WD: Error Message in Place of BARCODE Field

RESOLUTION

Case 1

If the BARCODE field refers to the wrong field for the ZIP Code information, edit the BARCODE field and change the MERGEFIELD reference to the correct field name. Follow these steps to edit the BARCODE field:

1. Select the "ZIP Code not valid" error.
2. Display the field codes by pressing SHIFT+F9 (or click Options on the Tools menu, click the View tab, select Field Codes, and then click OK). The following field codes appear:

   {BARCODE { MERGEFIELD address1} <P>
   {MERGEFIELD zipcodefield} \u}
   						

   where "address1" is the field containing the street address or postal box information, "<P>" represents a paragraph mark, and "zipcodefield" is the field containing the ZIP Code information.
3. Ensure that "zipcodefield" is the name of the field that contains the ZIP Code information. If not, select it and replace it with the correct field name.
4. Toggle the field codes off by pressing SHIFT+F9 (or click Options on the Tools menus, click the View tab, clear the Field Codes option box, and then click OK).

Case 2

If the data document contains invalid characters in the ZIP Code field, remove the invalid characters and replace them, if necessary, with valid characters. The only valid characters allowed in the ZIP Code field are numeric digits (arabic numerals) and a hyphen (dash) as the separator for the Zip+4.

Case 3

The BARCODE field must span two lines (it must contain a paragraph mark) and must include quotation marks in the right places. If it does not meet these requirements, Word changes the last two digits of the barcode to 99.

Incorrect BARCODE field:

{BARCODE "{ MERGEFIELD address1 } {MERGEFIELD zipcodefield }" \u }
				

Correct BARCODE field

{BARCODE "{ MERGEFIELD address1 } <P>
{MERGEFIELD zipcodefield }" \u }
				

where "<P>" represents a paragraph mark.

If the BARCODE field is not formatted correctly, press ENTER to move the second half of the field onto the second line, and type the quotation marks.