ePoint System wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a specification proposal for code128 barcodes, in case you
> consider adding this type of "chart".
>
> A little background:
> For the web interface of an embedded system, I needed QR codes and
> Code128 barcodes. Since I do not want to bother Google's servers (and
> waste my customers' bandwidth) unnecessarily, my device generates the
> requested PNGs all by itself, but since you guys designed such a nice
> API(*), instead of re-inventing the wheel, we decided on a compatible
> implementation as far as the query string (the part following the
> question mark in the URL) is concenred.
>
> However, since we needed Code128 and you don't have that, here is a
> draft specification for those:
>
> cht=c128
> chl=<text to encode>
> choe=<output encoding> (actually I did not implement this one, as all
> my data are us-ascii)
> chld=<orientation>|<margin>
>
> <orientation> is either H or V (horizontal or vertical, respectively,
> horizontal being the default), <margin> is the width of blank area on
> both sides as measured in module (unit bar width), 10 by default.
> Module  width as well as bar length is determined from chs as usual.
>
> (*) Sure, I have read section 5.6 of your Terms of Service. I hope
> that you do not mind that we implement a compatible API (mostly as a
> tribute to Google; compatibility has very little practical
> significance in this case) and won't take any legal action against me.
> Also, I do not ask you to implement Code128 charts; I use my own
> implementation. Just in case you consider doing so, you may also
> consider staying compatible with my implementation. I surely do not
> mind if you do so and do not even ask you to credit me with its
> specification.

Yes, I think you're right that this is a bit of a 'gap' in the Charts
API.

http://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api/msg/76fbf3b46083aa6b?hl=en

--
 Bart
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"Google Chart API" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected]
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to 
[email protected]
For more options, visit this group at 
http://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api?hl=en
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

Reply via email to