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Op 22-2-2012 6:59, Helpful Harry schreef:
> In article<jM6dnd69J9vZntnSnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@earthlink.com>, "Captain Guy"
> <guy@guym.com>  wrote:
>>
>> Anyone using qr codes in a FM DB? is there any plug-ins to generate unique
>> code for a batch of records?
>
> I don't know of any FileMaker-specific QR code systems yet. FileMaker of
> course can't generate graphics, so you would indeed need a plug-in (or a
> messy solution using pixel-sized repeating Fields and AppleScript to
> capture the "image").
>
> It also depends on what you plan to use them for. For example, if the
> batches of records are not created "on the fly", then you could simply
> give a unqiue ID to each batch, generate the QR codes for the IDs outside
> of FileMaker, and then store the QR code image in a Container Field.
>
>
> Just as an aside, although QR codes are the latest new "must have toy",
> there are problems with them. It may not affect your usage, but apparently
> some scam are going around putting their own QR code stickers (sometimes
> over existing ones) on street advertising like posters, and then the
> people trying touse them are incorrectly sent to websites that display
> referral advertising, porn, or download malware onto the device.   :o(
>
> Helpful Harry  :o)


Or you can use a web-view object and one of the free online API-s. Like 
the google one. You need an active internet connection.

read about google on: 
http://code.google.com/intl/nl/apis/chart/infographics/docs/qr_codes.html

and an example url might look like this:
https://chart.googleapis.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=170x170&chl=My+name+is+Ursus

-- 
Hou je goed / Keep well,
Ursus

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