UCC/EAN-128 was developed to provide a worldwide format and standard for exchanging common data between companies. While other barcodes simply encode data with no respect for what the data represents, UCC/EAN-128 encodes data and encodes what that data represents.
Barcode's Properties
The following properties should be set to specify a particular barcode of the EAN 128 type:
Character Set This property is used to specify the charset for the EAN 128 type.
FNC1 Substitute This property is used to specify the symbol (or set of symbols) in the EAN 128 barcode's text which will be replaced with the FNC1 functional character when the barcode's bars are drawn.
Human Readable Text This property indicates whether parentheses should be included in the EAN 128 barcode's text.