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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
