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 | The text to be printed as a bar code. |  
   
 | Do not include the check character. The check character will be automatically calculated and printed according to the state of the UseChecksum property. |  
   
 | Any characters that are invalid for the bar code type will be deleted from the text property upon assignment. |  
   
  
 | // example of -- since "-" is not valid it will be stripped out |  
  | PostNetBC1.Text := '85283-3558'; |  
   
 | PostNetBC1->Text = "85283-3558";
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