in the pharmaceutical industry as a packing control system. The Pharmacode
barcode is found extensively on the packaging of pharmaceutical products,
usually on the flap of the box that contains the bottle, tube or sachets of
pills within. It is designed to be readable despite printing errors. Pharmacode
can represent only a single integer from 3 to 131070.
Sample of a Pharmacode Barcode
How to create Pharmacode barcodes using Barcode
Professional for
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Forms/Reporting Services/Compact Framework |
WPF/Silverlight |
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Note: Please refer to the Class
Reference documentation for more information about the properties and methods
stated in this document.
In order to get a Pharmacode barcode image, please follow
these steps:
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Set the Symbology property to Pharmacode
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Setting up dimensions and quiet zones:
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Set the PharmacodeThinBarWidth property to 0.02 or to a value ranging
from 0.016 to 0.028 (Values are expressed in Inches)
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Set the PharmacodeThickBarWidth property to 0.06 or to a value ranging
from 0.051 to 0.1 (Values are expressed in Inches)
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Set the PharmacodeBarsSpacing property to 0.04 or to a value ranging
from 0.035 to 0.1 (Values are expressed in Inches)
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Set the BarHeight property to 0.31 (Values are expressed in Inches)
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Set the Code property with the value to encode. It must be a numeric value ranging from 3 to 131070. VERY IMPORTANT: Although any values in the last range are valid Pharmacodes, the following numbers MUST NOT BE USED because they will produce non-legible Pharmacode barcodes: 3, 6, 7, 14, 15, 30, 31, 62, 63, 126, 127, 254, 255, 510, 511, 1022, 1023, 2046, 2047, 4094, 4095, 8190, 8191, 16382, 16383, 32766, 32767, 65534, 65535, and 131070
Note: Please refer to the Class
Reference documentation for more information about the properties and methods
stated in this document.
In order to get a Pharmacode barcode image, please follow
these steps:
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Set the Symbology property to Pharmacode
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Setting up dimensions and quiet zones:
All values for barcode dimensions are expressed
in INCHES by default. However, Barcode Professional supports other unit
of measurement such as Millimeter, Centimeter, and Mils.
For modifying the unit of measurement for barcoding, please set up the BarcodeUnit
property as needed.
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Set the PharmacodeThinBarWidth property to 0.02 or to a value ranging
from 0.016 to 0.028 (Values are expressed in Inches)
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Set the PharmacodeThickBarWidth property to 0.06 or to a value ranging
from 0.051 to 0.1 (Values are expressed in Inches)
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Set the PharmacodeBarsSpacing property to 0.04 or to a value ranging
from 0.035 to 0.1 (Values are expressed in Inches)
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Set the BarHeight property to 0.31 (Values are expressed in Inches)
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Set the Code property with the value to encode. It must be a numeric
value from 3 to 131070
Example of Pharmacode barcode images
Code property = 12345 will produce the following
barcode image:
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