C1Barcode Datamatrix with german umlauts

C1Barcode Datamatrix with german umlauts

Posted by: SHanau on 25 October 2024, 5:08 am EST

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  SHanau

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  Posted 25 October 2024, 5:08 am EST - Updated 25 October 2024, 5:31 am EST

  Hi There,
  
  How can I get C1Barcode to create a DataMatrix with german umlauts as with standard settings the underlying text is being corrupted and the umlauts are being replaced by some ASCII characters?
  
  Is there a property where I could set the coding to ISO-8859-1 or UTF-8?

  Thanks in advance,
  
  Stephan

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  uttkarsh.matiyal

  

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  Posted 25 October 2024, 6:06 am EST

  Hello Stephan,

  The DataMatrix BarCode encodes data using the subset of ISO/IEC 646 (equivalent to ASCII table 256) for all the information. So, it is not possible to encode German umlauts with the DataMatrix BarCode.
  
  Ref: https://www.gs1.org/standards/gs1-datamatrix-guideline/25#2-Encoding-data+2-1-The-encoding-structures

  Instead, you can use QRCode BarCode for this purpose, which supports up to 7,089 characters. Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code#Information_capacity

  Please refer to the attached sample for implementation. (see BarCode_Sample.zip)

  Regards,
  
  Uttkarsh.