RE: Code128 CR/LF

Thank you all for your input!

It was the RPLUNPRT parameter in the print file that was the issue.



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From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Friday, August 9, 2019 5:12 PM
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Subject: Re: Code128 CR/LF

Roger,

That's true, but she isn't coding this herself directly, she's using the DDS BARCODE() keyword, which is supposed to convert the data from EBCDIC to the Code128 character set.

Here's the chart that IBM supplies:

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/rzakd/code128.htm

Notice that it says CR is x'0D' and LF is x'25', just like she coded?!

I think it's more likely that she has the RPLUNPRT(*YES) options specified in in her CRTPRTF command.  (It is the default.) so unprintable characters like CR and LF are being replaced with blanks.

-SK

On 8/9/2019 12:05 PM, Roger Harman wrote:

It's been a lot of years so I had to refresh my memory as I recalled that the character set is different for 128. Yes, 128A supports CR/LF but does not use the values you are supplying.
https://www.barcodefaq.com/1d/code-128/#Code-128CharacterSet

77/74 are equivalent to CR/LF in 128A

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