Adding a Barcode Field to SSRS Mtlqueue Report

I’m trying to display the “order number” on the MtlQueue SSRS report as a barcode. There’s already a field on the report for the Order Number. I tried just changing the font to Data Works 39. Although the report prints out a barcode, the scanner can’t read it. What I notice with the other barcode fields, (if you change the font to Ariel), it prints an asterisk before and after the text. When this happens, the scanner reads it fine. How do you add or change a field to be barcode with the asterisk?

Change the field on the SSRS reprort to be an expression like:

= "*" + Field.Value + "*"
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Here’s what I changed it to: = "*" + Fields!OrderNum.Value + "*"

Now it shows a black square in front of the barcode.

BTW, I’m new to SSRS editing.

I’m not sure what the black square is, but you’ll want to format the OrderNum as a string.
= "*" + Format(Fields!OrderNum.Value, "#") + "*"

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Craig,
Thanks so much! That was the solution. Once I formatted the field per your instructions, I was able to scan the barcode!

Thanks again!

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