[reportlab-users] Code39 barcode

[Tim Roberts]

Swank, Craig wrote:

> Hello,

> When I create a barcode with the BarcodeStandard39 standard I get an extra

> character at the end of the barcode.  When I do the exact same thing with

> BarcodeCode128 it works fine.  My code looks like:

>

> bc = BarcodeCode39()

> bc.value = 'somevalue'

>

> I then add the bc to a drawing.  At the end, the pdf I generate has an extra

> character on each barcode.  The extra characters seem to iterate throught X,

> Y , Z, ., /, $.

>

> Has anyone seen this before?

>   


"Use the source, Luke".  Code39 can include a check digit, and the 
ReporLab version includes it by default.  If you don't want that, add 
checksum=0 to the constructor.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.