activePDF Toolkit 2011 API Reference
EAN-14
Appendices > Symbologies > Alphanumeric Symbologies > EAN-14

Glossary Item Box


Overview

Encodes the GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) with Application Identifier (AI) 01. Toolkit uses EAN-128 with AI 01.


Encoding

Can encode all 128 Standard ASCII values using a three-digit ASCII code, preceded by the \ character. For example, the carrot symbol ("^") corresponds to ASCII code \094. For a complete list of ASCII values, refer to the ASCII Table.

Structure

  • 13 digits
  • 1 check digit  (Calculated automatically when only 13 digits are included in the input data).