Specifications

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Universal product codes (
A)
Syntax :
A[:[code][1stchara[2ndchara]]
[,[code][1stchara[2ndchara]]]
[,[code][1stchara[2ndchara]]]]
where
code is A, B, or C specifying the following:
If
code is omitted, the default is all of the universal product codes.
1stchara and 2ndchara are flag characters representing a country code
and should be numerals from 0 to 9. If a question mark (?) is specified to
1stchara or 2ndchara, it acts as a wild card.
To specify multi-line code scanning, the above syntax should be preceded by
an ampersand (&) and should be repeated by the number of lines of codes to
be scanned. code cannot be omitted. In multi-line code scanning, no ques-
tion mark (?) should be specified to
1stchara or 2ndchara. (For detailed
specifications of multi-line code scanning, refer to the Multi-line code scanning
given on page 277.)
Example: To scan 3 lines of universal product codes, write as follows:
OPEN "BAR:" AS #1 CODE "&","A:A","A:A","A:B"
or
OPEN "BAR:" AS #1 CODE "&","A:A,A,B"
code
Bar code type
A
EAN-13 or UPC-A
B
EAN-8
C
UPC-E