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This information is displayed when creating or amending a barcode entry.

Entries

Page Definition

The name for the barcode definition.

Barcode name

The name of the barcode.

Barcode description

Enter the description of the barcode.

Position X axis

The horizontal position of the barcode measured in 1440'ths of an inch.  The barcode will print at this position no matter where it occurs in the text.

Position Y axis

The vertical position of the barcode measured in 1440'ths of an inch.  The barcode will print at this position no matter where it occurs in the text.

Type

Type

Barcode type

No of characters

Comments

02

MSI

1 through 31


03

UPCA

11


04

UPCE

10


06

UPC2

2


07

UPC5

5


08

EAN8

7


09

EAN13

12

(NOTE the first 2 digits specify the country e.g. 50 is UK, this also further defines the Barcode Type)

0A

INDUST2OF5

1 through 31


0B

MARTIX2OF5

1 through 31


0C

INTERL2OF5

1 through 31


0D

CODEBAR

1 through 50


11

CODE128

1 through 50


16

EAN2

2


17

EAN5

5


18

POSNET

1 through 31


Modifier

This byte gives additional information about the barcode e.g. to define check digit calculation and printing.  If in doubt use '00'.

Number of characters

Enter the number of characters to be used in the barcode.  The maximum number of characters depends on the Barcode 'Type', see above.

Font

The LID identifies the Font used to print the Barcode in character form. The most commonly used Barcodes EAN and UPC use the OCR-B font, Gothic has also been used. The LID is the Font within the Font group (0-9).

Note: If an incorrect font is specified (the font is not OCR-B or Gothic, or there is no Chr Set specified in the Font Group), the document will not print and an Error Message 0821 will be sent to QSYSOPR.

Width

The width of the smallest barcode dimension in 1440'ths of an inch.

Height

The height of the barcode in 1440'ths of an inch.

Print barcode text

This is only valid when printing to a *AFP output device and this will output the text of the barcode underneath the actual barcode if set to a ‘Y’

Preamble

Add static data to the beginning of your barcode. From version 6.2.70 this entry will be read only if the hex value of a character is less than 3F.

Postamble

Add static data to the end of your barcode. From version 6.2.70 this entry will be read only if the hex value of a character is less than 3F.

Remove leading spaces

When set to Y all leading spaces will be removed from the barcode.

Remove trailing spaces

When set to Y all trailing spaces will be removed from the barcode.

Function Keys

F3=Exit

Exits the Work with barcode details screen and returns to the Work with barcodes list, without updating. Press Enter to Update.

F12=Previous

Cancels the Work with barcodes details screen and returns to the Work with barcodes list, without updating. Press Enter to Update.