Our radiologists have two or three barcodes on a patient order. They 'swipe' them one by one into a system that doesn't really 'care' how many barcodes they swipe as long as the correct number of digits is received. The first barcode is two digits long, the second is 6 and the third is 8. I would like to create one bar code that contains all the digits from the three fields I am converting to barcode (Style 3 of 9). Thanks for any help!
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Combining two barcodes into one
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Code 39 is a very simple barcode: all it is is the data with a * on each end. So 12345 is coded as *12345* and in the right font you get the right barcode. The *'s merely serve to demarcate the code from the surrounding space.
So your current 3 barcodes are actually just *12*, *123456* and *12345678*. As one barcode it would just be *1212345612345678*.
If you had used say Code128 then it would be a tad more difficult, since you can't just bolt the 3 pieces together, since each would have its own check digit and so on.
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Jim Brown,
Johannesburg,
South Africa.
My time is GMT+2
So your current 3 barcodes are actually just *12*, *123456* and *12345678*. As one barcode it would just be *1212345612345678*.
If you had used say Code128 then it would be a tad more difficult, since you can't just bolt the 3 pieces together, since each would have its own check digit and so on.
HTH,
Jim Brown,
Johannesburg,
South Africa.
My time is GMT+2
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