Re: PDF417 BARCODE keyword and carriage return

[darren@xxxxxxxxx]

Rich,
Thanks for the info, I'll give that a try.

I told everyone that we could do 2D barcode on a report.  Imagine my
surprise when I found out that HPT didn't recognize this.  To further
frustrate my efforts, many IPDS printers don't even handle it.  We're
replacing some old DOS system, printing to a dot-matrix, that can generate
these barcodes on a report.

My only recourse thus far has been to use Infoprint Server to create a PDF
of the document, email it to the user, and tell them that they'll have to
open the attachment in Acrobat and print it to the printer.  I tried to
find a way around it.  I thought if I can generate a PDF on the iSeries,
then I should be able to send that to the printer somehow using Infoprint's
Transform Manager.  But, to get a PDF file to the printer it still goes
through HPT, and it seems to choke on it then too.



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Original Message:

Darren,

Seems like the scanner would be looking for an x'0D' and/or x'0A'.  If I
remember correctly, if you encode x'0D25' into your ebcdic string, it
will be converted to x'0D0A' by the ebcdic to ascii conversion table.

So,
eval barcode = %trim(barcode) + x'0D25';
might do the trick.

Incidentally, would you mind telling me what print mechanism you are
using to print the 2D barcodes?  I was just reading the other day that
host print transform is incomplete in that it will transform and print a
1D barcode, but not a 2D barcode (as of V5R2).  Has that limitation been
removed, or are you using an IPDS printer of some kind?
--
Regards,
Rich

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Darren Strong
Programmer
Group Dekko Service LLC.
Phone 260-347-3100 ext. 70270
Fax 260-347-9236