>Viv,
>
>My head is still swimming with this Code 128 project.
>
>I tried prepending the Chr(104) to the string prior to sending it as you suggested, but I am still getting the weird character on the front of my label.
>
>I am using a different checksum calculation program exmple I found at:
>
>http://www.mecsw.com/info/appnote/app_001.html
>
>I used this example, but still no workie.
>
>Do you know the significance of the Chr(162) and Chr(164) in his final line of code?
>
>OUTSTRING = CHR(162) + MYSTRING + CHKCHR + CHR(164)

Maybe this will help, it was translated from spanish to english by popular demand, written by VFP MVPs:

Bar codes on Visual FoxPro reports
http://www.portalfox.com/article.php?sid=2600

Or this one, in spanish

Códigos de barra 128 con lectura humana
http://www.portalfox.com/article.php?sid=2077

Carlos Alloatti