Of course i meant So the code below shows the settings which allow us to scan the labels when printed with a Toshiba B-EV4D and a Zebra LP 2844.
> Am 22.07.2018 um 23:18 schrieb Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > > I have to add something. > > As I wrote, we were able to successfully scan the labels. This is true as > long as we print the labels with a laser printer. > > If we print the labels with a thermo printer (203 dpi) then the code cannot > be scanned with the values i posted before. > We had set the line thickness of the rectangles to 0 and had to increase the > width of the black bars and decrease the width of the clear ones. > > So the code below shows the settings which allow us to scan the labels with a > Toshiba B-EV4D and a Zebra LP 2844. > > put “3" into tNarrow > put “6" into tWide > set the width of grc "narrowC" to (tNarrow - 2) > set the width of grc "narrowB" to (tNarrow -3) > set the width of grc "wideC" to tWide > set the width of grc "wideB" to tWide > > Regards, > > Matthias Rebbe > > >> Am 20.07.2018 um 13:31 schrieb Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >> >> We tried here with iPhone and also with an USB scanner. Both devices scanned >> the code successfully. >> >> I have just finished a program for shipment. It fetches customer and invoice >> data from the accounting software and creates then the shipment labels >> including a Code25i barcode and a QR code. The carrier is Trans-o-Flex. I >> need to send some sample labels to their IT department. They will check if >> the labels are readable by their scanners. But i am now confident, that this >> will work on their side also. >> >> Thanks again. >> >> Matthias >> >> >> >>> Am 20.07.2018 um 11:31 schrieb Mike Bonner via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >>> >>> Very cool! Does it actually produce a code that can be scanned? >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 3:25 AM Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode < >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>>> you´re awesome. That is already an almost complete solution to my >>>> question. Never had expected that. Thank you very much. >>>> I´ve made some little changes. One among of them is: >>>> To have all the separate bars of the barcode in a group, i changed the >>>> lines where the grc is cloned >>>> to for example copy grc “narrowB” to grp “barcode2of5” >>>> >>>> Here´s now my code to convert the nNnNN…. string to Barcode >>>> >>>> local tLast >>>> on mouseup >>>> if there is a grp "barcode2of5" then delete grp "barcode2of5" >>>> -- now change the width of the template graphics >>>> put "2" into tNarrow >>>> put "4" into tWide >>>> set the width of grc "narrowC" to tNarrow >>>> set the width of grc "narrowB" to tNarrow >>>> set the width of grc "wideC" to tWide >>>> set the width of grc "wideB" to tWide >>>> put "0" into tHorAdjust -- allows to put a gap beween the separate bars. >>>> put "60,286" into tBarTopLeft -- defines where the first bar is placed >>>> put empty into tLast >>>> put fld "2of5" into tChars -- the field with your wNnnW string >>>> set the casesensitive to true -- to differentiate case of course >>>> create grp "barcode2of5" >>>> repeat for each char tChar in tChars >>>> switch tChar >>>> case "N" >>>> -- checks the char, and clones the matching bar. >>>> --if its the first time through, places it at astart location >>>> -- then uses the id of the most recent bar forplacement >>>> purposes >>>> --clone grc "narrowB" >>>> copy grc "narrowB" to grp "barcode2of5" >>>> if tLast is empty then >>>> set the topleft of the last grc to tBarTopLeft >>>> else >>>> set the topleft of the last grc to horAdjust(tHorAdjust) >>>> end if >>>> break >>>> case "n" >>>> --clone grc "narrowC" >>>> copy grc "narrowC" to grp "barcode2of5" >>>> if tLast is empty then >>>> set the topleft of the last grc to tBarTopLeft >>>> else >>>> set the topleft of the last grc to horAdjust(tHorAdjust) >>>> end if >>>> break >>>> case "W" >>>> --clone grc "wideB" >>>> copy grc "wideB" to grp "barcode2of5" >>>> if tLast is empty then >>>> set the topleft of the last grc to tBarTopLeft >>>> else >>>> set the topleft of the last grc to