GS1 datamatrix barcodes

rbuser

Hi there,

I'm using the latest trial to try generating GS1 barcodes as described in:
http://www.gs1.org/docs/barcodes/GS1_DataMatrix_Guideline.pdf

I thought this would be as simple as putting the FNC1 ascii character
(#232) at the start of the Tpp2DBarCode.Data string but the results
don't match the reference bar codes.

The #232 displays as an e with a grave accent in the human readable text
on the bar code which is what I would expect.

The barcodes match what this online generator produces if I omit the
FNC1 character but differ if I include it.
http://www.bcgen.com/datamatrix-barcode-creator.html

My settings are:
BarcodeType = bcDataMatrix
EncodeType = etdmASCII
ModuleSize = 8
QuietZone = 8
Square = True

Is there something I'm doing wrong ?

Thanks,

Andy Leiper
IET Ltd

nicocizik

Hi Andy,

The current implementation of Datamatrix in ReportBuilder does not support
GS1. Simply adding the #232 character to the beginning of the data string
will not work due to the fact that the underlying software needs to
recognize the character and convert it to the FNC1 datamatrix codeword.
This ability is not currently implemented in the RB datamatrix feature. We
have this on our to do list to research and possibly add for a later release
of ReportBuilder.

Thanks for your feedback.

rbuser

On 23/02/2016 16:35, Nico Cizik (Digital Metaphors) wrote:

Thanks for letting me know, Nico.

If the order comes in before you release this next version, I shall
probably use the component from http://www.idautomation.com/ and either
save its output to a database graphic field or use it it create a
TppComponent.

Andy Leiper
IET Ltd