Determining field sequence for barcoded form

Question

Hi,
In part of designing barcoded form, we will extract the data using handheld scanner to excel file or notepad.
Can we determine the field sequence of extracted data (output) in the form designer?
Need your kind advise for this matter
Thanks,
Raja

Answer 1

Raja,
Here is a simple example of a custom barcode encoding of a PaperFormsBarcode using a pipe-delimiter.
The text field 'Barcode encoding' contains the value of the PaperFormsBarcode object. It is a useful debugging technique.
The calculate event on the PaperFormsBarcode object does the encoding.
// form1.page1.subform1.barcode::calculate - (JavaScript, client)
if (xfa.host.version < 7.05) {
    this.rawValue = " ";
else {
   this.rawValue = encodeBarcode();
function encodeBarcode() {
  // define barcode variables
  var firstName;
  var lastName;
  var address1;
  var address2;
  var city;
  var state;
  var zipCode;
  // check First Name for null
  if (form1.page1.subform1.firstName.isNull) {
    firstName = "";
  else {
    firstName = form1.page1.subform1.firstName.rawValue;
  // check Last Name for null
  if (form1.page1.subform1.lastName.isNull) {
    lastName = "";
  else {
    lastName = form1.page1.subform1.lastName.rawValue;
  // check Address for null
  if (form1.page1.subform1.address1.isNull) {
    address1 = "";
  else {
    address1 = form1.page1.subform1.address1.rawValue;
  // check Address for null
  if (form1.page1.subform1.address2.isNull) {
    address2 = "";
  else {
    address2 = form1.page1.subform1.address2.rawValue;
  // check City for null
  if (form1.page1.subform1.city.isNull) {
    city = "";
  else {
    city = form1.page1.subform1.city.rawValue;
  // check State for a null selection
  if (form1.page1.subform1.state.isNull) {
    state = "";
  else {
    state = form1.page1.subform1.state.rawValue;
  // check ZIP Code for null
  if (form1.page1.subform1.zipCode.isNull) {
    zipCode = "";
  else {
    zipCode = form1.page1.subform1.zipCode.rawValue;
  // build barcode string for encoding
  var str = firstName + "|"
  + lastName + "| "
  + address1 + "| "
  + address2 + "| "
  + city + "| "
  + state +  "|"
  + zipCode;
// return the encoding string
return (str);
Steve