2358186 - Special characters like LF, CR or TAB displayed as # in QR code barcode

The New Barcode Technology is used to print a QR Code 2005 barcode via a SAPScript or a Smart Form, as described in SAP Note #2030263 - "Support for QR Code 2005 Barcode in SAPscript and Smart Forms"

The barcode is created correctly without error messages in the SAP system. However, after scanning the barcode, the text is incorrect. Special separators like LF (Line Feed), CR (Carriage Return) or TAB (character Tabulation) are scanned as "#".
For example:

1. If the input barcode text is: 001<CR><LF>20<TAB>30<CR><LF>40<TAB>50
2. The printed, the result will be:
    
   
3. Scanning the above barcode will result in: 001##20#30##40#50 .

*Image/data in this KBA is from SAP internal systems, sample data, or demo systems. Any resemblance to real data is purely coincidental.* 

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• SAP NetWeaver all releases (where the New Barcode Technology + QR Code 2005 has been fully implemented)
• SAP ERP 6.0 all releases (where the New Barcode Technology + QR Code 2005 has been fully implemented)
• SAP S/4HANA on-premise all releases (where the New Barcode Technology + QR Code 2005 has been fully implemented)
• SAP ABAP Platform all releases (where the New Barcode Technology + QR Code 2005 has been fully implemented)

ABAP platform all versions ; SAP ERP all versions ; SAP NetWeaver Application Server all versions ; SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP all versions ; SAP NetWeaver all versions ; SAP S/4HANA all versions ; SAP Web Application Server for SAP S/4HANA all versions

Zeilenumbruch, Tabulator, PAYMENT_MEDIUM_EU_QRCODE, Giro Code, barcode scan, QR code scan, QR scan, QR code # , KBA , BC-CCM-PRN , Print and Output Management , BC-SRV-SCR , SAPscript , BC-SRV-SSF , Smart Forms , Problem