Barcode Reports

REQUIREMENTS:

Inventory Numbers within Artsystems Pro must be in all capital letters and contain no spaces, no punctuation, and no foreign characters.

Installing Barcode Fonts and Report Templates

Download the report templates and fonts from: Barcode Reports

1. Extract the v3Bar.zip file by right-clicking and choose Extract All.

2. Double-click on the v3Bar folder.
3. Double-click the font file: Connectcode39.ttf.
4. Once the font preview opens, click the INSTALL button in the left-hand corner of the window.
5. Open or re-open your applications, such as MS Word, and select the CCode39 font from the font drop-down list.

Installing the Report Templates

1. In the v3Bar folder, copy the report templates WK5160bar.REP and WorksListbar.REP by right-clicking and selecting Copy.

2. Paste the report templates by right-clicking and selecting Paste in the following location:
   
   
   • Mac: MacHD/Library/Application Support/Artsystems/Reports
   • Windows: C:\Program Data\Artsystems\Reports
     
     
3. Open Artsystems Pro, select Works in the Module Sidebar.
4. Click the Reports icon on the Main Toolbar to open the Run Report screen.
   
   
   
   
5. Click the + button in the lower center and then click Browse when Add Report screen opens.
6. Browse to the location indicated above for either Mac or Windows as indicated in Step 2.
7. Select the WK5160.REP file and click Open.
8. In the Description field, assign a name for your barcode report.
9. Layout Type for WK5160 is Label and then click Add.
10. Repeat Steps 3 - 6.
11. Select the WorksListbar.REP file and click Open.
12. In the Description field, assign a name for your barcode report.
13. Layout Type for WorksListbar is Columnar and then click Add.
14. Once finished importing the reports, click the Close button.
15. If you have Security enabled, you will need to assign proper read/write permissions for the newly installed reports in Preferences>Security.
16. Once you have adjusted the Security, close and re-open Artsystems Pro and confirm the reports appear in the Reports drop-down list on the Main Toolbar.

• see also: Security
  

Test the Installed Barcode Reports

1. Mark several Work records that have the proper Inventory Number format. Inventory Numbers must be in all capital letters and contain no spaces, no punctuation, and no foreign characters.
   

   • see also: Basics>Marked Record Set
     
     

2. Choose the barcode report from the Reports drop-down list.
3. Print the report and use a barcode scanner to confirm the barcodes are readable.
   
   

Choosing a Barcode Scanner

Artsystems has used Symbol scanners, as a specific example of an older model: LS1902T-1000. Any traditional 1D barcode scanner can work as the methodology has remained the same over time.

Note: Artsystems does not use 2D/QR codes, so it is unnecessary to purchase these for Artsystem's use alone.

Barcode scanners usually do not come with software. Rather, they may come with or require 'drivers' to communicate with the computer, just like a new printer, mouse, or camera.

Barcode scanners are like a keyboard in that they are simply an input device and through them text will appear wherever your mouse cursor is active on the screen when you scan a valid barcode.

Conversely, barcode scanners are different than keyboards in that they do just one thing, scan a series of formatted bars while keyboards have many buttons that can each individually or together command the computer to do something including type numbers.