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Use case

You should use always use or print GS1 barcodes See Best Practice: Labeling Items.

However, some times this is not possible and other types like simple barcodes, must be scanned.

Use converters to capture, identity and convert barcodes to GS1 AI's. See Encoded Barcode (GS1).

Global usage (Most commonly used)

When you want custom barcodes to be handled in the entire app.

• Configured using "start.cfg" Scanner Configuration

Searching order lines

When you want to search Order Lines page by barcode.

• Configured using "Application.cfg" Mobile Configuration Files

Converter Examples

Converter expressions are wriiten as Regular Expressions.

Tip: To make sure no partial matces are made, use capture groups "()" and also "$" to end the expression.

^(\d{1,4})$

^(\d{13})$

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Example 1: A very custom barcode converted into four AI's

Different positions of a barcode, is broken into diffent AI's.

• expression: The regular expression
• expressionAis: The order in which the different capture groups into AI's
  
  

...
<scanner>
  <type>internal</type>
    <converter enabled="true" type="custom2gs1">
      <customConfiguration expression="^64(\w{1,8})(\d{1,4})(\d{1,3})(\w{1,10})$" expressionAis="10,37,92,91"/>
    </converter>
...

Mapping table 

Example 2: GS1 barcode converted to GS1

convertGS1Input: Should be set to true if one wishes to convert from a GS1 barcode to GS1.

This could be in cases when the barcode scanned contains AIs that are not supported and when printing a new label is not an option.

... 
 <scanner>
    <type>internal</type>
    <converter enabled="true" type="custom2gs1" >
      <customConfiguration expression="^01(\d{14})11(\d{6})21(.{1,})$" expressionAis="91,10,21" convertGS1Input="true"/>
 </converter>
...

Example 3: Long item numbers as Code39 - converted to GS1 Item on Receive Lines

Since AI91 is already regarded as "Item No." but without the length constraint of AI01,

This can be used for many 1D (linear) barcodes like Code39 or Code128.

In this example the data is 20 char, but can be arbritary length since AI91 allows for this.

<page id="ReceiveLines" type="OrderLines" icon="mainmenureceive">
  <title defaultValue="@{PageReceiveOrderLinesTitle}"/>
  <orderLinesConfiguration suggestQuantity="true" verifySingleScanRegistrations="false" actionOnEmptyList="ClosePage">
    <service id="Receive"/>
    <list listId="OrderLines"/>
    <...>
    <scanToSelectBehaviour gs1SearchTerm="Item" behaviour="Auto">
      <converter expression="^(\d{1,20})$" expressionAis="91"/>
    </scanToSelectBehaviour>
  </orderLinesConfiguration> 

Error message

Invalid barcode format Barcode format error 'Invalid length'. The scanned value was 'xyz'

This can be the result of using AI01 which defines a fixed length of 14 char.

Use AI91 instead.

Online Editor

Use an online editor to test your regular expressions.

Example

https://regex101.com/ 

• Regular expression: ^(\d{1,6})(\d{1,5})$
• Test string: 11111122222

See also