Contents 1 Table of Contents Foreword 0 Part I Introduction 3 Part II Installation 3 1 Trial V.e..r.s..i.o..n.......................................................................................................................... 3 2 Full Ve..r.s..i.o..n........................................................................................................................... 3 Part III How to Distribute It? 3 Part IV Office 2007 & 2010 4 1 Word ................................................................................................................................... 4 Run Setup .......................................................................................................................................................... 4 Create Single B..a..r..c..o..d...e.. ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Create Multiple.. .B...a..r.c..o...d..e..s... ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Mail Merge .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 2 Excel................................................................................................................................... 10 Change Settin..g..s... ................................................................................................................................................... 10 Create Multip.l.e.. .B...a..r.c..o...d..e..s... ................................................................................................................................... 12 3 Acces..s................................................................................................................................. 13 Part V Office 2000 & 2003 15 1 Word................................................................................................................................... 15 Run Setup .......................................................................................................................................................... 15 Create Single. .B..a..r..c..o..d...e.. ......................................................................................................................................... 17 Create Multip.l.e.. .B...a..r.c..o...d..e..s... ................................................................................................................................... 17 Mail Merge .......................................................................................................................................................... 18 2 Excel................................................................................................................................... 20 Change Settin..g..s... ................................................................................................................................................... 20 Create Multip.l.e.. .B...a..r.c..o...d..e..s... ................................................................................................................................... 21 3 Acces..s................................................................................................................................. 22 Part VI Reference Guide 24 1 Prope..r.t.i.e..s............................................................................................................................ 24 BackColor Pro..p...e..r..t.y.. .............................................................................................................................................. 24 BarColor Prop..e..r..t.y.. ................................................................................................................................................. 25 CountryCode. .P..r..o..p..e...r.t..y.. ........................................................................................................................................ 25 Data Property. ......................................................................................................................................................... 25 HandleTilde P.r..o..p..e...r.t..y.. ........................................................................................................................................... 26 ImageData Pro...p..e..r..t.y.. .............................................................................................................................................. 26 Mode Propert..y.. ...................................................................................................................................................... 26 Orientation Pr..o..p..e...r.t..y.. ............................................................................................................................................ 26 Ratio Property.. ........................................................................................................................................................ 27 ServiceClass .P...r.o...p..e..r..t.y.. ......................................................................................................................................... 27 ZipCode Prop.e...r.t..y.. ................................................................................................................................................. 27 1 2 MW6 MaxiCode ActiveX Manual 2 Metho..d..s............................................................................................................................... 28 CopyToClipbo..a..r..d.. .M...e...t.h..o...d.. ................................................................................................................................... 28 GetActualSize.. .M...e..t..h..o..d... ......................................................................................................................................... 28 Render Metho..d... ..................................................................................................................................................... 29 SaveAsBMP M..e...t.h..o...d.. ............................................................................................................................................. 29 SaveAsWMF M...e..t..h..o..d... ............................................................................................................................................ 29 SetSize Metho...d.. ..................................................................................................................................................... 30 SetStructured..A...p..p..e...n..d.. .M....e..t.h...o..d.. ........................................................................................................................... 30 Part VII Special Format Data 31 Part VIII License 31 Index 0 Introduction 3 1 Introduction MW6 MaxiCode ActiveX is a powerful ATL-based control for handling MaxiCode 2D barcode and can be used in any ActiveX-compliant environment such as Word, Access, Excel, VB.NET, C#.NET, Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual FoxPro, Delphi or C++ Builder. MaxiCode is a fixed-sized 2D symbology created by the United Parcel Service, it can store about 93 characters of information and is primarily used for freight sortation and tracking. 2 Installation 2.1 Trial Version 1. UnZip MW6MaxiCode.ZIP, run the setup.exe to install MaxiCode ActiveX. 2. The trial version MaxiCode ActiveX displays a small rectangle on the top of barcode, the full version software doesn't do it. 2.2 Full Version 1. Uninstall the trial version MaxiCode ActiveX if applicable. 2. UnZip full version MaxiCode ActiveX .zip file and run the setup.exe to install the full version MaxiCode ActiveX. 3 How to Distribute It? If you want to redistribute the MaxiCode ActiveX as part of your application, please follow the instructions below: 1) For 32-bit version Windows OS, put MaxiCode.dll into the windows 32-bit system folder (e.g. "c:\windows\system32" or "c:\winnt\system32") on the target machine and run "regsvr32 MaxiCode.dll" to register it. 2) For 64-bit version Windows OS, put MaxiCode.dll into the SysWOW64 folder (e.g. "c:\windows \SysWOW64") on the target machine, and run the following commands to register it: cd c:\windows\SysWOW64 regsvr32 MaxiCode.dll 3) If you want to use MaxiCode ActiveX in 64-bit version Office Word, Excel or Access, put 64-bit version MaxiCode_x64.dll into "c:\windows\system32" folder, and run the following commands to register it: cd c:\windows\system32 regsvr32 MaxiCode_x64.dll 4) For Windows Vista or above, you need to use an elevated Command Prompt to run regsvr32.exe command, click "Start" > "All Programs" > "Accessories", right-click "Command Prompt", and 4 MW6 MaxiCode ActiveX Manual then click "Run as administrator". 4 Office 2007 & 2010 4.1 Word 4.1.1 Run Setup 1. Click on "Add-Ins", then click on "Setup". 2. Choose a few appropriate values for MaxiCode configurations, click on "Apply" button to allow the changes to take effect. Office 2007 & 2010 5 4.1.2 Create Single Barcode 1. Enter a few strings line by line and highlight them. 2. Click on "Page Layout", change Spacing "Before" and "After" to 0. 3. Click on "Add-Ins", the click on "Convert Selection" to create a MaxiCode barcode. 6 MW6 MaxiCode ActiveX Manual 4.1.3 Create Multiple Barcodes 1. Enter a few string sections, surround those sections which will be