Chapter 74 Barcodes
Big Business has options for using Barcodes, including:
• Alternate Item Codes for matching preprinted Barcodes like UPC's
• printing Barcodes on built-in forms
• printing Barcodes on Custom Forms
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Barcode Settings
Barcode Settings help automate adding scanned items to a transaction, such as a Sales Order or Invoice. You can program the barcode scanner to send a preamble, and Big Business will add a Line Item. There are also setting to print barcodes on select transactions.
This Solution provides a description of the Barcode Settings.
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Big Business includes Bar Code Settings so that Big Business can automatically add a scanned item to a Quote, Sales Order, or Invoice.
The Bar Code Settings tool is located on the System toolbar and has two settings:
1. Preamble - this is a character that you program the bar code scanner to send before any scanned data so that Big Business knows that you have scanned an item and need the cursor in the item entry area. To use the character pictured, ^, you would refer to the documentation for the scanner to add ^ as a preamble. If you are using a standardized format such as UPC-A that includes the preamble or "system character," *, you would change the contents of the Preamble field in Big Business to *.
2. Item Field - this is the field that receives the scanned information, where Big Business should insert the scanned code to look up the item. If you are using Alternate Item Codes for scannable UPCs, for example, you would set the Item Field to Item Code to use Alternate Item Codes. If you have entered or imported codes into Description1 or Description2, you would choose the field that contains this scannable code.
There are also several checkboxes for printing barcodes:
Barcode on Sales Order
Barcode on Sales Order Line Items
Barcode on Invoice
Barcode on Purchase Order
Barcode on Price Labels
Barcodes for Orders and Invoices
Big Business has Barcode Settings for printing barcodes on:
• Sales Order
• Invoice
• Purchase Order
Big Business will print a barcode of the transaction number, which can be scanned by UPS, FedEx, or another system, to ensure accuracy.
This Solution describes these settings. (6277)
To print a Barcode on Sales Order:
1. Go to the Maintenance toolbar
2. Click on Barcode Settings
3. Click on Barcode On Sales Order checkbox
4. Click OK to save changes
5. Restart Big Business (Client)
Big Business will print a Barcode of the Sales Order Number on Built-In Plain Paper forms.
To include the Barcode on a Custom Form:
1. Edit the custom form
2. Add a Variable named vBarcodePict
3. Set the Display Format to "Scaled to fit"
Custom Form Company Logo and Barcode
Big Business Custom Forms can use Variables to display your Company Name or Logo and Barcodes when printing.
This Solution describes using this feature. (6282)
To Add a Variable to a Custom Form:
1. Open your Custom Form, or New template
2. Select the Variable tool (box with an "x") on the toolbar
3. Draw a rectangle on your form
4. Type in a Variable Name ("vCoLogo" or "vBarcodePict")
5. Select a Display Format ("Scaled to Fit (Proportional)")
6. Choose Page Setup from the Form's File menu and OK
7. Choose Save in the Form's File menu
To (test) print a Custom Form:
1. Go the appropriate tool (open an Invoice to print an Invoice form)
2. Click Print (or Save a new Invoice with automatic printing enabled)
3. Select the Custom Form (and select/de-select others)
4. Click OK to print
vCoLogo is the name of Variable used on built-in forms that automatically displays Company Name and Address or Printed Forms Artwork from the Company Card.
vBarcodePict is the name of Variable used on built-in forms for printing a barcode.
If Variable Name is correct, Display Format will offer image handling choices, such as Scaled to Fit (Proportional) and options for centered and truncated (chopped off which is not barcode-friendly).
Barcode Labels
Big Business 11 adds the option for Barcodes to be included on Price Labels. This is a checkbox in Barcode Settings on the System toolbar that replaces regular price label fields with a barcode of the Item Code.
This Soution provides details. (6897)
Big Business 11 tests Barcodes for Price Labels.
To enable:
1. Go to the System toolbar to Barcode Settings
2. Click the checkbox for, Barcodes for Price Labels
3. Click OK to save the settings
4. Quit and restart Big Business Client
This setting replaces the regular price label fields with a Barcode of the Item Code using Code 128.
Barcodes for Sales Order Line Items
Big Business 10.14 tests Barcodes for Sales Order Line Items.
This Solution provides a quick overview. (6663)
Big Business 10.14 tests Barcodes for Sales Order Line Items.
To enable:
1. Go to the System toolbar to Barcode Settings
2. Click the checkbox for, Barcodes for Sales Order Line Items
3. Click OK to save the settings
4. Quit and restart Big Business Client
Price Labels Custom
The option for Price Labels Custom has been added to Print Options for:
• Bill
• Bill Search
• Item
• Item Search
This Solution provides details. (7575)
The option for Price Labels No Price has been added to Print Options for:
• Bill
• Bill Search
• Item
• Item Search
To print price labels for each item on a Bill:
1. Open the Bill
2. Click Print
3. Choose Price Labels
4. Click OK to Print
Barcodes Fixes
Big Business 14.62 updates Barcode printing with plugin update using generic settings.
The pictured error, Zint_Encode at line number 9, occurs on a Mac printing an Order using a Custom Form to include a barcode of Order Number for shipping department.
This problem is fixed in Big Business 14.62 without any changes to the Custom Form.