[pstricks] Problem with pst-barcode and ean8

Herbert Voss Herbert.Voss at FU-Berlin.DE
Sat Jul 16 17:35:01 CEST 2016


Am 16.07.2016 um 17:14 schrieb Juergen Rose:
> 'xelatex test_ean8_pst-barcode.tex' complains about:
> ...
> (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pst-barcode/pst-barcode.tex
> `PST-barcode' v0.14, 2015/06/17 (tb,hv)
> (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/marginnote/marginnote.sty)))
> No file test_ean8_pst-barcode.aux.
> [1] (./test_ean8_pst-barcode.aux) )
> Error: /bwipp.ean8badCheckDigit in null
> Additional information: (Incorrect EAN-8 check digit provided)

this says it all: the eight digit is a control digit
and it must be 0 in this case. Or use alternatively 7 digits
then the 8th is calculated internally:

\psbarcode{1234567}{includetext}{ean8}

Herbert




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