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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Format options for barcodes</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="manual.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.0"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="JpGraph Manual"><link rel="up" href="ch24.html" title="Chapter 24. Linear Barcodes (One Dimensional Barcodes)"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Format options for barcodes</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 24. Linear Barcodes (One Dimensional Barcodes)</th><td width="20%" align="right"> </td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" title="Format options for barcodes"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2596824"></a>Format options for barcodes</h2></div></div></div>
<div class="sect2" title="Adjusting the encodation process"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2596909"></a>Adjusting the encodation process</h3></div></div></div>
<p>For the encoding there is basically only one modification available. </p>
<p>For those symbologies that include an optional checksum it is possible to
enable or disable this calculation.</p>
<p>The following symbologies may have optional checksum character(s)</p>
<p>
</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem">
<p>Industrial 2 of 5</p>
</li><li class="listitem">
<p>Interleaved 2 of 5</p>
</li><li class="listitem">
<p>Code 39</p>
</li><li class="listitem">
<p>Code 39 Extended</p>
</li><li class="listitem">
<p>Code 11</p>
</li></ol></div><p>
</p>
<p>Turning on/off checksum calculation for other symbologies will have no affect.
Checksum calculation is enabled with a call to <code class="code">AddChecksum()</code> on the
chosen backend. </p>
<p>For example to augment the previous "CODE 39" example to include the checksum
the code would be changed to</p>
<p>
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</pre></td><td class="hl-main" valign="top"><pre><span class="hl-inlinetags"><?php</span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-var">$symbology</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-identifier">BarcodeFactory</span><span class="hl-code">::</span><span class="hl-identifier">Create</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-identifier">ENCODING_CODE39</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$symbology</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">AddChecksum</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$barcode</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-identifier">BackendFactory</span><span class="hl-code"> ::</span><span class="hl-identifier">Create</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-string">IMAGE</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-code">, </span><span class="hl-var">$symbology</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$barcode</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">Stroke</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-string">ABC123</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-inlinetags">?></span></pre></td></tr></table></div><p>
</p>
<p>Which would give the result shown in <a class="xref" href="ch24s08.html#fig.adding-chk-c39" title='Figure 24.6. Encoding "ABC123" with CODE 39 adding checksum (checksum=4).'>Figure 24.6. Encoding "ABC123" with CODE 39 adding checksum (checksum=4).</a></p>
<p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.adding-chk-c39"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 24.6. Encoding "ABC123" with CODE 39 adding checksum (checksum=4).</b></p><div class="figure-contents">
<div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/barcode_c39_abc123_ex3.png" alt='Encoding "ABC123" with CODE 39 adding checksum (checksum=4).'></div>
</div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2" title="Selecting output format"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2597037"></a>Selecting output format</h3></div></div></div>
<p>The output format can be adjusted by specifying/creating the appropriate
backend. The library supports image and postscript (and encapsulated postscript)
backends. </p>
<p>The backend is created by calling the static factory method </p>
<p>
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">
<p><code class="code">BackendFactory::Create($aBackend,$aEncoder,$aReport=false)</code></p>
</li></ul></div><p>
</p>
<p>So to create an image backend the following code is needed</p>
<p>
</p><div class="hl-main"><table class="hl-table" width="100%"><tr><td class="hl-gutter" align="right" valign="top"><pre>1
</pre></td><td class="hl-main" valign="top"><pre><span class="hl-code">$barcode = BackendFactory::Create (BACKEND_IMAGE ,$symbology);</span></pre></td></tr></table></div><p>
</p>
<p>Where "<code class="code">$symbology</code>" is the chosen symbology as created by the
<code class="code">BarcodeFactory::Create()</code> factory method. Please note that both
factory functions are called as static methods.</p>
<p>The output format is specified by using one of the following symbolic
defines</p>
<p>
</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem">
<p><code class="code">BACKEND_IMAGE</code>, Creates a standard JPEG or PNG
(default) image</p>
</li><li class="listitem">
<p><code class="code">BACKEND_PS</code>, Creates a standard postscript file as
output. It is possible to modify this output to become EPS
(Encapsulated postscript) by calling the <code class="code">SetEPS()</code>
method on the backend as the following code snippet shows</p>
<p>
