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    #16
    RE: Alphanumeric Bar code

    Is VoterID a numeric field? If not, do you have a mask defined for it in field rules?

    Bill
    Bill Hanigsberg

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      #17
      RE: Alphanumeric Bar code

      Hi Bill

      I don't have a mask defined for an alphanumeric field under the field rules. That I will have to read up on. I want to use "VID100" to start with and then go sequentially.

      Thanks for your help.

      Nip Lewis

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        #18
        RE: Alphanumeric Bar code

        Hi again,

        Your problem is to figure out why the field wants a number if *you* did not define a mask. You use them to make sure nobody puts a letter into a phone number field for example. I get that message when I try to type a letter into a numeric field or a character field for which a mask has been defined which requires numeric characters. This is one of the prefab choices in field rules, by the way.

        If it isn't a numeric field and you haven't defined a mask, I can't fathom what's going on.

        Bill
        Bill Hanigsberg

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          #19
          RE: Alphanumeric Bar code

          Hi Bill

          I did check my manual, I was just trying to get some letters before the serial numbering like tyhe example in the manual shows for INV001.
          Thanks for your assistance. I'll try to work it out.


          Nip Lewis

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            #20
            RE: Alphanumeric Bar code

            Nip:

            Another possibility.

            Have you set up an autoincrement rule for the field? If so, turn it off (delete it). Enter one record of the form for your series (eg. Inv0001). Save the record. Turn the rule back on.

            Bill
            Bill Hanigsberg

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              #21
              RE: Alphanumeric Bar code

              Hi Bill

              No Luck with that procedure. I may have a glitch in the program.

              Nip

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                #22
                RE: Alphanumeric Bar code

                Hi Bill

                I finally got things to work. I created a new file and appended existing data to it and assigned the first ID number entered it, then changed the field rule to autoincrement and ran the operation. It did what I wanted and I was able to barcode it. I sincerely appreciate the help I got from the forum.

                Nip Lewis

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                  #23
                  RE: Alphanumeric Bar code

                  Hi Charlie
                  Sometime ago you helped me with barcoding. I have a Wasp 3 of 9 and it says to add a (*) before and after the VoterID Number. I get the barcode all right on the report form, nut the scanner will not read it. My idea was to have a barcode for each voter on our list and then be able to read it into the database.

                  All I did was to change the font from Arial to 3 0f 9 so that a bar code would be different for each ID Number. Is there a specific provcedure for putting in the (*) before and after the barcode?
                  Any help would be appreciated.

                  Thanks

                  Nip Lewis

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                    #24
                    RE: Alphanumeric Bar code

                    In case Charlie is busy.

                    You have your voter id field. Add a new field to your table, calculated. Expression is "*"+trim(voteridfield)+"*".

                    When you need to print barcodes of the voter id field, instead print this calculated field.

                    Alternatively, when you print barcodes, print a calculated field, same expression.
                    There can be only one.

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