horAdjust(tHorAdjust) >>>> end if >>>> break >>>> case "w" >>>> --clone grc "widec" >>>> copy grc "widec" to grp "barcode2of5" >>>> if tLast is empty then >>>> set the topleft of the last grc to tBarTopLeft >>>> else >>>> set the topleft of the last grc to horAdjust(tHorAdjust) >>>> end if >>>> break >>>> end switch >>>> put the short id of the last grc into tLast -- the id of the most >>>> recently placed bar >>>> end repeat >>>> set the height of grp "barcode2of5" to 69 >>>> set the width of grp "barcode2of5" to 360 >>>> end mouseup >>>> >>>> --This function allows a horizontal adjustment of the single bars. >>>> function horAdjust tHorAdjust >>>> put the topright of grc id tLast into tTMP >>>> set the itemdelimiter to "," >>>> add tHorAdjust to item 1 of tTMP >>>> return tTMP >>>> end horAdjust >>>> >>>> Again, thank you very much for your help. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Matthias >>>> >>>> >>>>> Am 20.07.2018 um 01:01 schrieb Mike Bonner via use-livecode < >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >>>>> >>>>> Not sure if it will work for your purpose, but as a test I created for >>>>> graphic lines, 1 narrow black, 1 wider black, duplicated them and set the >>>>> blendlevel of the copies so that they're transparent. >>>>> >>>>> Grcs are named narrowB, wideB, narrowC and wideC (b for black, c for >>>> clear) >>>>> >>>>> Then used the following code (and your example string from above with the >>>>> WWnNw stuff) to generate a barcode. >>>>> >>>>> on mouseup >>>>> put empty into tLast >>>>> put field 1 into tChars -- the field with your wNnnW string >>>>> set the casesensitive to true -- to differentiate case of course >>>>> repeat for each char tChar in tChars >>>>> switch tChar >>>>> case "N" -- checks the char, and clones the matching bar. >>>>> --if its the first time through, places it at a >>>>> start location >>>>> -- then uses the id of the most recent bar for >>>>> placement purposes >>>>> clone grc "narrowB" >>>>> if tLast is empty then >>>>> set the topleft of the last grc to 10,50 >>>>> else >>>>> set the topleft of the last grc to the topright of grc id >>>>> tLast >>>>> end if >>>>> break >>>>> case "n" >>>>> clone grc "narrowC" >>>>> if tLast is empty then >>>>> set the topleft of the last grc to 10,50 >>>>> else >>>>> set the topleft of the last grc to the topright of grc id >>>>> tLast >>>>> end if >>>>> break >>>>> case "W" >>>>> clone grc "wideB" >>>>> if tLast is empty then >>>>> set the topleft of the last grc to 10,50 >>>>> else >>>>> set the topleft of the last grc to the topright of grc id >>>>> tLast >>>>> end if >>>>> break >>>>> case "w" >>>>> clone grc "widec" >>>>> if tLast is empty then >>>>> set the topleft of the last grc to 10,50 >>>>> else >>>>> set the topleft of the last grc to the topright of grc id >>>>> tLast >>>>> end if >>>>> break >>>>> >>>>> end switch >>>>> put the short id of the last grc into tLast -- the id of the most >>>>> recently placed bar >>>>> end repeat >>>>> end mouseup >>>>> >>>>> Spacing and line size might need to be tweaked, but it seems like this >>>>> would be relatively straight forward. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 4:30 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < >>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I think the trick will be drawing large graphics one at a time and >>>>>> properly spaced at several times their finished size, perhaps off >>>> screen, >>>>>> then getting a snapshot of the result and scaling it down. Not sure how >>>>>> picky the readers will be. >>>>>> >>>>>> Bob S >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jul 19, 2018, at 15:06 , Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode < >>>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Currently i am using a special 2of5i barcode font. The font .has only >>>>>> four characters (bars) in its set. >>>>>>> The code displays a >>>>>>> narrow space (blank) bar when the character is n >>>>>>> narrow black bar when N >>>>>>> wide space when w >>>>>>> wide black bar when W >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>>>> subscription preferences: >>>>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode