Adding Barcodes to Reports

You can add a barcode font to any report and have that barcode represent any data. First make sure you are working with a custom report rather than a standard report. See this article to create a custom report Duplicating Standard Reports for Custom Use

Go to the custom report in SME at Reports>Customize Reports and select Open Report Designer button.

Within the Report designer you can either add a fixed barcode or a barcode connected to some SME data. The first set is for adding a fixed barcode. The second set is to add a barcode connected to SME data. The third set showing on the second row to the left is new in SME7.1 for handling 2D barcodes.

To use the barcode, drag and drop one of these elements into the report and then