Re: barcodes, cuecats, reverse engineering - semi OT

[leona lewis]

http://www.keepautomation.com/products/net_barcode_reader/

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Re: barcodes, cuecats, reverse engineering - semi OT

[leona lewis]

read barcodes with .net
http://www.keepautomation.com/products/net_barcode_reader/

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RE: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

[David Phelan]

The barcode is an image that evaluates to a string when read so you could:

1) store the string in the database and generate the barcode image on the fly 
2) generate the barcode image, store it on the file system and store the path 
in the database
3) generate the barcode image and store it in a BLOB

Dave

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Hi Dave and all,

Tried posting this earlier, not sure it has gone through, here I go again:

Excuse the dumb question, I fully understand how the QR code and reader works, 
I've built a number of QR solutions, where I use it to direct users to PDFs and 
videos resources, activities per file are stored in the database, as you can 
capture url values. 

I've never used barcode before, how does it work as far as storing info into a 
database? Especially when using those physical barcode readers or even apps

Many thanks,

Matt 



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Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

[a.matthew14]

Ok that makes sense. Many thanks Dave.





 Original message From: Dave Watts 
 Date:22/04/2014  16:26  (GMT+00:00) 
To: cf-talk  Subject: Re: (ot) 
barcodes and mobile sites 

> Excuse the dumb question, I fully understand how the QR code and reader 
> works, I've built a number of QR solutions,
> where I use it to direct users to PDFs and videos resources, activities per 
> file are stored in the database, as you can
> capture url values.
>
> I've never used barcode before, how does it work as far as storing info into 
> a database? Especially when using those
> physical barcode readers or even apps

If you're using the standalone barcode scanner app on your phone, most
of these other barcode formats will just show you the number they
contain. But custom apps can invoke the barcode scanner app, read the
number, and do something with it, like Google Shopper does.

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Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

[Dave Watts]

> Excuse the dumb question, I fully understand how the QR code and reader 
> works, I've built a number of QR solutions,
> where I use it to direct users to PDFs and videos resources, activities per 
> file are stored in the database, as you can
> capture url values.
>
> I've never used barcode before, how does it work as far as storing info into 
> a database? Especially when using those
> physical barcode readers or even apps

If you're using the standalone barcode scanner app on your phone, most
of these other barcode formats will just show you the number they
contain. But custom apps can invoke the barcode scanner app, read the
number, and do something with it, like Google Shopper does.

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Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

[Matthew Allen]

Hi Dave and all,

Tried posting this earlier, not sure it has gone through, here I go again:

Excuse the dumb question, I fully understand how the QR code and reader works, 
I've built a number of QR solutions, where I use it to direct users to PDFs and 
videos resources, activities per file are stored in the database, as you can 
capture url values. 

I've never used barcode before, how does it work as far as storing info into a 
database? Especially when using those physical barcode readers or even apps

Many thanks,

Matt 

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Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

[Matthew Allen]

Hi Dave and all,

Excuse the dumb question, I fully understand how the QR code and reader works, 
I've built a number of QR solutions, where I use it to direct users to PDFs and 
videos resources, activities per file are stored in the database, as you can 
capture url values. 

I've never used barcode before, how does it work as far as storing info into a 
database? Especially when using those physical barcode readers or even apps

>> > QR codes can launch a specific URL in the mobile browser. Is that what
>> > you're trying to do?
>>
>> Thanks Dave.not exactly, but that does spark another idea.  Any idea
>> if the URL can specify URL params as well (I assume so...just have not
>> really used them much)??
>
>Yes, they can. Anything you can put in a URL will work in a QR code.
>
>
>Well, if they're regular barcodes, the Android barcode reader might be
>able to read them just fine. I know that I've used mine to read
>several different barcode formats. I don't remember which ones any
>more because it was quite some time ago.
>
>You might find this interesting:
>http://chris.m0nk3y.net/blog/post/scanning-barcodes-from-your-mobile-web-apps
>
>Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
>1-202-527-9569
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>http://training.figleaf.com/
>
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>instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. 

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Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

[Bryan Stevenson]

Well as Barney would say - Challenge accepted! ;-)

I have my doubts as wellbut then again I didn't know yesterday what 
I now know today!

...of course if there was a widget I could buy and use for this - I 
would...hehe

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Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

[Bryan Stevenson]

Thanks for that Cameronand I'd love to hear more about what you're 
up to as well ;-)

I did see a mention on Git (a link from the article Dave provided 
yesterday) that some mobile app scanners allow you to configure a URL to 
send the user to when a barcode is scanned.  It uses a few placeholders 
in the configured URL to replace with values from the scanner (barcode 
format and the value scanned).  So that essentially makes a QR out of an 
old style barcode (in terms of sending user to a URL)

I may be stuck with traditional barcodes as the things to be scanned 
already exist and I think (need to confirm) they are old school

To make this more fun - this happens on fishing vessels at sea ;-)

It looks like there is hope for something like this.

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Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

[Cameron Childress]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Dave Watts wrote:

> If you're building a native app on Android, you can certainly do this
> with the ZXing library:
> https://github.com/zxing/zxing
>
> I don't think you'll be able to do that with a mobile site, though.


This company has already chosen iOS as their platform of choice and we have
already told them they should expect to buy bluetooth scanning hardware.
I'm still going to play with the mobile site though and see if I can make
anything at all work. The project is still at the very start.

WWDC is also in June, the theoretical middle of this project. I haven't
been paying attention enough to know what may be released around that time
but I've always thought it's feasible that a QR Code input could be built
into Safari eventually, someday. I think that's a very long shot, but it's
in the back of my mind since this project started.

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Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

[Dave Watts]

> Additionally, we hope to eventually embed QR scanning in either a mobile
> site or app that would allow the user to "scan item(s) now" as part of a
> larger process. In this case, we would like to intercept the QR string
> within our app and disassemble it in the app (instead of redirecting the
> user to the URL). In that case we would just pull out the URL params to
> populate the form and disregard the fact that it's a web link.
>
> I think that this should be possible in theory but I don't know yet what's
> possible within a mobile website vs an app. In a native app I am sure it's
> possible, the mobile site I am still unsure.