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$barcode->SetEPS()</span></pre></td></tr></table></div><p>
</p>
<p>Please note that for the postscript backend the postscript code is
returned as a string from the <code class="code">Stroke()</code> method. </p>
</li></ol></div><p>
</p>
<p>To send the created stream (either image or postscript) back to the browser or
to a file the <code class="code">Backend::Stroke()</code> method shall be used. The parameter
to the Stroke() method shall be the string to be encoded.</p>
<p>Assume we want to create an image that is sent back to the browser. We would
then use the following code</p>
<p>
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</span><span class="hl-var">$symbology</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-identifier">BarcodeFactory</span><span class="hl-code">::</span><span class="hl-identifier">Create</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-identifier">ENCODING_CODE128</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$barcode</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-identifier">BackendFactory</span><span class="hl-code"> ::</span><span class="hl-identifier">Create</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-identifier">BACKEND_IMAGE</span><span class="hl-code">, </span><span class="hl-var">$symbology</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$barcode</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">Stroke</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-string">ABC123</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-inlinetags">?></span></pre></td></tr></table></div><p>
</p>
<p>It is also possible to write the barcode directly to a file by specifying a
second argument to the <code class="code">Stroke()</code> method above. So if we instead
wanted the barcode to be stored in the file
"<code class="filename">/tmp/barcode.png</code>" we could write </p>
<p>
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</pre></td><td class="hl-main" valign="top"><pre><span class="hl-code">$symbology = BarcodeFactory::Create (ENCODING_CODE128 );
$barcode = BackendFactory ::Create(BACKEND_IMAGE, $symbology);
$barcode->Stroke('ABC123','/tmp/barcode.png');</span></pre></td></tr></table></div><p>
</p>
<p>
</p><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3>
<p>There is no automatic added extension to the file name.</p>
</div><p>
</p>
<p>Again, please note that for the Postscript background the
<code class="code">Backend::Stroke()</code> method normally returns the postscript file
as a string if everything went well.</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2" title="Writing barcodes to a file"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2597044"></a>Writing barcodes to a file</h3></div></div></div>
<p>This is done by adding a second argument, the file name, to the
<code class="code">Backend::Stroke()</code> method. This works for all backends. The file
name should be an absolute path name. Since it is the PHP process that writes
the file the permissions must allow the PHP process to write to the directory if
PHP is called from a browser. If the command line version of PHP is used this
does of course not apply.</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2" title="Hiding the human readable text"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2597234"></a>Hiding the human readable text</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">
<p><code class="code">Backend::HideText($aHide=true)</code></p>
</li></ul></div><p>
</p>
<p>The human readable text is the string that can optionally be displayed at the
bottom of the bar. By default this is enabled. </p>
</div>
<div class="sect2" title="Adjusting the module width"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2597265"></a>Adjusting the module width</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">
<p><code class="code">Backend::SetModuleWidth($aWidth)</code></p>
</li></ul></div><p>
</p>
<p>There are however some subtle facts regarding the module width and backend
that needs to be explained. </p>
<p>
</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem">
<p>For image type backends the module width specifies the number of
pixels used for a module.</p>
</li><li class="listitem">
<p>For Postscript (and Encapsulated PS) backends the module width
specifies the width in points (i.e. 1/72 inch). </p>
</li></ol></div><p>
</p>
<p>This also means that for image type backends only integer values makes
sense.</p>
<p>
</p><div class="caution" title="Caution" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Caution</h3>
<p>Depending on the quality of the printer (and paper) very small module
width might not be readable with all bar code readers. For images it is
therefore recommended to use "2" pixels as the minimum module width and
for postscript output the minimum recommended width is "0.8" pt.</p>
</div><p>
</p>
<p>The following code shows how to both change the module width to 2 pixels and
hide the human readable text </p>
<p>
