As part of information security policy in your SharePoint 2013,you impose the Bar code generation for each of your documents in Document Library and List.
To activate this go to your Central Administrator site click on "Security" link (_/security.aspx)
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Security Policy in SharePoint 2013 - Bar Code generation |
Click on "Configure Information Management Policy"
It will navigates to "_admin/Policyfeatures.aspx",there click on "BarCodes" link
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SharePoint 2013 - Bar Code generation Information Policy |
Save your settings.
Now go to your site and document library setting page,Under "Permission and Management" header click on "Information Management policy settings" Click on the "Document" content type"
Create your custom policy and enable the "BarCodes" feature.
Not to use the "Label" option which is considered to be less security feature and MS decided to deprecate in near future.
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SharePoint 2013 - Bar Code generation - Information Policy Settings |
Check in "Edit Properties" mode or View Properties it will generates the bar code for that item.