Here's a pretty good site for understanding bar code symbology specs; Code 39 alpha characters all upper case.
http://www.barcodeisland.com/code39.phtml Hope it helps. Brad Davidson -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dawn Oakes Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 8:16 AM To: RBG7-L Mailing List Subject: [RBG7-L] - RE: Barcodes? Dennis, I've used lowercase letters for barcodes using Code39 and never had that issue. The font or software that I was using always converted it to uppercase before creating the barcode I guess. Before Rbase provide it's own barcodes I was using Carolina Barcode fonts, as well as using embedded barcode fonts that came with our label printer software (Seiko SmartLabel). If I entered 'vm1234' and showed the Human Readable under the barcode, I would see "VM1234". My guess is Rbase does the same thing. Dawn -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 10:44 AM To: RBG7-L Mailing List Subject: [RBG7-L] - Barcodes? RB7.1 Using the bar code option for labels, I used the RBase Code 39 to replace the external one that we used previously. Code 39 handles (coincidence?) 39 characters. Capital letters, numbers, and a few special characters. If I have part number "VM1234", the bar code prints fine using either the old or new bar code font. But, if it is "vm1234" then the old font puts little boxes for the "vm" because it is an invalid character and the RBase Code39 font puts barcodes. Not sure what the barcodes are but just curious if this is an error. TIA, Dennis ***** Dennis Fleming IISCO http://www.TheBestCMMS.com Phone: 570 775-7593 Mobile: 570 351-5290
