To expand on this,
there's a couple of standard types of bar codes.
The classic 12-digit code is a UPC. Some newer codes have 13 digits and are
now called UCC codes.
Some small products have 8-digit codes. These are expanded, through a
mathematical formula, to 12 digits.
These are the lengths which BCScan recognizes. If you have codes of other
digits, the scanner is incorrectly configured.
J.J.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "net bat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: more on barcode scan problem
it depends on the type of bar code.
i don't remember what they are called. like 9 of 39
anyway the barcode itself is only bars of white and black lines there are
no numbers or letters where the barcode is scanned.
sometimes a serial number will also be a barcode which is not a u p c
(universal product code)
----- Original Message -----
From: "don bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 4:58 PM
Subject: more on barcode scan problem
Well, we've established that the scanner is indeed scanning, but we seem
to be getting a lot of wrong length error messages. Just how many digits
should be in a barcode?
We are getting an 11-character code back from the scan.
Not sure what to try now other than to call tech support as Richard
Gurner has suggested.
Also, is the barcode only made up of number or are there combinations of
numbers and letters. I have a feeling we may actually be finding some
sort of serial number or some such thing.
Don
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