If you're building a native app on Android, you can certainly do this
with the ZXing library:
https://github.com/zxing/zxing

I don't think you'll be able to do that with a mobile site, though.

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Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

[Cameron Childress]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 7:18 PM, Bryan Stevenson wrote:

> Thanks Dave.not exactly, but that does spark another idea.  Any idea
> if the URL can specify URL params as well (I assume so...just have not
> really used them much)??
>

Bryan-

We are scoping out a project with similar requirements right now. The goal
would be that QR Codes could be used to help in data entry in a form that
has other fields in it too. It's for an stock/inventory management app.

I don't know if this helps you out at all because I haven't tested anything
yet to see what's possible, but we're hoping to build the QR codes as URLs
so that any "outside" QR scanning app hitting the code would send the user
to an appropriate deep link in the mobile site for that item.

Additionally, we hope to eventually embed QR scanning in either a mobile
site or app that would allow the user to "scan item(s) now" as part of a
larger process. In this case, we would like to intercept the QR string
within our app and disassemble it in the app (instead of redirecting the
user to the URL). In that case we would just pull out the URL params to
populate the form and disregard the fact that it's a web link.

I think that this should be possible in theory but I don't know yet what's
possible within a mobile website vs an app. In a native app I am sure it's
possible, the mobile site I am still unsure.

We are also investigating handheld BlueTooth QR scanners that may be able
to send the inputs to the app as a string - simulating keyboard entry.
We've had success with connecting up credit card swipers and 2d barcode
scanners this way in the past so I am hopeful this will be no different.

I would be interested in hearing about anything you find.

-Cameron

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Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

[Bryan Stevenson]

Thanks for the link DaveI'll give that a read!

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Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

[.jonah]

OK, that's cool. Great use of intents and hooks.

On 4/10/14, 5:49 PM, Dave Watts wrote:
> You might find this interesting:
> http://chris.m0nk3y.net/blog/post/scanning-barcodes-from-your-mobile-web-apps



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Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

[Dave Watts]

> > QR codes can launch a specific URL in the mobile browser. Is that what
> > you're trying to do?
>
> Thanks Dave.not exactly, but that does spark another idea.  Any idea
> if the URL can specify URL params as well (I assume so...just have not
> really used them much)??

Yes, they can. Anything you can put in a URL will work in a QR code.

> Your mention of QRs opening URLs made me wonder if I could have the web
> app collect each scan one at a time and store temporarily.  The idea
> being each QR passes the numeric value I would be after as a URL param -
> then repeat until all scanning done.
>
> I should mention that the things to be scanned may already exist and
> only have barcodes and not QR (although in another area of my work that
> QR idea might just work).

Well, if they're regular barcodes, the Android barcode reader might be
able to read them just fine. I know that I've used mine to read
several different barcode formats. I don't remember which ones any
more because it was quite some time ago.

You might find this interesting:
http://chris.m0nk3y.net/blog/post/scanning-barcodes-from-your-mobile-web-apps

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Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

[Bryan Stevenson]

On 14-04-10 03:59 PM, Dave Watts wrote:
> QR codes can launch a specific URL in the mobile browser. Is that what
> you're trying to do?
Thanks Dave.not exactly, but that does spark another idea.  Any idea 
if the URL can specify URL params as well (I assume so...just have not 
really used them much)??

This is a data entry application running via a mobile site.  In the 
middle of filling in a form, the user may need to scan a bar/QR code and 
the value behind the code must be placed in a form prompt (text input). 
They will need to scan multiple codes.

It may not have to be that direct (i.e. perhaps they do all their 
scanning and all values are stored in a list - then the user could 
copy/cut that list and paste into the web form prompt).

As I saidthe bridge (getting data from scanner to web app) is the 
part I am struggling with - just looking for options and brainstorming

Your mention of QRs opening URLs made me wonder if I could have the web 
app collect each scan one at a time and store temporarily.  The idea 
being each QR passes the numeric value I would be after as a URL param - 
then repeat until all scanning done.

I should mention that the things to be scanned may already exist and 
only have barcodes and not QR (although in another area of my work that 
QR idea might just work).

Anywooo...there is some more clarity (I hope)

Thanks again for the feedback Dave

>
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Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

[Dave Watts]

> I'm just looking into the possible methods/options for scanning a
> barcode (or QR) using a mobile device (phone/tablet) and making the
> scanned value (in this case a number) available to a web app running via
> a mobile site (i.e. stuff scanned value in text input)?
>
> It's the bridge from whatever does the scanning (I assume any of the
> widely available barcode scanning apps in the various app marketplaces)
> and the web app that has me wondering what to do.
>
> I'm sure this would be easier with a mobile app (Android/iOS/etc)
> instead of a web app in a mobile site - but heywhy do anything the
> easy way ;-)
>
> Another option for the scanning might be to use actual scanner hardware
> attached to the mobile device (if such things exist and would work with
> the most popular mobile OSs)

QR codes can launch a specific URL in the mobile browser. Is that what
you're trying to do?

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(ot) barcodes and mobile sites

[Bryan Stevenson]

Hi All,

I'm just looking into the possible methods/options for scanning a 
barcode (or QR) using a mobile device (phone/tablet) and making the 
scanned value (in this case a number) available to a web app running via 
a mobile site (i.e. stuff scanned value in text input)?

It's the bridge from whatever does the scanning (I assume any of the 
widely available barcode scanning apps in the various app marketplaces) 
and the web app that has me wondering what to do.

I'm sure this would be easier with a mobile app (Android/iOS/etc) 
instead of a web app in a mobile site - but heywhy do anything the 
easy way ;-)

Another option for the scanning might be to use actual scanner hardware 
attached to the mobile device (if such things exist and would work with 
the most popular mobile OSs)

Thanks in advance for any thoughts

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Re: Barcodes

[.jonah]

Can't you just use a barcode font with cfimage or directly on the page 
as a webfont?

