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- From: bill@solaria (Bill Neisius)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- Subject: Re: barcodes
- Message-ID: <24598@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM>
- Date: 4 Jan 93 14:55:11 GMT
- References: <1993Jan4.025014.23272@netcom.com>
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- Roger F. Noia (rnoia@netcom.com) wrote:
- : Hi...
- : has anyone successfully used the truetype font: barcode39?
- : Mine works.. but when I go to use the barcode.. the reader won't
- : read it.
- :
- : Apparently barcode39 does not have the start of message code..
- : if anyone knows how to put the start of message in (or which character it's
- : located on).. drop me a line.. thanks.. roger
- :
- : (note:reading the manual for the reader it says that the start of
- : message code is "*" but it also seems to accept "nul" but neither of these
- : characters will work...
- :
- : rnoia@netcom.com
-
- If I remember correctly, the trutype font 'barcode39' used the '@' character
- for the start/stop character... but it doesn't really matter. The font
- doesn't have the proper spacing between characters. No matter what you do,
- it will not generate a readable barcode.
-
-
- Bill Neisius
- bill@solaria.hac.com
-