[Info-vax] how to display bar code label on a session from a "text"

[Peter Weaver]

On Aug 21, 3:17 pm, Doug Phillips <dphil... at netscape.net> wrote:
>...
> This does seems like an idea that a "supervisor" would come up. Those
> supervisor's have loads of systems design and programming experience,
> do they?  They want to translate a "string" into a bar code, display
> it on a screen and then translate the bar code back into a string?
> Ever hear of Rube Goldberg?
>
> Maybe someone with some idea of how IT systems work should solve their
> problem, which is:
>
> > to reduce input
> > error,
>...
> If you're going to need to modify and write some code anyway, why not
> start with a good design?
>
> Sorry, I don't mean to sound harsh, but I've been there all to often.

If this thread was on ITRC then this would be a 1000000 point answer.

Peter Weaver