spacetab between fields in barecode

[former_member223087]

Hi

We are currently trying to print a smartforms based on production order.

We want to have  the production order number and operation number. in one barecode.

By this mean people in the shopfloor can directly read the production order number and the operation number at the same time.

Each number should go directly in the corresponding field on the screen.

We are using C128 to create barecode.

We try ton concatenate with "$I", "\0x09", and so on....

Nothing seems to work.

We asked to the manufacturer of the reader to see if something is to be configured and waiting for the response.

Does anybody already faced such a problem?

Regards

Olivier

[former_member264034]

Hi,

Are you using the New Barcode technology as described in the

following Note?

645158 New bar code technology for Smart Forms

Please have a look at below note "Code 128" section.

Regards,

Aidan

[former_member223087]

Hi Aidan

Yes we are. I read this note.

But didn't manage to get the right syntax to make it working.

The "code" we are adding in the function concatenate is disaplayed but not interpreted by the reader.

As example i have a production order 903000395 and operation 00010.

If i concatenate 903000395>7300001

it's exactly what I get on the screen.

The code >73 is not interpreted.

Regards

Olivier

[former_member264034]

Hi,,

According to the note 645158:

******************* PDF417 ****

....

The following character combinations in the transferred bar code data

have the special function:

\&    - This represents the end of a line (Carriage Return + Newline)

\\    - This represents a backslash (5C hexadecimal)

\0xYY - This represents a single byte with the value YY (hexadecimal)

         For example: \0x1E is output as a single byte with the value 1E

(hex)

So for the TAB character you should use \0x09.

Regards,

Aidan

[former_member223087]

We already tried this one.

This is not working. But we are not using PDF417 but C128.

Maybe we would change for another encoding font.