On 8/29/13 8:45 AM, Chad Gray wrote:
> Just regular old code 39 type of barcodes.  I will check out the java library 
> also.
>
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>
>
>> Anyone recommend a way to create and display barcodes on a webpage?
> What kind of barcodes, exactly? QR codes? UPC? The zxing library is a free, 
> open-source Java library that's commonly used (in the Java world at least) - 
> that's probably what I'd try first.
>
> https://code.google.com/p/zxing/
>
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Re: Barcodes

[Chester Austin]

We use barcodes to generate tickets for admission to parks and things.  I've 
been using CFBarbecue (http://cfbarbecue.riaforge.org/) and it's worked out 
well.

> Chad,
> My company has built an enterprise inventory management system using 
> www.bokai.com java servlet. It's not free but really easy to implement 
> and super easy to use.
> 
> Hope that helps!
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian
> 
> Sent from my mobile device, please excuse brevity & spelling.
> 
> On Aug 29, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Chad Gray  wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Well since Efflare's CFX gFont does not work with 64 bit systems I 
> need to find a new way to make a barcodes on my websites.
> > 
> > Anyone recommend a way to create and display barcodes on a webpage?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Chad
> > 
> > 

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Re: Barcodes

[Brian Polackoff]

Chad,
My company has built an enterprise inventory management system using 
www.bokai.com java servlet. It's not free but really easy to implement and 
super easy to use.

Hope that helps!

Thanks,
Brian

Sent from my mobile device, please excuse brevity & spelling.

On Aug 29, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Chad Gray  wrote:

> 
> Well since Efflare's CFX gFont does not work with 64 bit systems I need to 
> find a new way to make a barcodes on my websites.
> 
> Anyone recommend a way to create and display barcodes on a webpage?
> 
> Thanks,
> Chad
> 
> 

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Re: Barcodes

[Paul Hastings]

On 8/29/2013 10:39 PM, Chad Gray wrote:
> Anyone recommend a way to create and display barcodes on a webpage?

if the use case is printing/PDF, there's stuff built into iText (already in cf).

see http://itextpdf.com/examples/iia.php?id=297





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RE: Barcodes

[Chad Gray]

Just regular old code 39 type of barcodes.  I will check out the java library 
also.

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Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 11:44 AM
To: cf-talk
Subject: Re: Barcodes


> Anyone recommend a way to create and display barcodes on a webpage?

What kind of barcodes, exactly? QR codes? UPC? The zxing library is a free, 
open-source Java library that's commonly used (in the Java world at least) - 
that's probably what I'd try first.

https://code.google.com/p/zxing/

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RE: Barcodes

[Chad Gray]

Cool!  I should have known there would be a jQuery solution.

Thanks!
Chad

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Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 11:41 AM
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You can use jQuery:

http://barcode-coder.com/en/barcode-jquery-plugin-201.html

There might be others too



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Re: Barcodes

[Dave Watts]

> Anyone recommend a way to create and display barcodes on a webpage?

What kind of barcodes, exactly? QR codes? UPC? The zxing library is a
free, open-source Java library that's commonly used (in the Java world
at least) - that's probably what I'd try first.

https://code.google.com/p/zxing/

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Re: Barcodes

[Rob Parkhill]

You can use jQuery:

http://barcode-coder.com/en/barcode-jquery-plugin-201.html

There might be others too


On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Chad Gray  wrote:

>
> Well since Efflare's CFX gFont does not work with 64 bit systems I need to
> find a new way to make a barcodes on my websites.
>
> Anyone recommend a way to create and display barcodes on a webpage?
>
> Thanks,
> Chad
>
> 

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Barcodes

[Chad Gray]

Well since Efflare's CFX gFont does not work with 64 bit systems I need to find 
a new way to make a barcodes on my websites.
 
Anyone recommend a way to create and display barcodes on a webpage?
 
Thanks,
Chad

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Re: Printing barcodes

[andy]

Keith
Would you mind sharing the code to create the pdf?  I am working on the same 
problem and haven't got a workable solution yet.

Andy
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Subject: Re: Printing barcodes [spamtrap bayes][spamtrap heur]
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Found the solution

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405588.html




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RE: Printing barcodes

[Bobby Hartsfield]

Thanks for pointing out your own solution. I hope to play around with
barcodes soon.

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Found the solution

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405588.html




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Re: Printing barcodes

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Found the solution

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405588.html


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Re: Printing barcodes

[Keith McGee]

This is how I'm adding the bar code #LICENSE_PARAMETER# 

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Printing barcodes

[Keith McGee]

I am creating 4 x 4 labels pdf files, storing them on the server, printing them 
to a zebra label printer, then deleting the files. I'm using a window font; Bar 
code 39 a, bar code 39 a hr, up to f. The program is creating the labels fine 
with the bar code.

when I print them with  the label prints with out the bar 
code.

But if I open the pdf and print it manual the bar code prints.

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Code 128 Variant C barcodes

[Jeremy Keith]

So I have a free font, but I'm having issues finding the encoding for the 
variant C of Code 128. 

Code B I seem to have down, but this one is elluding me, anyone have any 
pointers? 

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Re: PDF forms and barcodes

[Bryan Stevenson]

> Bryan,
> 
> Yep, I am still trying to get my hands around the various Adobe products and
> their flavors, but I think this is what you want:
> http://www.adobe.com/products/server/barcodedpaperforms/indepth.html
> 
> You can create a 2d barcode that contains the XML associated with the data
> in a form. As a user moves from field to field in a form making changes,
> you'll see the barcode change. And when done you can scan the barcode to
> extract the data.
> 
> --- Ben

Thanks Benyou are once again living up to your rep ;-)!!

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RE: PDF forms and barcodes

[Ben Forta]

Bryan,

Yep, I am still trying to get my hands around the various Adobe products and
their flavors, but I think this is what you want:
http://www.adobe.com/products/server/barcodedpaperforms/indepth.html

You can create a 2d barcode that contains the XML associated with the data
in a form. As a user moves from field to field in a form making changes,
you'll see the barcode change. And when done you can scan the barcode to
extract the data.

--- Ben


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Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 5:35 PM
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Subject: OT: PDF forms and barcodes

Hey All,

I've been looking at Adobe Acrobat Pro to use in the creation of PDF forms
(didgital forms which allow user input...not paper forms to be printed).

