Overview
MailUp v8.3 and above gives you the ability to dynamically generate a barcode, linked to a recipient field. This feature comes in handy in many scenarios, such as when needing to insert a unique discount or promotion code in an email campaign.
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- Open your text editor: we recommend Notepad++, but Windows Notepad will be fine too.
- Paste in the editable window the following snippet:
http://<ConsoleHost>/frontend/Barcode.aspx?idoptin=[_idoptin]&hash=[_hash]&BarcodeHeight=60&SymbologyId=14&NarrowBarWidth=2&bearerbarsmode=0&BitmapTargetFormat=1&Ratio=0&TargetDynField=[PromoID]&FontHeight=0,2
- Replace the parts of the query string marked in red with your account-specific information:
- Replace <consolehost> with your admin console URL
- Replace LatestShippedOrderId with the recipient field you've chosen to hold (and filled in with) the barcode numeric number.
- Select it (CTRL + A) and copy it to clipboard (CTRL +C)
- Now open your web browser and log into your admin console
- Click on Messages > Email > New > Create New Email or edit an existing message.
- In the message editor, switch to HTML mode
- Write a plain and empty HTML Img tag such as <img src="" /> in the writable area of the editor as below
- Enter the URL you copied above into the src tag. For example, assuming your admin console URL were http://c9x8d.s56.it/ and that the recipient field you are using to store the unique number to use in the barcode is called PromoID, the code would look as follows:
<img src="http://c9x8d.s56.it/frontend/Barcode.aspx?idoptin=[_idoptin]&hash=[_hash]&BarcodeHeight=60&SymbologyId=14&NarrowBarWidth=2&bearerbarsmode=0&BitmapTargetFormat=1&Ratio=0&TargetDynField=[PromoID]&FontHeight=0,2" />
- Click on Save. Now you should be seeing the barcode rendered in the preview window as shown below
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