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How to format combined data in Crystal Reports

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I am having trouble producing the data that I need for PDF417.
stringVar DataToEncode:="[)>~03006~d029X000000~029N{NUM}~029V{Value}~029A1111~029{?Weight}~030~004";
The scanned barcode does not show correctly. How do I fix this issue?

Application: Crystal Reports

02-14-18 6.8 year(s) ago

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Ben	Best Answer Applies to PDF417 Fonts and other Barcode Fonts. The + symbol and the & symbol are designed to concatenate data/data fields. A field pulled from a database/data source or a symbol used to concatenate the data (+, &) does not need to use quotes. Inserting a field in quotes, such as "{@Value}" will yield {@Serial}. Your goal is to pull the data from the serial field not display the name of the field in the scanned result. Here is an example: Say, {field} is a value in my database that equals ABC. When I set the DataToEncode to stringVar DataToEncode:="12345" + {field} + "67890"; the barcode should scan as 12345ABC67890. If I include my {field} in quotes such as stringVar DataToEncode:="12345 + {field} + 67890"; the generated barcode will scan as 12345{field}67890. In your example, set up the data as: stringVar DataToEncode:="[)>~03006~d029X000000~029N" + {NUM}+ "~029V" + {Value}+ "~029A1111~029" + {?Weight} + "~030~004"; All of the character data are within quotes and the fields are not within quotes. The + or & symbols concatenate all of the data. Note that in a later version of CR, the & works better in some cases. More Info: Combined fields need to be converted to text if they are not. View ToText the Video about the Crystal Reports String is Required here Error. Posted 6.8 year(s) ago (0) (0) Report Abuse

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