RE: Barcode() in DDS

Tom,

Barcode length relates to field length on OS/400.
Furthermore, if the blanks are embedded you essentially
have two different fields so I am not sure what advantage
the shorter barcode would be to you.

At the very least you would have to keep a cross reference
table saying the A123 456 = A123456 and then ensure in the
database that there was not actually a A123456 so the application
would not get confused when you went to link them back up.

Here we chop item number to 13 and serial number to 7 but then
expand them in size putting them back to MAPICS, no embedded
characters are stripped out tho, so padding with blanks works
fine.

Good luck!

Konrad

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From: Tom Wood [mailto:TomW@fortrecoveryindustries.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 11:13 AM
To: mapics-l@midrange.com
Subject: Barcode() in DDS


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We're working on barcoding a few fields in our COM packing slip and are
wondering what's the best way to output (barcode) ONLY the contiguous
non-blank characters in the field.  For example, our customer item
number field may be 20 characters in length, but for a given customer we
may only need 8 characters and only want to barcode those 8 characters,
not the additional 12 spaces on the end.  Make sense?



Thanks,



Tom

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