In-Place editingSo we continue where Insert object has been selected from Write's EDIT menu, and a dBarcode image has been selected from the Objects dialog.
The dBarcode window appears on screen, looking essentially the same as the stand-alone application. However, some of its menu items are different from those described for the stand-alone application.
The File menu now contains the items:
Update update the dBarcode image in the client application
Save Copy As save a copy of the current configuration in a named file
Load Load a configuration from a named file
Exit & Return update the dBarcode image in the client application, close the dBarcode window and return to the client application
Initially the dBarcode window will show an image of the barcode specified as the default image (this may be changed using the Save Defaults command of the OPTIONS menu).
All the normal editing facilities are available in the dBarcode window, so the barcode may be adjusted as required.
When the image is as required the dBarcode window may be closed and control returned to Write by selecting Exit & return to Write from dBarcode's FILE menu.
The dBarcode window closes and the Write window now shows the dBarcode image at the required point. The image may be moved around within the Write window using the normal Write controls.
Note that the image has been created at the size specified by dBarcode (in the Bar Size boxes). The image may be resized (using Write's Size facilities) - but after resizing dBarcode will not reset the image size after an edit operation.
The dBarcode image within the client application may be edited at any time, either by double clicking on it, or by choosing Edit dBarcode Image object from the application's EDIT menu. The dBarcode window reappears showing the dBarcode image and ready for editing using the techniques discussed for the stand-alone application.
If a different barcode type is selected then the barcode image in the client application will be resized to suit the new image, but if image scaling has been carried out by the user using the client application's size or scale facilities, then dBarcode's image will remain scaled and will not be the size specified in dBarcode's Bar Size boxes.
Again to complete the editing process and close dBarcode's window, choose Exit & Return to Write from dBarcode's FILE menu.
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