Barcode generator

0. Contents

This is the documentation of barcodetest-1.3.4.1.
   1. Contents
   2. Copying
   3. Usage
   4. Downloading

1. Contents

Generates barcodes using the GNU barcode library.

File contains a barcode helper program (nice front-end for actual barcode graphics makers) and a php application for barcodes (using that helper program).

There is an online demo.

2. Copying

This code has been written by Joel Yliluoma, a.k.a. Bisqwit,
and is distributed under the following terms:
* No warranty. You are free to modify this source and to
* distribute the modified sources, as long as you keep the
* existing copyright messages intact and as long as you
* remember to add your own copyright markings.
* You are not allowed to distribute the program or modified versions
* of the program without including the source code (or a reference to
* the publicly available source) and this notice with it.

3. Usage

Barcode generator v1.3.4 - copyright (C) 1992,2002 Bisqwit (http://bisqwit.iki.fi/)
New versions and support at http://bisqwit.iki.fi/source/barcodetest.html
Usage:
    barcodehelper <stringtoencode> [encodingindex]

Encoding indexes are defined in /usr/include/barcode.h,
and should be as follows:

   0=any, 1=ean, 2=upc, 3=isbn, 4=code39,
   5=code128, 6=code128c, 7=code128b, 8=i25,
   9=raw code128, 10=codabar, 11=msi,
   12=plessey, 13=code93.
 (At least when this program was written.)

Output is text, and contains following lines:
  A <input>
  P <the barcode>
  T <text info>
  E <encoding name>
  X <width>
  M <margin>
 The barcode is a coded string that should be interpreted as follows:
    digit = width of bar/space (space is first)
    alphabet = width of bar (a=1,b=2,...) and also tells
               that there's no character below/above
    - = characters will be below
    + = characters will be above
 Text info is a coded string that contains groups of x:y:c
    where x is x-coordinate, y is y-coordinate and c is the
    character to be printed. Possibly prefixed with +/- as
    previously explained.

4. Downloading

The official home page of barcodetest is at http://bisqwit.iki.fi/source/barcodetest.html.
Check there for new versions.

Generated from progdesc.php (last updated: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:36:46 +0200)
with docmaker.php (last updated: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 03:15:53 +0200)
at Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:39:13 +0200