Barcode Functions (2D) > VpeSetDataMatrixEncodingFormat

[Professional Edition and above only]

Sets the encoding format ID for DataMatrix symbologies.

void VpeSetDataMatrixEncodingFormat(

VpeHandle hDoc,

int format

)

VpeHandle hDoc

Document Handle or VPE Object Handle

int format

the format ID; possible values are:

Constant Name	Value	Comment
VBAR2D_DATA_MATRIX_ENC_BASE11	1	numeric data, 3.5 bits per digit
VBAR2D_DATA_MATRIX_ENC_BASE27	2	upper case alphabetic, 4.8 bits per character
VBAR2D_DATA_MATRIX_ENC_BASE41	3	upper case alphanumeric and punctuation, 5.5 bits per character
VBAR2D_DATA_MATRIX_ENC_BASE37	4	upper case alphanumeric, 5.25 bits per character
VBAR2D_DATA_MATRIX_ENC_ASCII	5	128 ASCII set, 7 bits per character
VBAR2D_DATA_MATRIX_ENC_BINARY	6	8-bit Byte, 8 bits per character

Default:

VBAR2D_DATA_MATRIX_ENC_BASE11

Remarks:

For ECC200 this is the start-up code page, while for ECC000 - ECC140 the selected format covers the entire message.