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

[Doug Phillips]

On Aug 26, 10:15 am, Peter Weaver <info-... at weaverconsulting.ca>
wrote:
> On Aug 21, 3:17 pm, Doug Phillips <dphil... at netscape.net> wrote:
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> >...
> > 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?
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> > Maybe someone with some idea of how IT systems work should solve their
> > problem, which is:
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> > > to reduce input
> > > error,
> >...
> > If you're going to need to modify and write some code anyway, why not
> > start with a good design?
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> > Sorry, I don't mean to sound harsh, but I've been there all to often.
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> If this thread was on ITRC then this would be a 1000000 point answer.
>
> Peter Weaver

I wonder what kind of hat that would get? ;-)