I'm attempting to add carriage returns in a QR barcode. I'm using the custom data selection property to build the barcode value. I've found various documentation on the web that states it's doable by adding a "013" or "%0D" escape string between my other values. When I do that like so:
It's interpreted as a literal string, not a carriage return.

I've also tried using the CHAR function, but it doesn't change the output at all.

Is there a way to add a carriage return to QR codes via PlanetPress?

Thanks!

Hi nth,

In PlanetPress Design, it should be a "\" that you add for control characters. So if you put "\015", it should insert a CR.

Notice I've used "\015" instead of "\013". That's because PlanetPress uses octal values, not decimal.

Regards,
Raphaël Lalonde Lefebvre

Ok I still must be doing something wrong.

Here's my Presstalk code for generating the sample QRcode:


The barcode it generates has no carriage return - the two lines just run together.

I thought maybe it was my scanning app, so I've tested with a couple of them (ScanLife and Barcode Scanner). They show the same thing; the lines run together.

Any other ideas?

Thanks,
-Nate

For testing purposes here's what PlanetPress produces with the Presstalk code above:



Here's one created from qrstuff.com with the same two lines of text:



The qrstuff adds the carriage return between lines, PlanetPress doesn't.

Thought I'd document the fix for this.

With the help of OL support this has been resolved. Turns out a line feed character is needed as well as the carriage return. So the CR would be '\015' and the LF would be '\012'.

The correct code from my example above would be:


-Nate