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javabarcodebarcode-scannerscanning
user1773603
user1773603

Reputation:

Getting extra letters after scanning the barcode using Java

I have created an application which generates the barcode.

Here is the code how I created the barcode:

Code39 code39 = new Code39();
String outputStr = code39.encode("B00009", 1);
//String humanTextStr=code39.getHumanText();
lblBarcode.setText(outputStr);
lblBarcode.setFont(new java.awt.Font("CCode39_S3_Trial",java.awt.Font.PLAIN,14));

Using this java library ConnectCodeBarcodeFontLibrary.jar.

For scanning the barcode I used QRbot app which gives me this information - extra letter at the end B00009K instead of this B00009.

Here is the screenshot of generated barcode:

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What is the problem in this scenario?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 970

Answers (2)

user1773603
user1773603

Reputation:

By following the @kunif's answer of ASSUME_CODE_39_CHECK_DIGIT code which saying that it uses a check digit. So, I have analyzed my code and I found that code39.encode("B00009", 1); passing the second parameter 1 which is the reason why it generates the extra letter K at the end of barcode number.

So, I changed the 1 which 0 and now its scanning the barcode correctly.

String outputStr = code39.encode("B00009", 0);

Upvotes: 0

kunif
kunif

Reputation: 4350

Code 39 has the option of using a check digit and is called Code 39 mod 43.
Code 39 mod 43 - Wikipedia

For example, ZXing's Code39Reader has an option called ASSUME_CODE_39_CHECK_DIGIT (a mode in which a check digit is generated from barcode data even if there is no check digit and is notified?).
Class Code39Reader

public Result decodeRow(int rowNumber,
                        BitArray row,
                        Map<DecodeHintType,?> hints)
                 throws NotFoundException,
                        ChecksumException,
                        FormatException

ASSUME_CODE_39_CHECK_DIGIT

public static final DecodeHintType ASSUME_CODE_39_CHECK_DIGIT
Assume Code 39 codes employ a check digit. Doesn't matter what it maps to; use Boolean.TRUE.

Whether your program added a check digit when it generated the barcode (but did not print it in human-readable characters), or whether the program that read the barcode supplemented the check digit and generated/notified it. There can be one of two possibilities.

By the way, the last K was notified when the barcode presented was read with the Honeywell Xenon 1900 in the default No Check Character mode, so a check digit may have been added when generating the barcode in your program. Will be high.

Upvotes: 6

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