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Encoding Arabic to barcode

amin.nas
Registered: Oct 3 2007
Posts: 37

I have designed a form which includes a PDF417 barcode to encode the data. User will type in Arabic text. How can I encode Arabic to the barcode.

My Product Information:
LiveCycle Designer, Windows
pddesigner
Registered: Jul 9 2006
Posts: 858
Try this.

International (Options dialog box):

Use this dialog box to select the application language for the application. You must restart LiveCycle Designer to apply the language change.

To display this dialog box, select Tools > Options and select International from the list on the left.Next:

Click Help, Adobe LiveCycle Designer Help.

Click the Search tab and type in the search word Arabic. Review the option listed related to this issue.

Note: PDF417 barcodes do not support images in the form.

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amin.nas
Registered: Oct 3 2007
Posts: 37
Thanks for the response.

But the only language I have is English, how can I add more languages?

thank you,
amin
pddesigner
Registered: Jul 9 2006
Posts: 858
To display Arabic in the Script Editor or XML Source tab, you must change the font settings that LiveCycle Designer uses in these tabs. Otherwise, LiveCycle Designer displays rectangles where the language-specific characters should be.

Note: LiveCycle Forms 7.1 does not support form designs that contain Arabic fonts.

1. Select Tools > Options and select Workspace from the list on the left.2. Select the following options and set them to your preferences:

• FormCalc Syntax Formatting to set the font in the Script Editor when you use FormCalc

• JavaScript Syntax Formatting to set the font in the Script Editor when you use JavaScript

• XML Source Syntax Formatting to set the font in the XML Source tab

3. In the Font box, select Arabic. You can locate the font you need for your language on the Internet if it is not already on your system.

4. Click OK.

5. Click OK to close the Options dialog box.

Warning: You will not be able to type in any English text in the form if this is not done correctly.

My favorite quote - "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.