Choose the type of the barcode to make. The program lists eight options: DataBar-14, DataBar Limited, DataBar Stacked, DataBar Omni, DataBar Expanded, DataBar Expanded Stacked, Code128 and GS1-128. To create DataBar Truncated barcodes, select DataBar-14, and choose MRV DataBar 13X. DataBar truncated is a special type of DataBar-14 with its bar height at 13 times X dimension.

This is the place to enter the data to be encoded. The input format requirement varies from one symbology to other. Code128 can encode any bytes. GS1-128 and DataBar Expanded (including DataBar Expanded Stacked) encode structured GS-128 data (AI must be enclosed with parentheses). Other DataBar formats encode 14-digit GTIN (only the first 13 digits are required). DataBar Limited encode 14-digit GTIN numbers with the first digit '0' or '1'.

Click on this button to refresh the barcode display.

Place the barcode string to the clipboard, so that you can subsequently paste them into another application such as Microsoft Word.

DataBar Encoder GUI places both text and RTF formats into the clipboard. In applications that are capable of processing RTF, you will see a barcode immediately after pressing the paste button. Otherwise, you will see the text string instead. If this is the case, highlight the whole string and format with an appropriate DataBar font.

Launch the HTML Help of this program.

Select the font that applies on the barcode string. You can select any of the five DataBar fonts.

Select the font size that applies on the barcode string.

Displays the X-dimension of the barcode. The X dimension is displayed in both mils and mm.

This box allows you to visually inspect the barcode.

Brief text about the barcode format. Read it once if you are not familiar with the symbology.

This entry only applies on DataBar Expanded Stacked. The value can be any even number between 2 and 22.

This section displays the absolute path and the file version of the encoder DLL. This is useful if you have multiple DLLs in the computer.