Overview of the General 2-D Codes

Name

Formats and permitted characters

Aztec

Format: any

Permitted characters: any

Datamatrix

In order to enter non-printable characters (binary data) in the barcode text, they must be packaged in a special string. The data is inserted using the ~dNNN string, whereby NNN stands for ASCII-Code.

Example: DEA~d065~d015~d000~d247~d220 (~d065 stands for "A")

To represent an EAN data matrix, you can code the special FNC1 character as ~1.

The Datamatrix symbology uses the ECC 200 error correction code. Further options like size, module format and encoding can be set in the barcode's options dialog. Click the options symbol in the barcode content dialog to enter this dialog.

PDF417

Can display all available and non-printable characters.

In order to enter non-printable characters (binary data) in the barcode text, they must be packaged in a special string. The data is inserted using the "{binary:nn}" string, whereby nn stands for any sequence of two-character hexadecimal numbers. This is especially important if Maxicodes are to be created according to UPS specifications; the special characters needed for this can be entered in this way:

In order to pack a Null and a Backspace (BS) character in the data, use "{binary:0008}" (corresponds to "{binary:00}{binary:08}").

Use "Hallo{binary:0d0a}World" to include a line break.

QR Code

Format: any

Permitted characters: all characters

In order to enter non-printable characters (binary data) in the barcode text, they must be packaged in a special string. The data is inserted using the ~dNNN string, whereby NNN stands for ASCII-Code.

Example: ~d065 stands for the letter "A".