Re: Barcode module for BPCS

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Roger,

In a message dated 2/24/00 11:17:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
Roger.Wolf@garmin.com writes:

<<snip>>
> Both required a little programming and you have to pass some hex characters
>  to it.  Not sure how you would tell it to do it in ASSET or an internal 
print file.
<<snip>>

Not sure I'd describe the HP version as "little programming", but you have to 
insert the TRNSPY CVTDTA keyword into the PRTF DDS generated by AS/Set and 
change the SPACEB(01) to SPACEB(0) for the format you use for the ASCII hex.  
The OUTQ must also be configured for "Host print transform" = *YES.  In my 
case, the "Bar Codes and More" pamphlet that came with the SIMM wasn't 
enough, and we ended purchasing about $200US worth of additional books from 
HP in order to get all of the ASCII codes required.  Then again, I was doing 
snazzy stuff like relative vertical positioning in order to print text and 
graphics around the bar codes.  The SPACEB change prevents the overflow 
calculations of the %OVF BIF from being corrupted.  TRNSPY CVTDTA says to put 
the printer in transparent mode, and convert the ASCII data.

Oddly enough, the only non-IPDS solution that IBM gave me at the time was 
internal output specs, so you can do that, too...

HTH,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"Everywhere is walking distance, if you have the time." -- Steven Wright
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