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12/16/13 EPL Programming Guide 14245L-003 Rev. A
Within literal strings all ASCII characters 0–255 dec. (00-FF hex.) are allowed. Quotes (ASCII
34d) and backslashes (ASCII 92d) must be uniquely handled.
The backslash (\) character designates the following character is a literal and will encode into
the data field. Refer to the following examples:
Within forms, further limitations include that a NULL (ASCII 0) character may not appear
within bar code DATA and entry limitations do not provide for a way to enter linefeed
characters into variables.
The programmer should rely on the symbology’s specification to insure format compliance
and proper implementation. See the AIM web site for specifications at:
http://www.aimglobal.org/
To Print Enter into data field
"
"Company"
\
\code\
ø
\"
\"Company\"
\\
\\code\\
\
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Example 1 • This Aztec Bar Code example uses default values for all parameters.
b0,0,A,"0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
Example 2 • This Aztec Bar Code example specifies an element size of 9 (triple the default).
b0,0,A,d9,"0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"