Barcode used on invoice

[cheeseontoast]

Hi -does anybody know what type of barcode is printed at the top of the page if barcode is selected on the invoice?

I asumed it was code 39? Althopugh the scanner is setup to reade 39 is wont read the barcode??

Any ideas folks.

[wjcampbe]

With most software, it would depend on what barcode font(s) you have installed and if more than one, which is the default.

[Jan]

It is code 39, it is quite small though, so maybe that is the problem. Actinic installs it's own barcode fonts.

I will retreive my barcode scanner from the loft and check that I can scan them here, I could last time I tried though - which was around 6 months ago.

Regards,

[cheeseontoast]

Thanks for that - yes it is Code 39.

What I have discovered is that Code 39 needs a start and end charcater which is an * (ie at either end), it could be that newer readers have the facility to not require this. My scanner will scan Code 39 when the *'s are present, but wont if they are not - and there is no function available to not scan code 39 if the start/end character is not present.

Could that be the problem?

As a note: the problem and the printing of barcodes from Actinic has nothing to do with what barcode fonts are installed.

[wjcampbe]

As a note: the problem and the printing of barcodes from Actinic has nothing to do with what barcode fonts are installed.

ROFL - if you believe that yourself, even for an instant, just try removing the installed font and printing the barcode.

[Jan]

Hi Karl,

Sorry I thought I replied to this yesterday but I obviously didn't. I have checked the reports with my barcode scanner and they do scan (althought I do loose some of the characters but I think that this is a problem with my printer printing a poor quality barcode).

The Actinic report puts brackets around the barcode not stars, can you reconfigure your scanner to look for brackets?

My scanner is a basic wasp scanner, I think it was fairly cheap (< £50).

Regards,

[cheeseontoast]

Hi Jan

No cant configure scanner - its about 7 years old, and apparantly the standard for code 39 is * at either end.

Will have to get a new scanner.

Thanks for the reply.