Input Processing

Input Processing

parse

In supporting barcode symbologies, when the parse option is specified, any instances of ^NNN in the data field are replaced with their equivalent ASCII value, useful for specifying unprintable characters.

Additionally, control character names can be used to specify equivalent ASCII values, as follows:

Sequence	ASCII value
^NUL	0
^SOH	1
^STX	2
^ETX	3
^EOT	4
^ENQ	5
^ACK	6
^BEL	7
^BS	8
^TAB	9
^LF	10
^VT	11
^FF	12
^CR	13
^DLE	16
^DC1	17
^DC2	18
^DC3	19
^DC4	20
^NAK	21
^SYN	22
^ETB	23
^CAN	24
^EM	25
^SUB	26
^ESC	27
^FS	28
^GS	29
^RS	30
^US	31

ASCII control characters SO and SI cannot be encoded by name (since SO would prefix clash with SOH).

Note: When this option is enabled, literal instances of "^" in the data should be escaped as ^094 to avoid replacement if the subsequent data characters represent a valid substitution. For example, literal "^123" in the input data can be escaped as ^094123, literal "^RS" in the data can be escaped as ^094RS, and literal "^ABC" in the data cam be escaped as ^094ABC (in case ^ABC becomes a valid substitution in the future).

Example

Equivalent symbols:

Data:    This is Data Matrix
Options: 
Encoder: datamatrix

Data:    This is ^068ata Matrix
Options: parse
Encoder: datamatrix

parsefnc

In supporting barcode symbologies, when the parsefnc option is specified, non-data function characters can be specified by escaped combinations such as ^FNC1, ^FNC4, ^SFT/ and ^ECI000003.

Note: When this option is enabled, literal instances of ^ in the input data can be escaped as ^^.

Example

Manually-composed Code 93 Extended demonstrating use of the special shift combination (/)A to represent !:

Data:    TERRY^SFT/A
Options: parsefnc includecheck
Encoder: code93