The piece of functionality I can't see in the docs is the ability to add a
unique number or barcode to the page based on the user's entries in the form
fields.

THE FLOW I IMAGINE:
1) user fills in form
2) user hits a button to genetrate a file number or barcode
3) that file number or barcode is added to the page (and stays there until
the user hits the buttton again...even between saves)

I'm sure this is possible, but not sure if the Adobe tools allow for
thisor if I need to bark up another tree?

TIA

Cheers

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Electric Edge Systems Group Inc.
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OT: PDF forms and barcodes

[Bryan Stevenson]

Hey All,

I've been looking at Adobe Acrobat Pro to use in the creation of PDF forms 
(didgital forms which allow user input...not paper forms to be printed).

The piece of functionality I can't see in the docs is the ability to add a 
unique number or barcode to the page based on the user's entries in the form 
fields.

THE FLOW I IMAGINE:
1) user fills in form
2) user hits a button to genetrate a file number or barcode
3) that file number or barcode is added to the page (and stays there until the 
user hits the buttton again...even between saves)

I'm sure this is possible, but not sure if the Adobe tools allow for thisor 
if I need to bark up another tree?

TIA

Cheers

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Re: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Qasim Rasheed]

Sure Ali, let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks

Qasim

On Apr 6, 2005 12:20 PM, Ali Awan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Cool!
> Thanks Qasim.
> I downloaded it, but am Java illiterate.
> 
> Since now this has moved out of the CF realm, if you have the time and
> inclination, could I maybe email you offlist with my java questions.  (e.g.
> what is a jar file, what can I do with it, etc...)
> 
> Thanks again,
> Ali
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Qasim Rasheed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 8:57 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: Generating BarCodes in CF
> 
> Here is a java-based solution on sourceforge.
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/barbecue/
> 
> On Apr 5, 2005 10:00 PM, Adam Howitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> 
> 

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RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Ali Awan]

Cool!
Thanks Qasim.
I downloaded it, but am Java illiterate.

Since now this has moved out of the CF realm, if you have the time and
inclination, could I maybe email you offlist with my java questions.  (e.g.
what is a jar file, what can I do with it, etc...)

Thanks again,
Ali

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From: Qasim Rasheed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
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To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Generating BarCodes in CF

Here is a java-based solution on sourceforge.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/barbecue/


On Apr 5, 2005 10:00 PM, Adam Howitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> 
> 



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Re: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Qasim Rasheed]

Here is a java-based solution on sourceforge.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/barbecue/


On Apr 5, 2005 10:00 PM, Adam Howitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> 
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Re: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Adam Howitt]

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
> 
> 

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RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Ali Awan]

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





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RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Burns, John D]

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
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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



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RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Ali Awan]

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

-Original Message-
From: Burns, John D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 10:39 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

Ali,

Do a search in google for pdf217 command-line and you'll get a bunch of
results for software programs and stuff like that.  Something should be
out there for you. 


John Burns
Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer
Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer
 


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RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Burns, John D]

Ali,

Do a search in google for pdf217 command-line and you'll get a bunch of
results for software programs and stuff like that.  Something should be
out there for you. 


John Burns
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Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer
 

-Original Message-
From: Ali Awan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 1:37 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

It didn't make it
I guess we can't send images on here
Well the image is the first thing you see if you go to this page:
http://grandzebu.net/informatique/codbar-en/pdf417.htm

Ali

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RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Burns, John D]

Well, since it's more than just a font, your problem does sound like it
requires the specialized program.  I'm not sure where to send you from
here.  Just search for a program that you can run from your desktop
(perhaps command-line based) and get that working and then it's easy to
move it over to CF.  


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-Original Message-
From: Ali Awan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 1:21 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

John,

I do indeed have the font(s) installed in Word.  And yes, I can type
certain characters and it will display in somewhat of a barcode font.

However, I do know, from however much research I have done this far, is
that a series of binary strings are necessary to display the barcode
correctly.
I know this because I download the evaluation versions of some of the
software that does the 2D barcode conversion.  Those are all blackbox
implementations though.  I need something that I can invoke via CF via a
webapp, and then embed in my documents.

You cannot just type "Hello world" in word and apply the font and get
the correct barcode.  You will get something in the barcode font, but
not the desired result.  "Hello world" has to go through a conversion
into a binary string based on a specific formula.  That string has to be
entered into word or ActivePDF or Adobe Acrobat or Notepad, and then the
font can be applied to it to get the proper bar code.

The reason I know this is because there are websites out there which do
an on-the-fly conversion to the 2-D barcode and show you what the result
is supposed to look like.  

Cheers,
Ali
-Original Message-
From: Burns, John D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 10:04 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

If you can install the font on your PC and open word and write some text
in that font to get the result you want, then you can do it on the
server.

Perhaps the reason you were seeing wingdings when you viewed their
formula output is because you don't have the required fonts installed?

If there is indeed a font that you can type and the font outputs the
barcode (like in Word) then you can just use CF to call ActivePDF and
send over the characters necessary to create the output and tell
ActivePDf to use that font (which must be installed on the server to
work correctly).


John Burns
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Developer
 

-Original Message-
From: Ali Awan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 12:08 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

John,

Yes, it is available in a font.  The font is called PDF417, I believe.
This sounds like the direction I may want to go in.  Can you elaborate
on how I could do that?

We have ActivePDF installed on our server, could I do it using that?

However, we can't just take plain text and apply the font to it.  The
plain text gets encoded into a series of binary "words" I believe. (I
think it's the right terminology a binary string of 16 bits).  Some
guy came up with a formula that does the encoding.  The formula itself
is open source, and there's a SourceForge project out there, that claims
to convert a text string to the 2D barcode.  I downloaded it and ran
their sample app, and all it does is convert the text into WingDings.

That was one dead-end.
Next, I found the website of some French dude that posted the entire
formula for creating 2D barcodes.  But since I'm not a PhD in Discrete
Math, nor in Computer Science, it was way above my
understanding/abilities/comprehension.
Otherwise, I believe we may be able to use Coldfusion to generate the
barcode if we can decipher the formula.

