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- Main page
- Introduction
- Hello, world!
- Basics
  - How to write the layout
  - Structure of the data file and the layout rules
  - Outputting objects
  - Grid
  - Areas on the page (PositioningArea)
  - File organization
  - Hyphenation / language settings
  - Using fonts
  - Text formats
  - Text formatting
  - Colors
- Programming
- Image inclusion
- Tables
- Advanced topics
  - Bookmarks
  - Creation of XML structures
  - Print output / crop marks
  - Using CSS with the speedata Publisher
  - Groups (virtual objects)
  - Virtual pages
  - Rotation of contents
  - Sorting data
  - Wrap around images
  - Page types
  - Starting the Publisher via the Hotfolder
  - Lua-Filter / pre-processing
  - Schema validation
  - Quality assurance and PDF comparison
  - Troubleshooting / Debugging
  - Server mode (REST API)
  - Control of the layout when calling the Publisher
  - Create and use images with MetaPost
- Cookbook
  - Thumb index
  - Embed multipage PDF files
  - Layout optimization using groups
  - Imitate bulleted lists
  - Automatically generated directories
  - Create table of contents in one go
  - Page numbers: Page x of y
- Installation instructions
- File name in the Publisher
- speedata Publisher defaults
- Running the speedata publisher on the command line
- How to configure the speedata publisher
- Lenghts and units
- XPath- and Layoutfunctions
- Internal variables
- Associate XML editor with schema
  - Visual Studio Code
  - OxygenXML
- Changelog
- Glossary
- Compatibility with other software
- Command reference
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  - AddSearchpath
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# Barcode

Print a 1d or 2d barcode. To be used in PlaceObject.

## Child elements

(none)

## Parent elements

(none)

## Attributes

`color` (optional, since version 4.5.11)

  Color of the barcode. Must be defined with DefineColor before use. Currently only used for QR codes.

`eclevel` (optional, since version 2.7.10)

  Set the error correction level for QR-codes. If not provided, the system uses the maximum level for minimum size. The higher the level, the more error correction is in the QR-code.

  `L`

    Set the lowest level (1) with approx. 7% recovery.

  `M`

    Set the second lowest level (2) with approx. 15% recovery.

  `Q`

    Set the second highest level (3) with approx. 25% recovery.

  `H`

    Set the highest level (4) with approx. 35% recovery.

`fontface` (text, optional)

  Deprecated. Use `fontfamily` instead.

`fontfamily` (text, optional)

  Name of the font of the text that can be placed beneath the barcode. Not used in all codes.

`height` (number or length, optional)

  Height of the barcode.

`keepfontsize` (yes or no, optional, since version 4.1.2)

  Try to keep the size of the requested font. Works with EAN13 only.

`overshoot` (number, optional)

  The factor denoting the extra length of the outer and middle bar. Only useful with EAN13.

`select` (XPath expression)

  The data to be encoded in the barcode.

`showtext` (optional)

  Should the text be written under the barcode?

  `yes`

    Write text beneath the barcode.

  `no`

    Don’t display text.

`type` ()

  Type of the barcode. One of `EAN13`, `Code128` or `QRCode`.

  `QRCode`

    Create an »optimal« QR code in terms of error correction and size.

  `Code128`

    Generate a code 128 barcode for numbers and text.

  `EAN13`

    Create an EAN13 barcode for 13 digits.

`width` (number or length, optional)

  Width of the barcode

## Example

    <PlaceObject>
      <Barcode select="'speedata Publisher'" type="Code128" showtext="yes"/>
    </PlaceObject>

gives

    <PlaceObject>
      <Barcode select="4242002518169" type="EAN13"/>
    </PlaceObject>

becomes

And finally the QR code

    <PlaceObject>
      <Barcode select="'http://www.speedata.de'" type="QRCode" height="5"/>
    </PlaceObject>

looks like (surprise!)

## See also

The section about `<Barcodes>` in the basics chapter.

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