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Export the Code 128 Check Digit

1. Presort a list.
2. From the Print Presort window, click Print Labels.
3. Select Disk File instead of Label Format from the Output pull-down menu at the top of the screen.
4. Click Continue and the Export Setup window will appear.
5. Move over only the fields you need.
6. Click the "Add User Defined Line" button under the "Export Fields Attributes" grid.
7. Under the Name column, enter code128ckd (or any name you want)
8. In the LEN column, change the length to 2
9. Enter the following expression:

oPrintBc.Code128c("420"+LEFT(zip,5),0)


10. Click Export, give the file a name, choose where to save it, and click Save.

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H.D., Shawnee Mission, KS