The Find Subject Barcode

Finding a subject by scanning a barcode is one of the quickest and safest ways to find a subject. The barcodes can be used in many areas of the software, including:

• CapturePost

• Details Mode

• Images Mode

• Poses Mode

• Match Mode

Two barcodes are available:

1. The /%S barcode that finds a subject by their unique field

2. The /%K barcode that finds a subject  by their subject key

Advantages of these barcodes

These barcodes will find the subjects no matter where the focus of the cursor is and no matter what field is selected for Find subject via or Get subject via windows.

Either of these barcodes may be added to a template with the Add barcode icon on the toolbar.

The /%S barcode

The /%S barcode finds subjects by the unique field which is, by default, the ID field

CAUTION

The ID field is automatically created and set as the unique field when the software is installed.

It is strongly recommended it be left as the unique field as other aspects of the software assume its presence as such.

The format for the /%S barcode is therefore:

/%S@ID

Figure 1: Barcode settings window displaying information for encoding the /%S@ID barcode

The /%K barcode

The /%K barcode finds subjects by their subject key, which is unique across all subjects in all jobs. Therefore, when using the /%K barcode, it is not necessary to have the subject's job open. In fact, it is not necessary to have a job open at all.

The format for the /%K barcode is:

/%K@key

Figure 2: Barcode settings window displaying information for encoding the /%K@Key barcode

CAUTION

Since the subject key is quite long (eight characters), ensure that the barcode object on the template is sufficiently wide to avoid truncating the barcode. Also keep in mind that barcodes have a start and stop character added to the length of the encoded information.