| Name : perl-Barcode-Code128
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| Version : 2.21
| Vendor : obs://build_opensuse_org/devel:languages:perl
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| Release : lp155.7.1
| Date : 2023-07-20 15:35:37
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| Group : Development/Libraries/Perl
| Source RPM : perl-Barcode-Code128-2.21-lp155.7.1.src.rpm
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| Size : 0.04 MB
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| Packager : https://www_suse_com/
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| Summary : Generate CODE 128 bar codes
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Description :
Barcode::Code128 generates bar codes using the CODE 128 symbology. It can
generate images in PNG or GIF format using the GD package, or it can
generate a text string representing the barcode that you can render using
some other technology if desired.
The intended use of this module is to create a web page with a bar code on
it, which can then be printed out and faxed or mailed to someone who will
scan the bar code. The application which spurred its creation was an
expense report tool, where the employee submitting the report would print
out the web page and staple the receipts to it, and the Accounts Payable
clerk would scan the bar code to indicate that the receipts were received.
The default settings for this module produce a large image that can safely
be FAXed several times and still scanned easily. If this requirement is not
important you can generate smaller image using optional parameters,
described below.
If you wish to generate images with this module you must also have the GD
module (written by Lincoln Stein, and available from CPAN) installed. Using
the libgd library, GD can generate files in PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
or GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) formats.
Starting with version 1.20, and ending with 2.0.28 (released July 21st,
2004), GD and the underlying libgd library could not generate GIF files due
to patent issues, but any modern version of libgd (since 2004) can do GIF
as the patent has expired. Most browsers have no trouble with PNG files.
In order to ensure you have a sufficiently modern installation of the GD
module to do both GIF and PNG formats, we require version 2.18 of GD (which
in turn requires libgd 2.0.28) or higher.
If the GD module is not present, you can still use the module, but you will
not be able to use its functions for generating images. You can use the
barcode() method to get a string of \"#\" and \" \" (hash and space)
characters, and use your own image-generating routine with that as input.
To use the the GD module, you will need to install it along with this
module. You can obtain it from the CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive
Network) repository of your choice under the directory \'authors/id/LDS\'.
Visit http://www.cpan.org/ for more information about CPAN. The GD home
page is: http://stein.cshl.org/WWW/software/GD/GD.html
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