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Converting Pixels To Centimetres

Hi,

Has anyone ever used ABarCode 2000 software to create barcodes in reports?

The problem I am experiencing is that I am unable to change the visibility of this barcode because of the way ABarCode uses the textbox.

I have been told that i should reference the barcode control from a new textbox control and then set the visibility options of this control.

However, when I reference the barcode control in a new textbox I only get the text value displayed and not the barcode.

Does anyone know how I can get the barcode to display?

Thanks,
David.

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dgorin

I don't know about the barcode stuff, but there isn't a conversion from pixels to cm. Pixels are the number of dots on a bitmap display. The size of 20px will vary depending on the size of the monitor you are using and the resolution of the display or printer.

I'm not silly, but there is a reason for the size of a twip. In fact dovholuk posted the reason, it's a discrete fraction of a point. Look at EM's EN's, picas, points, leading and you'll be in the world of printing, where these sizes all came from.

Twips were probably the smallest fraction of a point that could be reliably displayed on monitors.

dovholuk

a discrete fraction yes, but it's still a "silly" discrete fraction. 1/20th? 1/10 i could understand, 1/25th, 1/50th etc. 1/20th just seems arbitrary.

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