Everything you need to do the encoding is right there on the link you provided. The last step would be to use an underlying Java library in CF to generate a JPEG of the output for you which can then be embedded in any document format you like, or pay someone to write the generator for you.
On Apr 5, 2005 1:52 PM, Ali Awan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John, > > Oh well. Thanks for the tip though, I'll look into that. > > Ali > > -----Original Message----- > From: Burns, John D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 10:57 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF > > Well, Word automation is basically unsupported by Microsoft so you might > have trouble finding a good solution. Someone posted on here earlier > today about an XML solution for generating Word docs. You may want to > look at that. > > John Burns > Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer > Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ali Awan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 1:51 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF > > John, > > Firstly, thanks for taking the time to discuss this issue. > Yeah, Google has been my friend for many years. Even as I posted this > question on CF-Talk, I had downloaded and evaluated a couple of > off-the-shelf solutions for generating the BarCodes that I needed. I > can even invoke one of them through CF. > > But like I said, that is only half the battle. I need to be able to > embed the generated code into an existing Word Doc, via CF. That's > something I don't know how to do. All the googling, ends up with VB > solutions. Even when I contacted tech-support for one of the software > vendors, they responded with a VB solution. I'm not a VB guru, and > don't know much about writing ActiveX objects, or using the OLEViewer to > decipher all the hex codes and various and sundry variables that I would > need to manipulate were I to use CF to access it. > > Oh well, this horse is pretty much dead. I'll walk away. > > If anyone's interested I can email them off-list if I come up with a CF > interface that does what I need. > > Otherwise, thanks all, and good night, > Ali > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:201650 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
