How to run the "barcode.fo" example in FOP to generated a PDF file?

FOP comes with an example XSL-FO file, barcode.fo, which shows how to generate barcode images in PDF. You can use the "fop" command to convert it into a PDF file:

fyicenter> cd \local\fop-2.x\fop

fyicenter> fop -c examples\fo\advanced\bar.conf.xml 
   examples\fo\advanced\barcode.fo \temp\carcode.pdf
... 
... org.apache.fop.apps.FopConfParser configure
INFO: Default page-height set to: 11in
... org.apache.fop.apps.FopConfParser configure
INFO: Default page-width set to: 8.26in
... org.apache.fop.events.LoggingEventListener processEvent
WARNING: Font "Symbol,normal,700" not found. Substituting with 
"Symbol,normal,400".
... org.apache.fop.events.LoggingEventListener processEvent
WARNING: Font "ZapfDingbats,normal,700" not found. Substituting 
with "ZapfDingbats,normal,400".
... org.apache.fop.events.LoggingEventListener processEvent
INFO: Rendered page #1.
... org.apache.fop.events.LoggingEventListener processEvent
INFO: Rendered page #2.

The output PDF file is located at \temp\carcode.pdf. Open it with a PDF viewer, you will see something like this:

Note that the K3.xml and K3.ttf path names need to be modified in the FOP configuration file bar.conf.xml. Also the K3.xml needs to be regenerated.

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