Here's the guy's website:
http://grandzebu.net/informatique/codbar-en/pdf417.htm

He too claims to have a tool to encode plain text into a barcode.  I
downloaded it and ran it and all it did was convert my text into
WingDings.
So I don't know how much we can trust the formula he posts.  However it
looks confusing enough to be trusted :S


Thanks,
Ali 





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RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Ali Awan]

It didn't make it
I guess we can't send images on here
Well the image is the first thing you see if you go to this page:
http://grandzebu.net/informatique/codbar-en/pdf417.htm

Ali

-Original Message-
From: Ali Awan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 10:35 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

FYI incase anyone is wondering.
Here is what I mean by 2D barcodes.  I have attached the gif of what one
looks like.  

If you have ever shipped a UPS package where you generated the package slip
on their website or via EBay, then you have probably seen this.



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RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Ali Awan]

FYI incase anyone is wondering.
Here is what I mean by 2D barcodes.  I have attached the gif of what one
looks like.  

If you have ever shipped a UPS package where you generated the package slip
on their website or via EBay, then you have probably seen this.


-Original Message-
From: Andy Ousterhout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 9:57 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

Sorry to join in late.  I use CF_BarCode:

Company   : fusionZONE, Inc.
Application   : barcodeZONE
Version   : 1.0
Build Date: 03/18/2004
Developer : Kevin Maloy

Copyright (c) 2004 fusionZONE, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
http://www.fusionzone.com 
DO NOT REMOVE THIS NOTICE 

Works like a charm.

Andy




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RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Ali Awan]

Thanks Andy,

But you are too late,j/k :P  Somebody already suggested that.

And that is actually one of the first places I looked before posting to
CF-Talk.  Unfortunately, FusionZone is limited in the Barcoding Symbologies
that they encode.  I'm looking for an app that converts to the 2D
symbologies, mainly PDF417.  To my knowledge FusionZone doesn't support
that.

The ones that I have found which do support it, are so far 2: Morovia and
TEC-IT.  However those are mainly desktop apps written in VB.  One of them
has an ActiveX control, but they don't explain how to access it, and what
methods/variables etc, are available.  Even then, that's only half the
battle, the second part is how to programmatically embed the info I need
into a word doc.

These were the same kinds of problems that we faced as CF developers before
ActivePDF and MX7, when we tried to generate PDF's on the fly.  

I was looking for some Coldfusion-friendly apps, or a method by which I
could write an app myself in CF.

Thanks,
Ali

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From: Andy Ousterhout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 9:57 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

Sorry to join in late.  I use CF_BarCode:

Company   : fusionZONE, Inc.
Application   : barcodeZONE
Version   : 1.0
Build Date: 03/18/2004
Developer : Kevin Maloy

Copyright (c) 2004 fusionZONE, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
http://www.fusionzone.com 
DO NOT REMOVE THIS NOTICE 

Works like a charm.

Andy

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From: Ali Awan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 11:31 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF


John,

Yes, it is available in a font.  The font is called PDF417, I believe.  This
sounds like the direction I may want to go in.  Can you elaborate on how I
could do that?





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RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Ali Awan]

John,

I do indeed have the font(s) installed in Word.  And yes, I can type certain
characters and it will display in somewhat of a barcode font.

However, I do know, from however much research I have done this far, is that
a series of binary strings are necessary to display the barcode correctly.
I know this because I download the evaluation versions of some of the
software that does the 2D barcode conversion.  Those are all blackbox
implementations though.  I need something that I can invoke via CF via a
webapp, and then embed in my documents.

You cannot just type "Hello world" in word and apply the font and get the
correct barcode.  You will get something in the barcode font, but not the
desired result.  "Hello world" has to go through a conversion into a binary
string based on a specific formula.  That string has to be entered into word
or ActivePDF or Adobe Acrobat or Notepad, and then the font can be applied
to it to get the proper bar code.

The reason I know this is because there are websites out there which do an
on-the-fly conversion to the 2-D barcode and show you what the result is
supposed to look like.  

Cheers,
Ali
-Original Message-
From: Burns, John D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 10:04 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

If you can install the font on your PC and open word and write some text
in that font to get the result you want, then you can do it on the
server.

Perhaps the reason you were seeing wingdings when you viewed their
formula output is because you don't have the required fonts installed?

If there is indeed a font that you can type and the font outputs the
barcode (like in Word) then you can just use CF to call ActivePDF and
send over the characters necessary to create the output and tell
ActivePDf to use that font (which must be installed on the server to
work correctly).


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 12:08 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

John,

Yes, it is available in a font.  The font is called PDF417, I believe.
This sounds like the direction I may want to go in.  Can you elaborate
on how I could do that?

We have ActivePDF installed on our server, could I do it using that?

However, we can't just take plain text and apply the font to it.  The
plain text gets encoded into a series of binary "words" I believe. (I
think it's the right terminology a binary string of 16 bits).  Some
guy came up with a formula that does the encoding.  The formula itself
is open source, and there's a SourceForge project out there, that claims
to convert a text string to the 2D barcode.  I downloaded it and ran
their sample app, and all it does is convert the text into WingDings.

That was one dead-end.
Next, I found the website of some French dude that posted the entire
formula for creating 2D barcodes.  But since I'm not a PhD in Discrete
Math, nor in Computer Science, it was way above my
understanding/abilities/comprehension.
Otherwise, I believe we may be able to use Coldfusion to generate the
barcode if we can decipher the formula.

Here's the guy's website:
http://grandzebu.net/informatique/codbar-en/pdf417.htm

He too claims to have a tool to encode plain text into a barcode.  I
downloaded it and ran it and all it did was convert my text into
WingDings.
So I don't know how much we can trust the formula he posts.  However it
looks confusing enough to be trusted :S


Thanks,
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RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Andy Ousterhout]

Sorry to join in late.  I use CF_BarCode:

Company   : fusionZONE, Inc.
Application   : barcodeZONE
Version   : 1.0
Build Date: 03/18/2004
Developer : Kevin Maloy

Copyright (c) 2004 fusionZONE, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
http://www.fusionzone.com 
DO NOT REMOVE THIS NOTICE 

Works like a charm.

