Re: differentiating barcode data from keyboard entry

From: <rmagness1_at_ev1.net>
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:05:17 -0000
Message-ID: <vvmj9tc83ncf0b_at_corp.supernews.com>


Use a data idenfier that you place as the piece of data in the bar code. DO NOT print the data identifier just the real data. This has been used in manufacturing for many years, look around and you can find the standards to use to identify items such as delivery date, ship date, customer number and so on. As an example contents of a bar code would look like this XXYYYYYYYYY Where

XX         Data Identifier       3S
YYYYYYYYY  PO number             1234567

3S1234567
Your program always looks for the data idenfier, if not there , it was entered manually. Received on Wed Jan 07 2004 - 01:05:17 CET

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