EAN 8, EAN 13, and Composite Script Methods

The following properties are specific to this barcode symbology. On the Home tab, they are displayed in the Barcode section when a barcode with this symbology is selected. Additionally, barcode fields using this symbology have properties that are common to all barcode fields. Those properties are displayed in the Properties pane. For more information, see Common Properties for Barcodes.

Note: Composite barcodes have a 2D portion followed by a linear portion. In the barcode data, the 2D portion appears first and is followed by a composite delimiter (|) and then the linear portion.

Methods	Description	Values
getBarHeight() setBarHeight(long)	The height of the bars in the barcode.	Thousandths of an inch (mil)
getExtension() setExtension(String)	Whether a 2 or 5 digit extension is to be used. UPC extensions are used to extend the range of available part numbers that can be encoded in EAN 13 and EAN 13 Composite barcodes. Note: This property affects Max Chars. Note: This property is not available for EAN 8 and EAN 8 Composite barcodes.	none or None plus2 plus5
getHumanReadable() setHumanReadable(String)	Whether a text representation of the barcode is printed. The human readable text is in a fixed position below the barcode.	None or none fixedBelow
getXdim() setXdim(float)	The X-dimension or width of the narrowest bar in the barcode. The range of values available depends on the Document DPI of the label template. For example, a label template with a Document DPI of 203 has Line X-Dim values in increments of 4.9 mil (1000 mil / 203 dpi).	Thousandths of an inch (mil)