Andy

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Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 11:31 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF


John,

Yes, it is available in a font.  The font is called PDF417, I believe.  This
sounds like the direction I may want to go in.  Can you elaborate on how I
could do that?



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RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Burns, John D]

If you can install the font on your PC and open word and write some text
in that font to get the result you want, then you can do it on the
server.

Perhaps the reason you were seeing wingdings when you viewed their
formula output is because you don't have the required fonts installed?

If there is indeed a font that you can type and the font outputs the
barcode (like in Word) then you can just use CF to call ActivePDF and
send over the characters necessary to create the output and tell
ActivePDf to use that font (which must be installed on the server to
work correctly).


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 12:08 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

John,

Yes, it is available in a font.  The font is called PDF417, I believe.
This sounds like the direction I may want to go in.  Can you elaborate
on how I could do that?

We have ActivePDF installed on our server, could I do it using that?

However, we can't just take plain text and apply the font to it.  The
plain text gets encoded into a series of binary "words" I believe. (I
think it's the right terminology a binary string of 16 bits).  Some
guy came up with a formula that does the encoding.  The formula itself
is open source, and there's a SourceForge project out there, that claims
to convert a text string to the 2D barcode.  I downloaded it and ran
their sample app, and all it does is convert the text into WingDings.

That was one dead-end.
Next, I found the website of some French dude that posted the entire
formula for creating 2D barcodes.  But since I'm not a PhD in Discrete
Math, nor in Computer Science, it was way above my
understanding/abilities/comprehension.
Otherwise, I believe we may be able to use Coldfusion to generate the
barcode if we can decipher the formula.

Here's the guy's website:
http://grandzebu.net/informatique/codbar-en/pdf417.htm

He too claims to have a tool to encode plain text into a barcode.  I
downloaded it and ran it and all it did was convert my text into
WingDings.
So I don't know how much we can trust the formula he posts.  However it
looks confusing enough to be trusted :S


Thanks,
Ali 

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RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Burns, John D]

If you can install the font on your PC and open word and write some text
in that font to get the result you want, then you can do it on the
server.

Perhaps the reason you were seeing wingdings when you viewed their
formula output is because you don't have the required fonts installed?

If there is indeed a font that you can type and the font outputs the
barcode (like in Word) then you can just use CF to call ActivePDF and
send over the characters necessary to create the output and tell
ActivePDf to use that font (which must be installed on the server to
work correctly).


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 12:08 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

John,

Yes, it is available in a font.  The font is called PDF417, I believe.
This sounds like the direction I may want to go in.  Can you elaborate
on how I could do that?

We have ActivePDF installed on our server, could I do it using that?

However, we can't just take plain text and apply the font to it.  The
plain text gets encoded into a series of binary "words" I believe. (I
think it's the right terminology a binary string of 16 bits).  Some
guy came up with a formula that does the encoding.  The formula itself
is open source, and there's a SourceForge project out there, that claims
to convert a text string to the 2D barcode.  I downloaded it and ran
their sample app, and all it does is convert the text into WingDings.

That was one dead-end.
Next, I found the website of some French dude that posted the entire
formula for creating 2D barcodes.  But since I'm not a PhD in Discrete
Math, nor in Computer Science, it was way above my
understanding/abilities/comprehension.
Otherwise, I believe we may be able to use Coldfusion to generate the
barcode if we can decipher the formula.

Here's the guy's website:
http://grandzebu.net/informatique/codbar-en/pdf417.htm

He too claims to have a tool to encode plain text into a barcode.  I
downloaded it and ran it and all it did was convert my text into
WingDings.
So I don't know how much we can trust the formula he posts.  However it
looks confusing enough to be trusted :S


Thanks,
Ali  

-Original Message-
From: Burns, John D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 8:09 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

Is that format available in a font? If so, you could install the font on
the server and generate PDF docs with the bar code in that font. 


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 11:07 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

Thanks for the links, but as I mentioned in my email these are in the
category of...
>>> There are some off-the-shelf cfapps that generate barcodes but not 
>>>in that format

They don't support the 2D (PDF417) format that I'm looking for.

Thanks anyway,
Ali


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From: CFDEV [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 4:58 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

http://www.fusionzone.com/

http://www.infosoftglobal.com/PoS4TallyPro/index1.html 

-Original Message-
From: Ali Awan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: April 4, 2005 18:48
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Generating BarCodes in CF

I was wondering if anyone knows of any CF apps, or used CF to connect to
3rd party apps to generate barcodes.  Specifically 2D barcodes.  If you
are familiar with barcodes, you will know what that means :-)

 

There are some off-the-shelf cfapps that generate barcodes but not in
that format.

 

Also, if not, does anyone have experience in using CF to embed an image
into a Word Document.

 

Help with any or both of those issues would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Ali













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RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Ali Awan]

John,

 

Yes, it is available in a font.  The font is called PDF417, I believe.  This
sounds like the direction I may want to go in.  Can you elaborate on how I
could do that?

 

We have ActivePDF installed on our server, could I do it using that?

 

However, we can't just take plain text and apply the font to it.  The plain
text gets encoded into a series of binary "words" I believe. (I think it's
the right terminology a binary string of 16 bits).  Some guy came up
with a formula that does the encoding.  The formula itself is open source,
and there's a SourceForge project out there, that claims to convert a text
string to the 2D barcode.  I downloaded it and ran their sample app, and all
it does is convert the text into WingDings.

 

That was one dead-end.

Next, I found the website of some French dude that posted the entire formula
for creating 2D barcodes.  But since I'm not a PhD in Discrete Math, nor in
Computer Science, it was way above my understanding/abilities/comprehension.

Otherwise, I believe we may be able to use Coldfusion to generate the
barcode if we can decipher the formula.

 

Here's the guy's website:

http://grandzebu.net/informatique/codbar-en/pdf417.htm
<http://grandzebu.net/informatique/codbar-en/pdf417.htm> 

 

He too claims to have a tool to encode plain text into a barcode.  I
downloaded it and ran it and all it did was convert my text into WingDings.

