Bar codes tend to be long as well. For UPC, the first section may be repetitive, thus can be omitted.
I'm dealing with 20 digit numbers of no apparent syntax. They belong to my client's external customer. My request was a way to hand-type less than 20 to get 20 without a cheat-sheet or other short-cuts. I thought your original post had encryptions stored somewhere. Sorry for the confusion Mark Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ross Morrissey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 12:28 PM Subject: Fun with Robots (was: FW: [U2] 20 Digit Number) > I'm not sure what you mean - there was no encryption in this app. > > Data entry applied barcodes to film canisters. The film sorting robot read > the barcode and passed it (through &DEVICE& - what fun) to a routine that > looked up order characteristics (e.g. 2 sets of 4x6 prints, slides, CD, > express shipping) and calculated a bin number and returned the bin value to > the robot. If the robot didn't hear back in less than .05 seconds, it > defaulted to an error bin. The robot then dropped the roll into the target > bin (actually it spun a J-shaped tube on a carousel the size of a Volkswagen > and blasted the film down the tailpipe with a burst of compressed air). > > Testing this was similar to your issue of typing in long barcodes. I needed > to "type" in thousands of barcodes and validate the results against (table > driven) business logic changes - i.e. sort "express" and "retail" together. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Johnson > Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 8:29 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] 20 Digit Number > > So what was the secret and was it human-able. I can code anything. I can't > encrypt in my head that well. > > Thanks. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ross Morrissey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 1:24 PM > Subject: RE: [U2] 20 Digit Number > > > > 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: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > 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... > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
