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Bar code Macro Corrections - WP Magazine, Ap |
The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
Problem
Symptoms: The bar code macro/merge printed fine on envelopes, but printed the bar codes upside down and overprinted the names when printed on labels. Solutions: The article states there must be at least .04" between the top of the bar code and the top of the label (p.28, paragraph 3). Changing the top margin in the Label Format screen to .35" corrected the problem. Problem: A customer working on the bar code macro followed all instructions contained in the article, the primary and secondary files merged correctly, and then a "File Not Found" error message occurred. Answer: Three answers could be applicable for this problem: 1. The customer did not create the appropriate Bar code.X files according to the directions on page 28. For example, the Bar code.0 file must include the appropriate short and long bar combinations (long, long, short, short, short) as designated in Figure 2 on page 28. All nine Bar code.X files must be created. 2. If the customer has a five- or nine-digit zip code where the individual digits add up to a multiple of ten, the customer needs to create a Bar code.10 file that is an exact copy of the Bar code.0 file. 3. The customer could try inserting the {MID} command manually instead of going through Shift-F9, 6. This command is in line 5 of the primary file. Problem: A customer working on the bar code macro created all the appropriate files mentioned in the article, the primary and secondary files merged correctly, and the envelopes printed, but the bar code printed without any space between each individual bar. Answer: Units of Measure was set to "u" (WP 4.2) instead of Inches under Setup|Environment. However, when setting the size of the user boxes, the customer was entering the quote mark after the measurement to convert the Units of Measure to inches. Even though this conversion from Units of Measure to inches took place, WP rounded the measurement (for example, .048" was rounded to .05"). This rounding--though very small--was enough to make the bars look like they had no space between them. To correct this problem with the printout, the customer changed Setup|Environment|Units of Measure to Inches. Problem: The following changes must be made and checked on the Bar code primary file on page 27 for the bar code merge to work correctly: 1. Copy Bar code.0 to Bar code.10 or change line 10 in the primary file to the following: ~{ASSIGN}correct~(100-{VARIABLE}correct~)%10~{COMMENT} This will take care of the problem if the zip code is equal to or divisible by 10. 2. Make sure an {End Field} code is immediately after the zip code. 3. The secondary file must have {Field Names}. 4. If there is no zip code, a number must be placed there. Problem: The bar code primary file, Bar code.PRI, needs to be changed if the customer is using the 01/19/90 release of WordPerfect 5.1. After the merge is performed, the first digit will be duplicated. To resolve this problem the following changes need to be made to Bar code.PRI: Line 3 change: -2~{COMMENT} to -1~{COMMENT} Line 4 change: count~0~ to count~1~ |
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