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</span><span class="hl-var">$symbology</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-identifier">BarcodeFactory</span><span class="hl-code">::</span><span class="hl-identifier">Create</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-identifier">ENCODING_CODE39</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$barcode</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-identifier">BackendFactory</span><span class="hl-code"> ::</span><span class="hl-identifier">Create</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-string">IMAGE</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-code">, </span><span class="hl-var">$symbology</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$barcode</span><span class="hl-code"> -></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetModuleWidth</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-number">2</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$barcode</span><span class="hl-code"> -></span><span class="hl-identifier">HideText</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$barcode</span><span class="hl-code"> -></span><span class="hl-identifier">Stroke</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-string">ABC123</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-inlinetags">?></span></pre></td></tr></table></div><p>
</p>
<p>which would give the result shown in <a class="xref" href="ch24s08.html#fig.barcode-c39-ex2" title='Figure 24.7. Encoding "ABC123" with CODE 39, hiding the text.'>Figure 24.7. Encoding "ABC123" with CODE 39, hiding the text.</a>
below</p>
<p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.barcode-c39-ex2"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 24.7. Encoding "ABC123" with CODE 39, hiding the text.</b></p><div class="figure-contents">
<div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/barcode_c39_abc123_ex2.png" alt='Encoding "ABC123" with CODE 39, hiding the text.'></div>
</div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2" title="Setting vertical or horizontal layout"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2597395"></a> Setting vertical or horizontal layout</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">
<p><code class="code">Backend::SetVertical($aVertical=true)</code></p>
</li></ul></div><p>
</p>
<p>Will rotate the barcode 90 degrees to create a vertical view of the
barcode.</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2" title="Adjusting height of bar code"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2597418"></a>Adjusting height of bar code</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">
<p>
<code class="code">Backend::SetHeight($aHeight)</code></p>
</li></ul></div><p>
</p>
<p>The height of the bar codes is specified with the
<code class="code">Backend::SetHeight()</code> method. For images the height is
interpreted as pixels and for postscript files it is interpreted as points (1 pt
= 1/72 inch)</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2" title="Scaling of bar codes"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2597385"></a>Scaling of bar codes</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">
<p><code class="code">Backend::SetScale($aScaleFactor)</code></p>
</li></ul></div><p>
</p>
<p>The scale factor is real number and specifies a scale factor for the overall
barcode image. </p>
</div>
<div class="sect2" title="Add frame around bar code"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2597465"></a>Add frame around bar code</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">
<p><code class="code">Backend::ShowFrame($aFlag=true)</code></p>
</li></ul></div><p>
</p>
<p>This method will enable a frame around the edges of the barcode image</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2" title="Examples of adjusting the output"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2597509"></a>Examples of adjusting the output</h3></div></div></div>
<p>The following example outputs a postscript file representing the bar code with
a module width of 1.2 pt, using a vertical layout and scaling the image 2 times.
For this example we are using CODE 39 with a checksum (which is automatically
generated) </p>
<p>
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</pre></td><td class="hl-main" valign="top"><pre><span class="hl-inlinetags"><?php</span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-var">$symbology</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-identifier">BarcodeFactory</span><span class="hl-code">::</span><span class="hl-identifier">Create</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-identifier">ENCODING_CODE128</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$barcode</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-identifier">BackendFactory</span><span class="hl-code"> ::</span><span class="hl-identifier">Create</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-identifier">BACKEND_PS</span><span class="hl-code">, </span><span class="hl-var">$symbology</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$barcode</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetVertical</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-reserved">true</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$barcode</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">Scale</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-number">2</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$barcode</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetModuleWidth</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-number">1</span><span class="hl-number">.2</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$barcode</span><span class="hl-code"> -></span><span class="hl-identifier">Stroke</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-string">ABC123</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code"> ) </span><span class="hl-brackets">{</span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-inlinetags">?></span></pre></td></tr></table></div><p>
</p>
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