Supplemental Barcode Type Distinction

Supplemental Barcode Type Distinction G Greg Worona 3 years 7 months ago 6 1 0 I'm kind of over my head here so please go easy on me if this doesn't make sense. A customer is using EMDK and is examining the barcode type and says that there is no distinction between a symbology and the supplemental version of that symbology. For instance, when the barcode that is decoded is a upc-e + 2 supplemental he says that there is no upc-e + 2 supplemental type, only upc-e. 1. Is that true? 2. How is that distinction supposed to be made (data length perhaps?)?

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B Brian Moore 5 years 6 months ago

Greg,

The customers observation is correct. The label type returned is one of the following: ScanDataCollection.LabelType - Zebra Technologies Techdocs

Using the data length is a good way for UPC with supplemental characters UPC-A and UPC-E each have a fixed with, and allow either 2 or 5 supplemental characters.

Thanks,
Brian Moore
Software Engineer Kutir Mobility
Posted on behalf of Zebra Technologies