barcode::ean8(3)

NAME

GD::Barcode::EAN8 - Create EAN8(JAN8) barcode image with
GD

SYNOPSIS

ex. CGI
  use GD::Barcode::EAN8;
  binmode(STDOUT);
  print "Content-Type: image/png0;
  print GD::Barcode::EAN8->new('1234567')->plot->png;
with Error Check
  my $oGdBar = GD::Barcode::EAN8->new('123456789');
  die     $GD::Barcode::EAN8::errStr      unless($oGdBar);
#Invalid Length

DESCRIPTION

GD::Barcode::EAN8 is a subclass of GD::Barcode and allows
you to create EAN8(JAN8) barcode image with GD. This mod
ule based on "Generate Barcode Ver 1.02 By Shisei Hanai
97/08/22".

new

$oGdBar = GD::Barcode::EAN8->new($sTxt);

Constructor. Creates a GD::Barcode::EAN8 object for
$sTxt. $sTxt has 7 or 8 numeric characters([0-9]). If $sTxt has 12 characters, this module calacurates CD for
you.

plot()

$oGd = $oGdBar->plot([Height => $iHeight, NoText => 0 _ 1]);

creates GD object with barcode image for the $sTxt speci
fied at new method. $iHeight is height of the image. If NoText is 1, the image has no text image of $sTxt.

ex.

my $oGdB = GD::Barcode::EAN8->new('1234567');
my $oGD = $oGdB->plot(NoText=>1, Height => 20);
# $sGD is a GD image with Height=>20 pixels, with no

text.

barcode()

$sPtn = $oGdBar->barcode();

returns a barcode pattern in string with '1', 'G' and '0'.
'1' means black, 'G' also means black but little bit long,
'0' means white.

ex.

my $oGdB = GD::Barcode::EAN8->new('1234567');
my $sPtn = $oGdB->barcode();
# $sPtn = '';

$errStr

$GD::Barcode::EAN8::errStr

has error message.

$text

$oGdBar->{$text}

has barcode text based on $sTxt specified in new method.

AUTHOR

Kawai Takanori GCD00051@nifty.ne.jp

COPYRIGHT

The GD::Barocde::EAN8 module is Copyright (c) 2000 Kawai
Takanori. Japan. All rights reserved.

You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU Gen
eral Public License or the Artistic License, as specified
in the Perl README file.

SEE ALSO

GD::Barcode

perl v5.8.0 2000-12-29 Barcode::EAN8(3)