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13 Jan 2005 9:29 AM

Synthia

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 (tryck***@hotmail.com)

13 Jan 2005 11:44 AM

Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]

Hello,

Do you really need to implement the logic of rendering (I mean drawing the
actual stripes) of the bar code yourself?
I just remember I have seen a number of 3rd party components already capable
of doing this.

Also take a look at these links:

http://www.pdf417.com/linear.htm
http://www.taltech.com/TALtech_web/resources/intro_to_bc/bcsymbol.htm
http://www.hightechaid.com/standards/bar_code_standards.htm

The latter refers to ISO/IEC standards which should have very detailed
descriptions of each of the codes.

--
Sincerely,
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
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"Synthia" <tryck***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:F690CF33-5813-45DA-B895-916A01727F3E@microsoft.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 (tryck***@hotmail.com)
>
>