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Barcode Not Reading

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Updated May 5, 2014

asked on May 5, 2014

I've attached to this post a sample of the barcode that is not reading. I've tested on the customers Quickfields (8.3) as well as mine (9.0) and neither will read the barcode. It's a simple code 128 font...simply using it in a excel spreadsheet....have the field properties set to print the barocode font...and will not work.

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replied on May 5, 2014 • Show version history

Seems like you are missing the start and end character for your code set (102,104,105 for start codes set A, B, C, respectively and 106 as end for all sets). you also seem to be missing the Checksum character. Usually fonts for barcodes, only encode the actual character to their binary equivalent but do not add all the additional compliance data required. a code 39 font is easier as adding an '*" at the beginning and the end is sufficient.

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replied on May 5, 2014 • Show version history

If you are set into using code 128 in excel, the following link has a spreadsheet with a macro that will add the Code B start and stop and will calculate the checksum. Code B is used if you are going to use Upper and Lower case alpha, special characters and numbers.

https://sites.google.com/site/freebarcodegeneratorforexcel/

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replied on May 5, 2014

Daryl,

Please see Matt Ross' response from this thread. Taking a closer look at the bar code

you'll notice that it will need to be cleaned up before the Quick Fields Bar Code module can accurately read it.

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replied on May 5, 2014

Alex,

I'm having the exact same issue with the following barcode which was created in Excel, printed via Snapshot, and then trying to use in Quickfields....I can't get the barcode to be read...even if I try using any kind of smooth.

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replied on May 5, 2014 • Show version history

I'm not sure what font you're using, but "test" using Code 128 looks like

The bar code in your image looks like

and you can see that these two bar codes don't match up. It seems that your bar code may have gotten cut off on both ends.

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replied on May 5, 2014

I don’t think you have a valid Code 128 barcode. Compare your “Mary” with the below Code 128 barcode generated by http://www.barcoding.com/upc/#.U2fchKL-o3I
Code 128 requires some calculations that I’ve found require an application to generate the barcodes rather than just typing them in using a barcode font like Code 3of9 allows.

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