NAME

GD::Barcode - Create barcode image with GD

SYNOPSIS

ex. CGI

  use GD::Barcode::UPCE;
  binmode(STDOUT);
  print "Content-Type: image/png\n\n";
  print GD::Barcode->new('EAN13', '123456789012')->plot->png;

with Error Check

  my $oGdBar = GD::Barcode->new('EAN13', '12345678901');
  die $GD::Barcode::errStr unless($oGdBar);     #Invalid Length
  $oGdBar->plot->png;

DESCRIPTION

GD::Barcode is a subclass of GD and allows you to create barcode image with GD.

new

$oGdBar = GD::Barcode::UPCE->new($sType, $sTxt);

Constructor. Creates a GD::Barcode::$sType object for $sTxt.

plot()

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

creates GD object with barcode image for the $sTxt specified 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->new('EAN13', '123456789012');
  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' and '0'. '1' means black, '0' means white.

 ex.
  my $oGdB = GD::Barcode->new('UPCE', '123456789012');
  my $sPtn = $oGdB->barcode();
  # $sPtn = '';

$errStr

$GD::Barcode::errStr

has error message.

$text

$oGdBar->{$text}

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

AUTHOR

Kawai Takanori GCD00051@nifty.ne.jp

SEE ALSO

GD GD::Barcode subclasses