15.5 Barcode processing
Here you specify how the barcodes are to be decoded after text recognition i.e. which part of which barcode is to be allocated to which field.
After clicking the menu item 'Barcode processing' you first see a list. Each line represents an 'analysis unit' or piece of information that is allocated to a specific field. Thus, the information of one barcode may be 'food' for several fields or, indeed, two barcodes may deliver information that fills as many as ten fields.
To delete definitions click 'Delete'. To add definitions or make changes to them click 'Edit'. You will see the following dialog box:
The individual settings are described below.
Please note that what you enter here will later run in the background when you or your colleagues scan documents with barcodes on them.
Barcode definition: Choose here to which barcode the following settings apply. (Click the Select button.)
Barcode: Here you narrow down further to which of the 48 barcodes that theoretically can be gathered under the umbrella of a barcode definition the following settings apply.
Length: Enter here the total length of the barcode expressed in number of characters. You can simply choose 'All'. However, the advantage of entering the total length is that the system checks again whether the barcode considered is the right one.
Field: This entry determines the field into which the barcode information should be copied.
Start: If you want to accommodate the first 'analysis unit' of the barcode, then use '1' for 'Start'. The analysis units that follow have starting values that correspond to their character positions.
Character(s): By selecting 'All' you transfer the entire barcode information to the field specified. By choosing a value between '1' and '20' you determine the number of characters entered in the field in question.
Please do not forget to save your settings.
Beside text and numerical fields you can
also address date fields. However you must use a 6-digit or 8-digit format
for the date: it must be all numeric without separating characters of any
sort. For example, '040130' would work and '20040130', too, but '30.01.2004' would not.