Enum MacroCharacter

MacroCharacter enumeration

Macro Characters 05 and 06 values are used to obtain more compact encoding in special modes. 05 Macro craracter is translated to “[)>\u001E05\u001D” as decoded data header and “\u001E\u0004” as decoded data trailer. 06 Macro craracter is translated to “[)>\u001E06\u001D” as decoded data header and “\u001E\u0004” as decoded data trailer.

public enum MacroCharacter

Values

NameValueDescription
None0None of Macro Characters are added to barcode data
Macro05505 Macro craracter is added to barcode data in first position. GS1 Data Identifier ISO 15434 Character is translated to “[)>\u001E05\u001D” as decoded data header and “\u001E\u0004” as decoded data trailer.
Macro06606 Macro craracter is added to barcode data in first position. ASC MH10 Data Identifier ISO 15434 Character is translated to “[)>\u001E06\u001D” as decoded data header and “\u001E\u0004” as decoded data trailer.

Examples

hese samples show how to encode Macro Characters in MicroPdf417 and DataMatrix

[C#]
//to generate autoidentified GS1 message like this "(10)123ABC(10)123ABC" in ISO 15434 format you need:
BarcodeGenerator generator = new BarcodeGenerator(EncodeTypes.DataMatrix, "10123ABC\u001D10123ABC");
generator.Parameters.Barcode.DataMatrix.MacroCharacters = MacroCharacter.Macro05;
BarCodeReader reader = new BarCodeReader(generator.GenerateBarCodeImage(), DecodeType.GS1DataMatrix);
foreach (BarCodeResult result in reader.ReadBarCodes())
    Console.WriteLine("BarCode CodeText: " + result.CodeText);
    
//Encodes MicroPdf417 with 05 Macro the string: "[)>\u001E05\u001Dabcde1234\u001E\u0004"
BarcodeGenerator generator = new BarcodeGenerator(EncodeTypes.MicroPdf417, "abcde1234");
generator.Parameters.Barcode.Pdf417.MacroCharacters = MacroCharacter.Macro05;
    using (BarCodeReader reader = new BarCodeReader(generator.GenerateBarCodeImage(), DecodeType.MicroPdf417))
      foreach (BarCodeResult result in reader.ReadBarCodes())
        Console.WriteLine(result.CodeText);

//Encodes MicroPdf417 with 06 Macro the string: "[)>\u001E06\u001Dabcde1234\u001E\u0004"
BarcodeGenerator generator = new BarcodeGenerator(EncodeTypes.MicroPdf417, "abcde1234");
generator.Parameters.Barcode.Pdf417.MacroCharacters = MacroCharacter.Macro06;
using (BarCodeReader reader = new BarCodeReader(generator.GenerateBarCodeImage(), DecodeType.MicroPdf417))
    foreach (BarCodeResult result in reader.ReadBarCodes())
        Console.WriteLine(result.CodeText);

See Also

Class ImageParameters Enum MaxiCodeEncodeMode