Add a QR code or barcode

For template authors: at the end, your template prints a QR code or a barcode from typed text or a field.

Before you start

• You have the Template Author role (Docable Configure and Docable Definition Author). The code reads text, so use a text field or type the value.

Steps

1. Click where the code goes and type @.

2. Open the Media tab and choose QR code or Barcode.

   

3. Under Encodes, choose Text I type and fill in Value, or choose a field. For a QR code set Size (pt).

   

4. For a barcode, choose its Kind, set Height (pt), and tick Print the value under the bars if you want the digits shown.

   

5. To give each table row its own code, put the code in the row and choose a row field under Encodes.

Example

The Brindlewick sample prints two codes under a Scan to visit heading.

Code	Encodes
QR code	Field: Website, so a phone opens the customer’s site
Barcode	Field: Account Number

Check it worked

Preview draws the codes. Make a proof, open the PDF and scan the QR code with a phone.

If it doesn’t work

What you see	What to do
The barcode is refused.	The value must suit the Kind. EAN-13 needs 12 or 13 digits, UPC-A 11 or 12, Code 39 only A to Z and 0 to 9. Docable adds the check digit for EAN and UPC.
The document stops because it has too many codes.	One document holds up to 60 different QR codes and 60 different barcodes. Split a long list into several documents, or print the value as text.
A field is not offered under Encodes.	A code reads only fields it can reach where it sits: a row field only inside that row.

Next

• Add pictures and photos
• Add a signature