The project contains the tips to generate a document with barcode based on a business value.

Use-Case / Requirement

As part of the process, it is required to generate a document that has a barcode which is mapped to a process value. (eg: Account Number)

Prerequisites to run this demo end-2-end

• Alfresco Process Services (powered by Activiti) (Version 1.9 and above) - If you don't have it already, you can download a 30 day trial from Alfresco Process Services (APS).Instructions & help available at Activiti Docs, Alfresco BPM Community

Configuration Steps

1. Install the Bar Code Font in your server. A few barcode fonts are available here.

2. For Unix,

   • Download these fonts to /usr/local/share/fonts.
     • Note: If fonts folder doesnt exist, you've to create one mkdir fonts.
   • Run yum install fontconfig
   • Run fc-cache -f -v
     • Note: Detailed step-by-step instructions are available here.

3. For Windows, use the font installer.

Activiti Setup and Process Deployment

1. Setup Alfresco Activiti if you don't have one already. Instructions & help available at Activiti Docs, Alfresco BPM Community

2. Import the Generate-Documents.zip app available in this project into Activiti.

3. The process flow.

4. The Generate Document Task.

5. The Generate Document Task : Template with Barcode Placeholder.

   A template is available here:

6. The Upload to ACS Task configuration.

   

   

7. Publish/Deploy the App.

Run the DEMO

1. A screenshot of generated document.

References

1. https://docs.alfresco.com/process-services1.7/topics/document_templates.html
2. https://medium.com/source-words/how-to-manually-install-update-and-uninstall-fonts-on-linux-a8d09a3853b0
3. https://command-not-found.com/fc-cache
4. https://www.unixtutorial.org/how-to-install-ttf-fonts-in-linux/