There's an issue with copying rules into the Web interface for this
forum.  You may have more luck copying-and-pasting your rule syntax into
an email message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]  I apologize for
the trouble.

I think that part of the "wonder and mystery" we're dealing with here is
that there are different "flavors" of the 128 barcode:
http://www.idautomation.com/code128faq.html#Specifications

Whenever a sentence starts out with the words, "Several standards
exist," it probably means a few late nights for me or someone else here.

In addition to all of these flavors, the USPS has created its own
special variation of the EAN-128 (a.k.a UCC-128, a.k.a. GS1-128)
sub-standard:
http://www.idautomation.com/code128faq.html#USPS_EAN128

What this is leading up to, as you may have guessed, is that the
"flavor" of EAN-128 barcode generated by FusionPro's MakeEAN128Barcode
function is not the same as the USPS's special EAN-128 variation.

Unfortunately, we don't currently have a function which implements the
USPS's specialization of the EAN 128 standard.  If this is something
that's going to be useful to a lot of customers, we will definitely
consider adding it to a future release.  However, it's my understanding
that this is all superseded by the "Intelligent Mail" (a.k.a. "One
Code," a.k.a. "Four State") barcode standard.  (The USPS has also been
known to change its specifications from time to time.  Not as often as,
say, our friends at Apple, but they do like to keep us on our toes.)

That said, I don't think the algorithm is terribly complicated.  You can
look at the current implementation of our MakeEAN128Barcode function in
the Builtins.js file which ships with FusionPro to see how it works.
Please do not edit this file!  However, you can copy-and-paste the logic
into a rule in your job, or your JavaScript Globals (or even a .js
script file in the Plug-ins folder) and modify the logic to do whatever
you need.  Again, please do not modify Builtins.js; copy the code and
modify it somewhere else.

Dan


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