So I don't know how much we can trust the formula he posts.  However it
looks confusing enough to be trusted :S

 

 

Thanks,

Ali  

 

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From: Burns, John D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]

Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 8:09 AM

To: CF-Talk

Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

 

Is that format available in a font? If so, you could install the font on the
server and generate PDF docs with the bar code in that font. 

 

 

John Burns

Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web
Developer

 

 



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RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Ali Awan]

John,

Yes, it is available in a font.  The font is called PDF417, I believe.  This
sounds like the direction I may want to go in.  Can you elaborate on how I
could do that?

We have ActivePDF installed on our server, could I do it using that?

However, we can't just take plain text and apply the font to it.  The plain
text gets encoded into a series of binary "words" I believe. (I think it's
the right terminology a binary string of 16 bits).  Some guy came up
with a formula that does the encoding.  The formula itself is open source,
and there's a SourceForge project out there, that claims to convert a text
string to the 2D barcode.  I downloaded it and ran their sample app, and all
it does is convert the text into WingDings.

That was one dead-end.
Next, I found the website of some French dude that posted the entire formula
for creating 2D barcodes.  But since I'm not a PhD in Discrete Math, nor in
Computer Science, it was way above my understanding/abilities/comprehension.
Otherwise, I believe we may be able to use Coldfusion to generate the
barcode if we can decipher the formula.

Here's the guy's website:
http://grandzebu.net/informatique/codbar-en/pdf417.htm

He too claims to have a tool to encode plain text into a barcode.  I
downloaded it and ran it and all it did was convert my text into WingDings.
So I don't know how much we can trust the formula he posts.  However it
looks confusing enough to be trusted :S


Thanks,
Ali  

-Original Message-
From: Burns, John D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 8:09 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

Is that format available in a font? If so, you could install the font on
the server and generate PDF docs with the bar code in that font. 


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 11:07 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

Thanks for the links, but as I mentioned in my email these are in the
category of...
>>> There are some off-the-shelf cfapps that generate barcodes but not 
>>>in that format

They don't support the 2D (PDF417) format that I'm looking for.

Thanks anyway,
Ali


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From: CFDEV [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 4:58 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

http://www.fusionzone.com/

http://www.infosoftglobal.com/PoS4TallyPro/index1.html 

-Original Message-
From: Ali Awan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: April 4, 2005 18:48
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Generating BarCodes in CF

I was wondering if anyone knows of any CF apps, or used CF to connect to
3rd party apps to generate barcodes.  Specifically 2D barcodes.  If you
are familiar with barcodes, you will know what that means :-)

 

There are some off-the-shelf cfapps that generate barcodes but not in
that format.

 

Also, if not, does anyone have experience in using CF to embed an image
into a Word Document.

 

Help with any or both of those issues would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Ali











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RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Burns, John D]

Is that format available in a font? If so, you could install the font on
the server and generate PDF docs with the bar code in that font. 


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 11:07 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

Thanks for the links, but as I mentioned in my email these are in the
category of...
>>> There are some off-the-shelf cfapps that generate barcodes but not 
>>>in that format

They don't support the 2D (PDF417) format that I'm looking for.

Thanks anyway,
Ali


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From: CFDEV [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 4:58 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

http://www.fusionzone.com/

http://www.infosoftglobal.com/PoS4TallyPro/index1.html 

-Original Message-
From: Ali Awan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: April 4, 2005 18:48
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Generating BarCodes in CF

I was wondering if anyone knows of any CF apps, or used CF to connect to
3rd party apps to generate barcodes.  Specifically 2D barcodes.  If you
are familiar with barcodes, you will know what that means :-)

 

There are some off-the-shelf cfapps that generate barcodes but not in
that format.

 

Also, if not, does anyone have experience in using CF to embed an image
into a Word Document.

 

Help with any or both of those issues would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Ali









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RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

[Ali Awan]

Thanks for the links, but as I mentioned in my email these are in the
category of...
>>> There are some off-the-shelf cfapps that generate barcodes but not in
>>>that format

They don't support the 2D (PDF417) format that I'm looking for.

Thanks anyway,
Ali


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From: CFDEV [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 4:58 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

http://www.fusionzone.com/

http://www.infosoftglobal.com/PoS4TallyPro/index1.html 

-Original Message-
From: Ali Awan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: April 4, 2005 18:48
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Generating BarCodes in CF

I was wondering if anyone knows of any CF apps, or used CF to connect to 3rd
party apps to generate barcodes.  Specifically 2D barcodes.  If you are
familiar with barcodes, you will know what that means :-)

 

There are some off-the-shelf cfapps that generate barcodes but not in that
format.

 

Also, if not, does anyone have experience in using CF to embed an image into
a Word Document.

 

Help with any or both of those issues would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Ali







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RE: Generating BarCodes in CF

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http://www.fusionzone.com/

http://www.infosoftglobal.com/PoS4TallyPro/index1.html 

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From: Ali Awan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: April 4, 2005 18:48
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Generating BarCodes in CF

I was wondering if anyone knows of any CF apps, or used CF to connect to 3rd
party apps to generate barcodes.  Specifically 2D barcodes.  If you are
familiar with barcodes, you will know what that means :-)

 

There are some off-the-shelf cfapps that generate barcodes but not in that
format.

 

Also, if not, does anyone have experience in using CF to embed an image into
a Word Document.

 

Help with any or both of those issues would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Ali





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Generating BarCodes in CF

[Ali Awan]

I was wondering if anyone knows of any CF apps, or used CF to connect to 3rd
party apps to generate barcodes.  Specifically 2D barcodes.  If you are
familiar with barcodes, you will know what that means :-)

 

There are some off-the-shelf cfapps that generate barcodes but not in that
format.

 

Also, if not, does anyone have experience in using CF to embed an image into
a Word Document.

 

Help with any or both of those issues would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Ali



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RE: BARCODES in CF

[Blaine Korte]

Looks like I'm going to be using this one. it's the only one that's
impressed me.

