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Hello All,

I would like to write a program which would be capable of creating and
encoding 2D barcodes (a student project, but a serious one).

I need to figure out the principles of information encoding into 2D barcodes.
I've searched all over the web and could find only short descriptions and
images.

I really am not intending to cheat, and thus I am not asking for source
codes and
somebody to do my work for me. I simply would like to be referred to some
really
valuable and informative sources like articles, manuals, tutorials etc.
designed for programmers explaining the key points of 2D barcode development.

The major interest is in PDF417, Aztec Code, QR Code, Maxi Code and Data
Matrix.

Any help will be sincerely appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Synthia (tr******@hotmail.com)
Nov 16 '05 #1
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Synthia,

(Another) good newsgroup for your question is
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.drawing

Cor
Nov 16 '05 #2
Thank you very much, Cor. I really appreciate your help.
Sincerely,
Synthia

"Cor Ligthert" wrote:
Synthia,

(Another) good newsgroup for your question is
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.drawing

Cor

Nov 16 '05 #3
Hi Synthia,

Googling for "C# barcodes" seems to find a lot of tutorials, and entering
"C# aztec code" (or the others you mention) finds some more. The first link
from Googling for barcodes is
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/PostnetBarcode.asp which explains how to
draw Postnet barcodes. If you need information about barcodes specifically,
try searching for "Barcode specification". Other than that, there are
barcode fonts available from various places, but I believe they're usually
commercialy available rather than free (I could easily be wrong). Any
program that's designed to print barcodes would be similar in design to a
cross between a calculator and a label printer.

That's my two. It sounds interesting, good luck with it.

Steve

"Synthia" <tr******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0B**********************************@microsof t.com...
Hello All,

I would like to write a program which would be capable of creating and
encoding 2D barcodes (a student project, but a serious one).

I need to figure out the principles of information encoding into 2D
barcodes.
I've searched all over the web and could find only short descriptions and
images.

I really am not intending to cheat, and thus I am not asking for source
codes and
somebody to do my work for me. I simply would like to be referred to some
really
valuable and informative sources like articles, manuals, tutorials etc.
designed for programmers explaining the key points of 2D barcode
development.

The major interest is in PDF417, Aztec Code, QR Code, Maxi Code and Data
Matrix.

Any help will be sincerely appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Synthia (tr******@hotmail.com)

Nov 16 '05 #4
Hi Steve,

Thanks a lot for the information. I guess now I'll manage to figure
everything out.

Kindest regards,

Synthia

"Steve McLellan" wrote:
Hi Synthia,

Googling for "C# barcodes" seems to find a lot of tutorials, and entering
"C# aztec code" (or the others you mention) finds some more. The first link
from Googling for barcodes is
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/PostnetBarcode.asp which explains how to
draw Postnet barcodes. If you need information about barcodes specifically,
try searching for "Barcode specification". Other than that, there are
barcode fonts available from various places, but I believe they're usually
commercialy available rather than free (I could easily be wrong). Any
program that's designed to print barcodes would be similar in design to a
cross between a calculator and a label printer.

That's my two. It sounds interesting, good luck with it.

Steve

"Synthia" <tr******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0B**********************************@microsof t.com...
Hello All,

I would like to write a program which would be capable of creating and
encoding 2D barcodes (a student project, but a serious one).

I need to figure out the principles of information encoding into 2D
barcodes.
I've searched all over the web and could find only short descriptions and
images.

I really am not intending to cheat, and thus I am not asking for source
codes and
somebody to do my work for me. I simply would like to be referred to some
really
valuable and informative sources like articles, manuals, tutorials etc.
designed for programmers explaining the key points of 2D barcode
development.

The major interest is in PDF417, Aztec Code, QR Code, Maxi Code and Data
Matrix.

Any help will be sincerely appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Synthia (tr******@hotmail.com)


Nov 16 '05 #5

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