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Zint and libzint 2.3.0
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Zint is a suite of programs to allow easy encoding of data in any of the wide range of public domain
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barcode standards and to allow integration of this capability into your own programs. This version
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of Zint is able to encode data in the following formats:
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Code 11, Standard Code 2 of 5, IATA Code 2 of 5, Industrial Code 2 of 5, Interleaved Code 2 of 5,
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Code 2 of 5 Data Logic, ITF-14, Deutche Post Leitcode, Deutche Post Identcode, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-2,
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EAN-5, EAN-8, EAN-13, UK Plessey, MSI Plessey, Telepen Alpha, Telepen Numeric, Code 39,
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Extended Code 39, Code 93, PZN, Code 23, LOGMARS, Codabar, Pharmacode, Code 128, EAN-128, NVE-18,
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Code 16k, PDF417, MicroPDF417, Two-Track Pharmacode, PostNet, PLANET, Australia Post 4-State Symbols,
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RM4SCC, USPS OneCode, GS1 DataBar, DataBar-14, DataBar Limited, DataBar Extended, DataBar Stacked,
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Composite Symbology, Data Matrix, QR Code, Maxicode, Aztec Code, EAN-13, Codablock-F, Micro QR,
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Korea Post Barcode, HIBC Code 128, HIBC Code 39, HIBC Data Matrix, HIBC PDF417, HIBC MicroPDF417,
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HIBC QR Code, HIBC Codablock-F, HIBC Aztec Code, Japanese Postal Code, Code 49, Channel Code, Code One,
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Grid Matrix, FIM and Flattermarken.
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Full documentation is available at project website: http://www.zint.org.uk
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PROJECT STATUS
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This release features a complete rebuild of QR Code and Micro QR Code functionality which now:
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* Automatically detects and adjusts to Japanese characters
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* Supports GS1 encoding
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* Does not require the qrencode library.
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Also new in this release is Grid Matrix support which similarly supports Chinese character encoding.
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COMPILING THE CODE
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This package includes files for compiling in a number of ways depending on what functionality you
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want and what platform you are targeting. Zint has been tested on both 32 and 64-bit systems.
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It does not use any unusual memory manipulation and so should easily port to a wide range of hardware.
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GNU/Linux and OpenBSD:
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To compile the Zint library for you will need libpng and libz pre-installed. Then:
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make
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make install
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For some distributions it may be necessary to run
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ldconfig
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as root before libzint can be used.
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To install the GUI interface you will need Qt4 and cmake. Follow these steps:
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cd build
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cmake ..
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make -j2
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make install
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The command line program can be accessed by typing
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zint {options} -d {data}
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Notice that the data needs to be entered after all other options. Any options given after the
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data will be ignored. The GUI can be accessed by typing
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zint-qt
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MS Windows:
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On the Windows platform you have the choice of compiling with MinGW or with the native compiler,
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Microsoft Visual C++. To compile with MinGW follow the instructions for Linux above substituting
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the MinGW makefiles for the default Linux ones. For compiling with MS Visual Studio open the
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libzint.vcproj project file in the win32 folder and compile in the usual way.
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Mac OSX:
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HELP NEEDED! It _is_ possible to compile and run Zint on the OSX platform. Unfortunately the
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developers of the Zint package do not have access to OSX. If you have any success with comiling
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Zint on OSX then please send us a description of how you did it so that we can put that
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information here!
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THINGS TO DO
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If you are interested in improving this package then here are a few ideas.
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Backend
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* Create filters for more output file formats.
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* Add ECI character support to allow encoding in more languages than are covered
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by the Latin-1 character set.
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* The code was developed to be easy to understand rather than efficient so may benefit
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from some memory optimisation for embedded systems.
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GUI Frontend
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* Allow copying of generated barcodes to the clipboard with a "Copy" button.
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* Allow dragging and dropping to external apps.
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Packaging
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Binary packages are needed for distribution in the following formats
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* RPMs for various Linux distros (.spec file now available thanks to Radist)
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* Install binaries for MS Windows (MSVC and MinGW make files now included)
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* Install binaries for Mac OSX
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Translations
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Documentation is currently only in English. If you have the knowledge and the
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time please consider translating into other languages.
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Research
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The following standards would be welcomed in Zint but the full documentation has
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not yet been found.
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* DPD Code
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* Italian Postal Code
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CONTACT ME
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The home of libzint is:
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http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/zint
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and the home for information about Zint is:
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http://www.zint.org.uk
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I am keen to hear your ideas / recieve bug reports at robin@zint.org.uk
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Thanks for your interest in libzint.
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Happy encoding.
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Robin.
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