I worked on the back end system for a film sorting robot. It read barcodes off 35mm film cartridges and I had to generate a bin number based on some complex logic. I put the logic in a subroutine, made an I-descriptor-callable shell, then wrapped it in a paragraph that allowed me to test against tens of thousands of historical transactions to give any code changes a real workout. No barcodes typed, and as a bonus, the logic was easily re-deployed to a manual interface later on.
Thanks, Ross. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Johnson Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 9:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [U2] 20 Digit Number General Question. A client has just taken on a new major customer and we have to keep track of their product codes. These codes are 20 numbers long with no real prefixing, suffixing or patterns. Is there any way to abbreviate numbers. I know this is a weird question but I know that I may be entering these codes manually during the testing and/or installation phase of this project and 20 numbers is a lot of typing. I've run out of ideas that simplify as most tend to complicate matters. The users will eventually be using bar code, scanning off of printed documents. As I develop, I will not have that benefit. I can calculator-enter numbers pretty effeciently given my accounting background. But 20 digits is a lot. I'm open to any ideas even if to know there are none. Thanks in advance. Mark Johnson ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
