Hi Viv,

thanks for your info. I already read your answer to Steve at home yesterday evening. So I was a bit surprised, that you use other characters than we do. We use Code128/EAN128 since roundabout 1997/98 with the code I posted and none of our customers told us that it wouldn't work anymore. Could it possibly be an old version that is still accepted by barcodereaders?

>>Hi Steve,
>>
>>I don't know exactly which barcode you are talking about. Is it really a UPC Code 128? I know UPS-, EAN- and Code 128, as well as UPC A (11 digits fix)and UPC E (7 digits fix). Whatsoever...
>>
>>Code128 is split into three variations: Code128 A, B and C.
>>
>>Startcode A: chr(192)
>>Startcode B: chr(193)
>>Startcode C: chr(194)
>>Stopsign : chr(200)
>
>Don't think that's correct. The actual values are:
>CODEA 103
>CODEB 104
>CODEC 105
>
>If you were including the start code in an ASCII string you would add 32 (i.e CODEB=136) to get the correct translation.
>
>Stop doesn't have a value as such since it uses 13 bars rather than 11 so can't normally map to a lookup table.
>
>Best,
>Viv