Now I see that my expectations were a bit off (actually by a lot). I have filed RFE http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=68841 And in the mean time will try using macro in Writer.
Thanks a lot! WBR, K. Palagin. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ross Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 5:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [users] Barcodes (not postal) in OO? > > Kirill S. Palagin wrote: > > >Thanks a lot! This ean13.ttf seems to be broken - when I > install it in > >windows\fonts and see the result in either Writer or Word it > produces > >identical bars for every digit I type, no matter what it is. > >Any idea how to get in touch with the author (I could not find his > >address on his pages or in his app)? > > > > > I assure you it works - I don't see identical bars. I'll send > you a screenshot privately as an attachment for you to see. I > also just typed in the code that I found on the back of a > book and the bars in the spreadsheet demo look the same. > > Did you download the sample Calc spreadsheet too that > contains the macro? Just to be sure, the bars you refer to as > being the same are the ones in column C? Column A contains > the 12 digit number that you want to encode (works as either > text or numeric cell), and column B is the encoded character > sequence shown in a normal text font, and column C is that > same encoded sequence displayed using the EAN13 font in 30 point size. > > I do notice that if you try to display the unencoded number > in column A using the EAN13 font you could very well think > that all the bars are the same. > > Ross > > >Thanks a lot. > >WBR, > >K. Palagin. > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Ross Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 6:51 AM > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: Re: [users] Barcodes (not postal) in OO? > >> > >> > >>I also found this site, which explains the encoding and provides > >>macros for OOo and a free EAN13.ttf font download created > by the web > >>page author. > >> > >>http://grandzebu.net/informatique/codbar-en/ean13.htm > >> > >>Ross > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > >>additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional > >commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
