From 2e927efe0a53ba77ca454a7764f4a70ec1576a8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Drew Rautenberg <drew@drewrautenberg.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:07:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] removed local automatic barcode generation. changed barcode
 to string

---
 barkmanui/src/features/inventory/AddItem.tsx | 10 +---------
 barkmanui/src/features/inventory/types.ts    |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/barkmanui/src/features/inventory/AddItem.tsx b/barkmanui/src/features/inventory/AddItem.tsx
index a335528..02135c9 100644
--- a/barkmanui/src/features/inventory/AddItem.tsx
+++ b/barkmanui/src/features/inventory/AddItem.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {useNavigate} from "react-router";
 import {IconX, IconCheck} from '@tabler/icons-react';
 import {notifications} from '@mantine/notifications';
 import useInventoryList from "./hooks/useInventoryList.tsx";
-import {useEffect} from "react";
 
 
 function AddItem() {
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ function AddItem() {
     const newItemForm = useForm<NewItem>({
         mode: 'uncontrolled',
         initialValues: {
-            barcode: 0,
+            barcode: "",
             name: "",
             brand: "",
             serialNumber: "",
@@ -68,13 +67,6 @@ function AddItem() {
 
     })
 
-    useEffect(() => {
-        if (inventoryQuery.data) {
-            const nextBarcode = inventoryQuery.data[inventoryQuery.data.length - 1].barcode + 1;
-            newItemForm.setValues({barcode: nextBarcode});
-        }
-    },[inventoryQuery.data]);
-
     if (inventoryQuery.isPending) return 'Loading...'
     if (inventoryQuery.error) return 'An error has occurred: ' + inventoryQuery.error.message
 
diff --git a/barkmanui/src/features/inventory/types.ts b/barkmanui/src/features/inventory/types.ts
index 4f1c7c4..7439c51 100644
--- a/barkmanui/src/features/inventory/types.ts
+++ b/barkmanui/src/features/inventory/types.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export interface InventoryItem {
     id: number,
-    barcode: number,
+    barcode: string,
     brand: string,
     name: string,
     status: {id: string; name: string},
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export interface InventoryItem {
 }
 
 export interface NewItem {
-    barcode: number,
+    barcode: string,
     brand: string,
     name: string,
     serialNumber: string,