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In this tutorial, we'll learn of Invents
capability
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to create barcode fields
and link them to your Invent variables.
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So I'm starting off with a brand
new document, and I'm going to begin
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just by creating a new rectangular frame
within our InDesign
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file.
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I'm going over to Infigo
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Invent I'm
going to go to the properties tab.
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And here you'll see a dropdown
allowing you to select
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between static image or barcode.
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So static
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this will mean any exported mex file
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does not consider
this selected field to be a variable.
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It will be on selectable and it'll be
flattened into the background layer.
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So you've got image.
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This will give you access
to the usual Invent image options,
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such as being able to link
the frame to a clip art gallery
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or uploaded album imagery.
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And then we have barcode.
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This gives you the ability
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to define the contents of a barcode,
either with static content
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or links to other variables
specified in your Invent file.
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You will never see the barcode
generated inside InDesign itself.
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However, it will be generated once
it's moved to MegaEdit via a mex file.
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So I'm going to select barcode
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and I'm going to begin on the general tab.
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So this tab allows you to control settings
more related to the frame itself
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rather than its particular contents.
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So here for example, you can see
how you can restrict the end users ability
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to interact with the frame
in certain ways, for example.
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You can also do things such as controlling
the background of the frame.
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I'm going to go to the barcode tab.
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We'll start off with the type dropdown.
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This lets you switch between the type of
barcode that you would like to generate.
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Most barcode types
will allow you to input a standard value.
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This is simply one input
where you can either input static text
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or you can switch to the selection
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of any variables that you've defined
in your Invent product.
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And we'll take a look at this again later.
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QR codes, on the other hand,
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will give you some additional options,
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such as being able to access
an advanced mode of data input.
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And this allows data to be entered
into specifically defined
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fields.
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So let's take a look at a few of these.
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If I switch to advanced
and we'll start off with advanced.
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And then the type as text.
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So this allows you to input a phone number
and a body.
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Either is a static text
or linked to a variable.
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The next advanced option we have is email.
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This allows you
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to enter an email address,
a body, and a subject line.
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This will allow end users
to automatically launch
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a new email
in their selected email application.
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And I'm pre-populate
some of the email contents.
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And again the contents of these different
sections can be static
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or they can be variables.
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The final one we have in here
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under the advanced
options is business Card.
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So this option works as a V card.
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When scanned with a phone,
any information entered into those fields
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such as the name, email or organization
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will be pre-populated into a new contact
entry on that person's device.
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So in
our simple example will create a QR code
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from a few pieces of information
using the Advanced Business card option.
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And we want this information
to be variable based on end user input.
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So we'll go ahead and create
a couple of very simple text variables
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just to use as an example.
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So here we've created the first name
and last name text variables.
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No advanced
configuration was necessary at all.
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So with that done, I'm going to make sure
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the field is still selected
and go back to the properties tab.
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So if you are linking it to specific
fields, such as if you are creating a
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a V card using the Advanced Business card
option, here
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you want to locate the relevant field for
the information you're trying to input.
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And then
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instead of it saying
texts have a first name here, for example,
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we're going to switch that to variable
and select the variable I want to link to.
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I do the same for last name.
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And then I'm also going
to input the organization information.
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But this is going to be
a static piece of text
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that the end user won't be able to modify.
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So at the time of creating this content
for any field
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that you do not wish to populate,
please put a space in that field.
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Invent will not allow you
to export the mex file whilst it contains
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empty barcode fields.
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Let's scroll down a bit further,
just to point of notes that there are
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some additional configuration options
available in the barcode.
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Properties area allows you to do things
such as changing the text color,
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modifying the human readable interface.
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So if you do have some text of the barcode
contents written underneath
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the barcode itself, for example,
you can either activate or disable that.
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And if you do activate it,
you can modify its properties.
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And you can change the barcode size and you can change the padding options as well.
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So in my basic
example here, I'm also going to configure
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a text field
displaying those variable values.
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This is purely for clarity.
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When we look at it in MegaEdit,
and is not a requirement
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of using the barcode functionality.
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Now I'm going to export the Invent file
as a mex template
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and import it into MegaEdit.
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We can see there that the QR code
is successfully generated,
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and it automatically updates to reflect
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the information
placed into the linked variables.