Method, system and program product for printing barcodes within computer applications
OwnerBrant Andersoninventor
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Abstract
An application for generating a printable barcode object representing data from within a software application includes converting the data into a symbol string based on a barcode standard and assembling a plurality of block code characters from a font into the printable barcode object. The block code characters representing the symbol string are any two or more Unicode characters selected from the group consisting of 960010, 960410, 960810, 961210, 961610, 961710 and 3210.
Claims25
A method for generating a printable barcode object representing data from within a standardized software application, the method comprising:
- converting from within the standardized software application the data into a symbol string based on a barcode standard;
- and
- assembling from within the standardized software application into the printable barcode object a plurality of block code characters from a font, the plurality of block code characters representing the symbol string being any two or more characters of the UNICODE standard selected from the group consisting of 960010, 960410, 960810, 961210, 961610, 961710 and 3210.
A system for generating a printable bar code object representing data from within a standardized software application, the system comprising:
- a computer system having at least a processor, memory and printer;
- at least one standardized software application loaded on the computer system, the at least one standardized software application having at least one font loaded, the at least one font having characters of the UNICODE standard;
- software executing within one of the at least one standardized software applications for converting the data into a symbol string based upon a barcode standard;
- and
- software executing within the one of the at least one standardized software applications for placing the characters of the UNICODE standard into the printable bar code object based upon the symbol string and the barcode standard, the symbol string being any two or more characters of the UNICODE standard selected from the group consisting of 960010, 960410, 960810, 961710 and 3210.
A computer readable medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions, the program of instructions configured to generate at least one printable barcode corresponding to data, the program of instructions comprising:
- computer instructions for converting the data into a symbol string based on a barcode standard;
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- computer instructions for assembling the symbol string into the printable barcode object using a plurality of block code characters from a font, the plurality of block code characters representing the symbol string being any two or more characters of the UNICODE standard selected from the group consisting of 960010, 960410, 960810, 961210, 961610, 961710 and 3210,
- whereas the computer instructions are executed within a standardized application program.
A computer readable medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions, the program of instructions comprising:
- computer executable instructions for providing a standardized computer application;
- computer executable instructions for accepting a data from the computer executable instructions for providing a standardized computer application and for converting the data into a symbol string based on a barcode standard;
- and
- computer executable instructions for assembling the symbol string into a printable barcode object using a plurality of block code characters from a font, the plurality of block code characters representing the symbol string are any two or more characters of the UNICODE standard selected from the group consisting of 960010, 960410, 960810, 961210, 961610, 961710 and 3210.
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