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Re: Barcode plugin for RealBasic

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Subject: Re: Barcode plugin for RealBasic
From: "Robert Lawrence" <robl@no-no-badpuppy.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:53:47 -0600
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Why would you need a special plugin for this?  I print bar codes all the
time and use only just a barcode truetype font.  code39 is simple just
"print" an asterisk followed by the value and then another asterisk, i.e.
"*12345*".  The asterisk is ued as a way of indicating the start / end of
the barcode.

http://www.idautomation.com/fonts/free/#Download_Free_Barcode_Font  <-- free
font and a brief description on how to use it.

Regards,
Robert

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 1:52 AM, Forrest Christian <forrestc@imach.com>wrote:

> Before I just run off and write my own...I haven't been able to find a
> reasonably priced (as in, costs less than it would cost me to hack something
> together) barcode plugin or other tool for Realbasic.  Google has *not* been
> my friend in this case.
>
> I'm needing to print barcodes from within an application I am writing to
> print serials and other data to a thermal printer.   If I hack it together,
> I'll probably just get an appropriate barcode font and print accordingly.
>  I'd rather find a simple addon for RealBasic which I can select from
> several symbologies and have the code just do the right thing without me
> having to deal with all the little issues such as hight/width and check
> digit calculation.
>
> Currently I'm using primarily Code 128, but some Code 39.
>
> -forrest
>
>
>
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