FieldBarcode class

FieldBarcode class

Implements the BARCODE field. To learn more, visit the Working with Fields documentation article.

Remarks

Inserts a postal barcode in a machine-readable form of address used by the U.S. Postal Service.

Inheritance: FieldBarcodeField

Constructors

NameDescription
FieldBarcode()The default constructor.

Properties

NameDescription
display_resultGets the text that represents the displayed field result.
(Inherited from Field)
endGets the node that represents the field end.
(Inherited from Field)
facing_identification_markGets or sets the type of a Facing Identification Mark (FIM) to insert.
formatGets a FieldFormat object that provides typed access to field’s formatting.
(Inherited from Field)
is_bookmarkGets or sets whether FieldBarcode.postal_address is the name of a bookmark.
is_dirtyGets or sets whether the current result of the field is no longer correct (stale) due to other modifications made to the document.
(Inherited from Field)
is_lockedGets or sets whether the field is locked (should not recalculate its result).
(Inherited from Field)
is_us_postal_addressGets or sets whether FieldBarcode.postal_address is a U.S. postal address.
locale_idGets or sets the LCID of the field.
(Inherited from Field)
postal_addressGets or sets the postal address used for generating a barcode or the name of the bookmark that refers to it.
resultGets or sets text that is between the field separator and field end.
(Inherited from Field)
separatorGets the node that represents the field separator. Can be None.
(Inherited from Field)
startGets the node that represents the start of the field.
(Inherited from Field)
typeGets the Microsoft Word field type.
(Inherited from Field)

Methods

NameDescription
get_field_code()Returns text between field start and field separator (or field end if there is no separator). Both field code and field result of child fields are included.
(Inherited from Field)
get_field_code(include_child_field_codes)Returns text between field start and field separator (or field end if there is no separator).
(Inherited from Field)
remove()Removes the field from the document. Returns a node right after the field. If the field’s end is the last child of its parent node, returns its parent paragraph. If the field is already removed, returns None.
(Inherited from Field)
unlink()Performs the field unlink.
(Inherited from Field)
update()Performs the field update. Throws if the field is being updated already.
(Inherited from Field)
update(ignore_merge_format)Performs a field update. Throws if the field is being updated already.
(Inherited from Field)

Examples

Shows how to use the BARCODE field to display U.S. ZIP codes in the form of a barcode.

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)

builder.writeln()

# Below are two ways of using BARCODE fields to display custom values as barcodes.
# 1 -  Store the value that the barcode will display in the postal_address property:
field = builder.insert_field(aw.fields.FieldType.FIELD_BARCODE, True).as_field_barcode()

# This value needs to be a valid ZIP code.
field.postal_address = "96801"
field.is_us_postal_address = True
field.facing_identification_mark = "C"

self.assertEqual(" BARCODE  96801 \\u \\f C", field.get_field_code())

builder.insert_break(aw.BreakType.LINE_BREAK)

# 2 -  Reference a bookmark that stores the value that this barcode will display:
field = builder.insert_field(aw.fields.FieldType.FIELD_BARCODE, True).as_field_barcode()
field.postal_address = "BarcodeBookmark"
field.is_bookmark = True

self.assertEqual(" BARCODE  BarcodeBookmark \\b", field.get_field_code())

# The bookmark that the BARCODE field references in its "postal_address" property
# need to contain nothing besides the valid ZIP code.
builder.insert_break(aw.BreakType.PAGE_BREAK)
builder.start_bookmark("BarcodeBookmark")
builder.writeln("968877")
builder.end_bookmark("BarcodeBookmark")

doc.save(ARTIFACTS_DIR + "Field.field_barcode.docx")

See Also