Thanks to all. I'm feeling good that my original assumption of abbreviating wasn't going to work. I appreciate all the different methods of entering. One will rise to the top. I'll post later.
Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Drew Henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [U2] 20 Digit Number > Mark, > > If you have specific numbers, or just need to have 20-digit numbers for > testing, you can always generate several pages with the numbers and > their associated bar-codes on them, allowing you to scan them in. > > Drew > > Mark Johnson wrote: > > >General Question. A client has just taken on a new major customer and we have > >to keep track of their product codes. These codes are 20 numbers long with no > >real prefixing, suffixing or patterns. > > > >Is there any way to abbreviate numbers. I know this is a weird question but I > >know that I may be entering these codes manually during the testing and/or > >installation phase of this project and 20 numbers is a lot of typing. > > > >I've run out of ideas that simplify as most tend to complicate matters. The > >users will eventually be using bar code, scanning off of printed documents. As > >I develop, I will not have that benefit. > > > >I can calculator-enter numbers pretty effeciently given my accounting > >background. But 20 digits is a lot. > > > >I'm open to any ideas even if to know there are none. > > > >Thanks in advance. > >Mark Johnson > >------- > >u2-users mailing list > >u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > > > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Drew Henderson "There are two types of people - > Dir. for Computer Center Operations those who do the work and those > [EMAIL PROTECTED] who take the credit. Try to be > in the first group, there is > 110 Ginger Hall less competition." > Morehead State University Indira Ghandi > Morehead, KY 40351 > Phone: 606/783-2445 Fax: 606/783-5078 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
