Create GS1 Barcodes from csv file that contains full text of barcode

Bill Hand

• May 22, 2024 17:52

I'm trying to create a GS1 barcode using a .csv file with the full text of the barcode including the application identifiers.

For Example:

010070607334070732020030001124042521245115163638
010070607334070732020030001124042521245115163612
010070607334070732020030001124042521245115163551
010070607334070732020030001124042521245115163452
010070607334070732020030001124042521245115163437

How can I do that with BarTender 2022.  Everything I try wants to add the AI information in addition to what's already in the file.

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  pthane

  ★ BarTender Hero ★

  • May 23, 2024 10:17

  The problem is as GTIN requires a check digit BarTender will automatically calculate it. If you data for AI 01 includes the check digit then you need to remove it to let BarTender recalculate it. In your string the 7 check digit is being added to the following 3 and as there is no AI 73 or 73X/X, BarTender does not recognise this as a valid number. 

  To get round this you will need to add on a GS1-128 barcode and delete both the existing substrings from the barcode and add two new ones (it is quicker than adjusting the transforms for each). Link each of these new stings to your barcode in the database and then for the first string set the Transforms>Truncation to Keep to 15 characters on the left (ie AI 01 and the first 13 digits of your GTIN, so no check digit) whilst the second string should be configured to Transforms>Truncation to discard characters on left to16 (so to ignore AI01 and the full GTIN including check digit).

  

   

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