QR Barcodes

What is a QR code?

QR Code (abbreviated from Quick Response Code) is the trademark for a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code) first designed for the automotive industry. More recently, the system has become popular outside the industry due to its fast readability and large storage capacity compared to standard UPC barcodes. The code consists of black modules (square dots) arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded can be made up of four standardized kinds ("modes") of data (numeric, alphanumeric, byte/binary, Kanji), or through supported extensions, virtually any kind of data.

Source: Wikipedia

How to use in CHILI Editor?

Just like the other type of barcodes, you need to define a preset in the CHILI Backoffice.

This preset can be applied to a barcode frame in the CHILI Editor.

What kind of QR codes does CHILI Editor support?

A QR code is (like any other barcode) a representation of text in a visual way. The barcode can be scanned by any device / camera as long as the software behind recognizes the image.

Therefore, CHILI is able to make any type or QR code. And it will be recognized, as long as you use the right device / scanner / camera and the appropriate software.

You can specify a specific character set that will be used to create the QR code.

By default the setting is preset to auto, which means an analysis will be done of the characters used and the appropriate character set will automatically be chosen.

Some examples

Text

Let's say we want to represent the word "CHILI Publisher" in a QR code.

This is represented by this QR code:

URL

The URL http://www.chili-publish.com/ is represented by the QR code:

But if you said to any gerenator to make the QR code as text, you would get the same image.

The reason is that a QR-code generator makes an image of the textual content you give it.

So if you had the code to beam you up to the starship enterprise like:

beam:"starship enterprise"

The QR code for that would be

But until your device is ready for beaming (expected to be released in 2053) the scanner device would not work. But CHILI Editor is.

Let's get back to planet earth.

More examples of QR-code use (not limited to)

In the image (a CHILI Document from the Big Spicy) you see 8 types of barcodes:
The example content of these types can be put in the value field. Combine the fixed text with variables for a variable QR code for database publishing.

URL

ExampleContent: http://www.chili-publish.com

Text

Example content: Any text

E-mail

Example content: mailto: info@chili-publish.com

SMS

Example content: sms:+3228886511

Phone

Example content: +3228886511

Geolocation

Example content: geo:50.928839,3.965181

Calendar event

Formatting example for the above example

BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:%Event%
DTSTART:%StartD%T%StartT%
DTEND:%EndD%T%EndT%
END:VEVENT

V-Card

Example content:

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N:Firstname;Lastname;;;
FN:Firstname Lastname
TITLE:CEO
ORG:CHILI Publish
ADR:;;Evenbroekveld;Erpe;;9420;Belgium
TEL;HOME:
TEL;WORK:+3228886511
TEL;CELL:+32477123456
EMAIL:info@chili-publish.com
URL:http://www/chili-publish.com
END:VCARD

Formatting for the above example in the barcode "value field" in the editor:

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N:%Last%;%First%;;;
FN:%First% %Last%
TITLE:%Title%
ORG:%Company%
ADR:;;%Street%;%City%;;%ZIP%;%Country%
TEL;HOME:
TEL;WORK:%Phone%
TEL;CELL:%Mobile%
EMAIL:%Email%
URL:%URL%
END:VCARD

more on the different versions of v-cards can be found on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard