Figure 277: Example Barcode DataMatrixEx with content '123'

Note: This is an extended version of the normal DataMatrix Barcode. Full Supported in Flash.

Possible Characters: Upper case letters (A-Z), lower case letters (a-z), numbers (0-9), and all common special character. Full ASCII Set (0-127) and extended ASCII characters (128-255).

Number of Characters: Up to 2,335 alphanumeric characters.

Error Correction: ECC 200 (Error Correction Code). This method can recover up to 30% of the symbol.

Settings: See dialog below.

Figure 278: Data Matrix Extended Dialog

Symbol size: Number of cell rows and columns of the DataMatrix.

Auto: Chooses the smallest possible size inside the combobox for the selected barcode object.

Square, Rectangle: Display the barcode either as a square or as a rectangle.

Encodation: Choose the type of the encodation. Available encodations are:

oASCII

oBase256

oC40

oText

oANSI X12

oEDIFACT

oGS1 - Application Identifiers must be written with round brackets, like (01). The FNC1 characters must not be written, they are added automatically.

Auto: Chooses the encodation for which the selected barcode text is being optimally compressed.

Generate Dots: If Generate dots is checked the barcode consists of single points. (For other 2D barcodes, please refer to Generate Dots.) For an inverted DataMatrix, cellmode needs to be activated in order to generate dots.

Number of Dots: Choose the number of dots that are displayed in one cell. it can be 1, 4, 9 and 16.

Invert: If Generate dots is not selected then the barcode can be inverted. If inverted the barcode must be bordered to prevent the outer barcode structures to disappear. Therefore a Quiet Zone is defined. The width of the zone can be given in absolute units or in the percentage of the width. The selectable percentage ranges between 1 and 50.

In combination with Cellmode: If this checkbox is activated then the DataMatrix will be inverted. So it is possible to define a Quiet Zone. The width of the Quiet Zone can be defined in unit Cells.

Enable~: Allows to encode 3-digit decimal values. The format is ~d followed by 3 digits. This leads to a compression of the data because ~d will not be used and the following 3 digits as decimal number will be encoded by the according character in the ASCII-table. For example: ~d090 will be changed into 90 of the ASCII-table, e.g. the character Z. (Note that UTF8 Encoding is not compatible with this ~ mode and needs to be deactivated.)

Cellmode (required for Flash): If Cellmode is checked, the barcode consists of a closed polygon for each cell. Cellmode is required for Flash applications. See below for examples.

No Finder Cells: If the barcode is generated by cells then the finder zone is drawn as one closed polygon.

Text freely editable: If checked the user may define an arbitrary text independent of the content of the DataMatrix.

Generate Circles: If this checkbox is activated, each cell in cellmode is a circle, not a square.Generate Circles is only available if Cellmode is activated.

Cell Size: Active if Generate Cells is checked. The size of a single cell can be defined. If it is 100% the cells contact each other.

Quiet Zone: Generates a border of defined thickness around the barcode.