Re: scripting barcodes
Re: scripting barcodes
- Subject: Re: scripting barcodes
- From: Håvard Graudo <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:16:51 +0200
On 6/21/05 1:12 PM, "Håvard Graudo" <email@hidden> wrote:
I have been searching for a scriptable application for making print-
ready (postscript) barcodes, but cannot find any.
I just want to.......:
tell app "barcode app"
set f to (make new code with properties {type: "EAN-13" value:
1234567890123, colour: black, size: 80%})
save f at somefile as eps
end
Does this app exist? Anyone got some recommendations?
There are several barcode apps. A quick search on Apple's site finds at
least three.
Of the ones listed there,
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/business_finance/scorpionbarcode.html
is the only one that explicitly states AppleScript support. That's not to
say the others don't have AppleScript support but they don't advertise it...
Thank you to all who have responded with
suggestions. I currently use Bar Code Pro to
generate barcodes. It can make multiple barcodes
from text-files, but is not very vell suited in
an automated workflow.
Maybe I should have asked: Does anybody have good
experience with scripting a particular
barcode-application in a prepress environment?
As Gary points out in his long and interesting
mail - there are many aspects of making reliable
codes and I would rather have a readymade app to
take care of those things than staring from
scratch.
Scorpion Barcode has the most peculiar
dictionary. (It has only one command: 'macro' and
no support for saving files as far as I can tell
- only copy to clipboard and "paste" into your
app.)
Thanks,
Håvard
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