I also have to print it out - in fact, its going to be dynamically inserted
into PDF's, which means it will need to be high res.  The barcodeZONE tag
looks like the only one out there that I can _easily_ resize and have it
print out and scan perfect.

Looks like it will be definitely worth the money.

Blaine Korte

Web Developer

St Solo Computer Graphics Inc.

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Subject: RE: BARCODES in CF

http://www.fusionzone.com/applications/barcode/overview.cfm

Another one I have run across in my wonderings.  We have not needed
ColdFusion barcode generation yet, so I have not tried this, or any others.

--
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http://www.fusionzone.com/applications/barcode/overview.cfm

 
Another one I have run across in my wonderings.  We have not needed ColdFusion barcode generation yet, so I have not tried this, or any others.

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Re: BARCODES in CF

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http://www.webcaterers.com/barcodes/

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BARCODES in CF

[Ciliotta, Mario]

Hi,

 
Does anyone know of any good barcode generators that work with CFMX.  I am
looking for something either in CF or JAVA.  If it is open source that would
be great but if it is a commercial app that is fine too.

 
I basically need to print barcodes on a label - I am not sure what style of
barcode yet but I believe that it will be code39 or 2 of 5.

 
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RE: 2 questions: hot keys and barcodes

[Buckland, Ramon]

> Two separate things...one, want to config a f key to open a 
> browser window.

Antony answered this, Tried it. Worked with F8. :-)
There are programs that do this job for _any_ application if you need 
to use an F key reserved by the OS or environment.
Keyboard listeners/Program launchers.. google for that stuff.

> 
> Second, we have had no problems doing the barcoding...but 
> question has been
> raised if we can scan a code, which triggers a javascript 
> event, or the
> like...

Well .. yes, DynAPI (http://dynapi.sourceforge.net/dynapi/) 
(A DHTML JavaScript API) has a keypress library which can
be loaded on it's own. 

Here it is extracted 
http://www.scottandrew.com/dhtml/docs/keypress.html

(DynAPI is very quiet these days :-)

cheers
ramon buckland

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Re: 2 questions: hot keys and barcodes

[Antony Sideropoulos]

Hi Eric


>Setup a key in Windows to goto a web address...anyone know how?


If I understand correctly, you can try this:

- Define a favorite for the web address
- Right-click the favorite in the Favorites menu, and choose properties
  (If you can't do this, find your favorites folder via explorer, and then 
right-click>properties
- On the Web-Document tab, there is a Shortcut key field.
- Click in this field, and press a key - the shortcut is automatically 
prepended with Ctrl+Alt, giving you a three key shortcut key eg Ctrl+Alt+H
- Click in the field and press F1 for more information.

Apparently, you can use the short cut key from any application that does not 
already use that combo - this is actually a really good feature.

(This is one the benefits from having IE integrated into the OS...Who needs 
competition when MS can come up with this by themselves?)

HTH



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RE: 2 questions: hot keys and barcodes

[webmaster]

Two separate things...one, want to config a f key to open a browser window.

Second, we have had no problems doing the barcoding...but question has been
raised if we can scan a code, which triggers a javascript event, or the
like...

Regards,

Eric J. Hoffman
DataStream Connexion
www.datastreamconnexion.com



-Original Message-
From: Buckland, Ramon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 8:44 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: 2 questions: hot keys and barcodes



What kind of commands do you wish to 'force' ?
A barcode scanner just acts as a keybord device (depending
on what type you get)

so if the barcode (depending on the encoding of course)
has some 'commands' you want to send to the browser
then ...

yes it can be done.


> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, 20 March 2003 1:39 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: 2 questions: hot keys and barcodes
> 
> 
> Quick check if anyone knows much about the following:
> 
> Setup a key in Windows to goto a web address...anyone know how?
> 
> Second, anyone with experience using barcodes in an intranet inventory 
> app...have a question about whether I can force a few commands via 
> barcodes scanned that hold that code...or I am being t fancy?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Eric J. Hoffman
> DataStream Connexion
> www.datastreamconnexion.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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RE: 2 questions: hot keys and barcodes

[Buckland, Ramon]

What kind of commands do you wish to 'force' ?
A barcode scanner just acts as a keybord device (depending
on what type you get)

so if the barcode (depending on the encoding of course)
has some 'commands' you want to send to the browser
then ...

yes it can be done.


> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, 20 March 2003 1:39 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: 2 questions: hot keys and barcodes
> 
> 
> Quick check if anyone knows much about the following:
> 
> Setup a key in Windows to goto a web address...anyone know how?
> 
> Second, anyone with experience using barcodes in an intranet inventory
> app...have a question about whether I can force a few 
> commands via barcodes
> scanned that hold that code...or I am being t fancy?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Eric J. Hoffman
> DataStream Connexion
> www.datastreamconnexion.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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2 questions: hot keys and barcodes

[webmaster]

Quick check if anyone knows much about the following:

Setup a key in Windows to goto a web address...anyone know how?

Second, anyone with experience using barcodes in an intranet inventory
app...have a question about whether I can force a few commands via barcodes
scanned that hold that code...or I am being t fancy?

Thanks!

Regards,

Eric J. Hoffman
DataStream Connexion
www.datastreamconnexion.com




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RE: 2D Barcodes

[Rob Rohan]

yeah there are some pretty cool java libraries here:
http://www.idautomation.com/pdf417faq.html

I used the libraries in a java application, but you should be able to use
them MX.

-Original Message-
From: Sam Farmer [mailto:samcoldfusion@;hotpop.com]
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 1:42 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: SOT: 2D Barcodes


All,

Has anyone any experience printing 2d barcodes in the pdf417 format with
CFMX?  Not finding too much on the web about it.

Cheers,

Sam





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SOT: 2D Barcodes

[Sam Farmer]

All,

Has anyone any experience printing 2d barcodes in the pdf417 format with
CFMX?  Not finding too much on the web about it.

Cheers,

Sam




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SOT: 2d barcodes

[Samuel Farmer]

All--

Has anyone any experience/advice with printing 2d barcodes?  Our process
would be to retrieve info from database, put in 2d format and then print.
Would be using CFMX (and some 3rd party software) if that helps.

Thanks,

Sam



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