Posted: January 16 2006 at 12:27pm | IP Logged

Hello,

I would like to know if there are any issues regarding the conversion of '_' character (underscore).

When I try to convert the following strings (without quotes) :

'ANSI_B18.17-M16-SS_A2' and 'DIN912-M5x12-SS_A4'

I get reading errors on 2 different scanners (something like ANSI+w57643L693A2). Is it due to conversion? datamatrix standard? scanner itself?

Thank you in advance.

Note : we noticed no other problems.

Posted: January 16 2006 at 12:40pm | IP Logged

Which Morovia product you used to produce the barcode? Datamatrix fontware or the Barcode ActiveX? And if you have bought for a while, list the version number here too.

Posted: January 18 2006 at 3:05am | IP Logged

Hi,

We used activeX component embedded in Microsoft Axapta. As it did not work, we tried the same string with the 'Morovia DataMatrix Encoder V1.2' you provide - same result.

I'm not sure about versions :

 - Morovia DataMatrix Encoder is version V1.2
 - the readme : 'Readme for Morovia Data Matrix Fontware V3.0'
 

I just remarked that there are some special procedure to convert extended/control characters (giving some code instead). Are underscores concerned?

Thank you in advance,

François

Posted: January 18 2006 at 9:19am | IP Logged

Francois,

Thank you for reporting the issue.

We have determined that it is a software bug in the DataMatrix Fontware v3.0. The same issue does not appear in Barcode ActiveX 3.2 (http://www.morovia.com/activex/) but the latter product uses a new encoder library.

We'll take a close look at this issue and will post a update by the end of this month.