Creating Barcode Data 

Use

Each project has only one scanner node. The scanner node may have more than one data node (data group) and each data node may have multiple barcodes, displayed in the input area under "Barcodes:". Each barcode has information such as symbology, alias, data, and check digit.

Because the scanner emulator cannot scan real barcodes, all barcode data must be entered into a project before doing any scanning emulation.

 

Prerequisites

The scanner peripheral panel is displayed.

 

Procedure

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       1.      Create a new Data group by pressing the  button. The New Data dialog box will be displayed and prompt the user to input the name of this Data group.

       2.      Create a barcode record for the selected Data group by pressing the  button. The New Barcode dialog box is launched and prompts to input information for the barcode.

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                            a.      Select the required Symbology.

Each symbology has its own set of rules for data. You can press the  button to show the data rules.

Below is the rule window for Codabar:

                            b.      Input Alias (optional). This will help identify each barcode.

                            c.      Input the barcode data.

The user can press the  button to launch the Barcode Data Entry dialog box and get help entering valid characters. The Barcode Data Entry displays all of the supported (valid) characters for the selected symbology. The user can select any character, including non-printable characters, and press the Enter key to send the character to the Data field in Barcode dialog. The same result can be accomplished by double clicking on the desired entry. The target position of the chosen character, in the data field, is at the last cursor position when the  button was clicked.

By using the  button, the user can insert non-printable characters as part of the barcode data.

 

Any non-printable character will be displayed as “?” in the Data field of Barcode Dialog. To see complete information behind each character, the user can press the  button to display Barcode Data View.

The barcode data entry panel works with Unicode. If the ALT+CODE combination (where CODE refers to a number combination) is used, to input data directly from the keyboard, a 4-digit code (Unicode) is required. Remember to add a leading zero when entering ASCII characters. Otherwise, the incorrect character is produced.

 

The following screenshot is an example for a Code128 barcode.

 

                            d.      Set Check Digit option if it is required. The value of the check digit will be generated automatically based on the option.

The calculation of French CIP check digit for Code 39 is an approximation that may differ from the actual check digit.

                            e.      Press OK to save and Cancel to quit.

       3.      Repeat step 1 and/or 2 until all desired barcodes have been created.

       4.      Save the project by pressing  button.

 

 

Result

All data including data list and barcode list are stored in project file.