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#34370 - 12/23/10 07:47 AM Problems with Datamatrix Code for german Post
itemPascal Offline
OL Newbie

Registered: 12/17/08
Posts: 1
Loc: Germany
Hi all, this is my first post here.
We are using PSMSuite 7.0.4 build84. The german post is making a considerable change to the returns of undeliverables. For this we need to add a datamatrix code with the following specifications : 8bit binary mode (BASE256) either 22x22squares or 26x26squares. As it seems the datamatrix mode in printshopmail works differently. The readout we get is wrong. Anybody faced the same problem or is there a workaround to this.
Thanks for any help.

Pascal

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#34371 - 12/23/10 08:54 AM Re: Problems with Datamatrix Code for german Post [Re: itemPascal]
Sander vd Berg Offline
OL Expert

Registered: 06/10/08
Posts: 207
Loc: Objectif Lune NL
How are you passing the 8bit binary data to the barcode plugin?

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#34381 - 12/28/10 02:56 AM Re: Problems with Datamatrix Code for german Post [Re: Sander vd Berg]
Sander vd Berg Offline
OL Expert

Registered: 06/10/08
Posts: 207
Loc: Objectif Lune NL
I'm asking because you may be trying to compose the binary input using the CHR function. That won't work because CHR actually produces two bytes instead of one. Instead, you should set the Encoding property of the Barcode object to Hexadecimal and pass in the hex-encoded string that is provided by the German Post when you buy electronic stamps.

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