Comment 12 for bug 1082981

Just dont use that field. I think its stupid the software comes only with
the field EAN13 for barcode, when that format is only used in Europe. Just
create another field called anything and use it on the product record. All
the field is a field.char() with some custom terribly written validation
code. Case closed.

On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 8:29 PM, WhyteHorse <email address hidden> wrote:

> This bug is still affecting me. I use 16 digit barcodes so ean13
> truncates them. How hard is it to make the field bigger? Pfffft, it's
> probably like 5min of coding but then "somebody" won't make money
> selling plugins...
>
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> Title:
> Generic barcode field needed over EAN13
>
> Status in Odoo Addons (MOVED TO GITHUB):
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> EAN13 is a European standard. Other parts of the world do not use
> EAN13. This field provided by OpenERP is not generic enough. IMO,
> EAN13 should be in a separate module that can be installed on demand.
> There should also be a generic barcode field that supports more
> standardized barcode formats like 3of9, UPC, CODE128, etc
>
>
> It just doesnt make sense to have a field EAN13 and call it the fits all
> solution, when really this only makes sense if you are in Europe, Not to
> mention, because EAN13 requires 13 digits it makes it impossible to use any
> other type of code.
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