Reporting code 39 not scanning

[Vi_Quang]

For Reporting don’t use the * character as part of your data. If you remove the character, your barcode should work. Will write a ticket to address this. Explanation follows.

Code 39 (Regular) data are delimited with the * character as shown below in magenta. The data (the letter G) is in blue. If you scan this you will get G.

1. In Vision when you input the delimiting * character as data, it is ignored. *G* and G produce the same Code 39 barcode. It automatically delimits the data with the * character.

2. Perspective does not allow you to even enter the * character. It also delimits your data with the * character automatically.

3. Reporting also automatically delimits your data with the * character. However, it allows you to enter the * character as data, it is not ignored as it is in Vision. Because of this *G* and G do not produce the same barcode. When you specify your data as *G*, what you’re getting is:

   
   with the green part being part of the data you entered, and the magenta being the delimiting * supplied by Reporting. This is interpreted as
   
   with 2 empty pairs of Code 39 barcodes. A pair in orange, a pair in purple. The G now isn’t delimited at all and therefore is ignored. Also Code 39 barcodes must be separated by an empty space, so even if these pairs were not empty, the barcode will not be able to be decoded.