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- Windows BarCode Generator
- Version 1.6
- (C)opyright 1990-1991
- All Rights Reserved
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- Stellar Technologies
- 2510 Metro Blvd
- St. Louis, MO 63043
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- Wbar is user-supported software provided to you at no
- charge on a trial basis. If you use this software and
- find it of value please send $15 for a registered copy
- and support the shareware concept. Registered users
- will be provided with information about program
- updates. Please make checks payable to Stu Gisburne at
- the above address. You are encouraged to share this
- software with others provided that it is distributed
- complete with documentation and in unmodified form and
- that no fee or other consideration is charged or
- accepted. All commercial, business and government users
- must register each copy in use. I hope you enjoy using
- Wbar. Your comments and suggestions to improve this
- product are always welcome.
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- PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
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- Wbar is a program which generates bar codes (ie: 3 of 9, UPC,
- Postnet, etc) that can be copied to the Windows Clipboard. Once
- in the Clipboard, you can then paste the barcode into other
- programs such as Windows Write, MicroSoft Word for Windows,
- Paintbrush, as well as other Windows programs that can accept
- bitmaps or metafiles from the Windows Clipboard.
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- HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
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- IBM Personal Computer or Compatible
- MicroSoft Windows 3.0
- Mouse
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- PROGRAM FILES
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- The Wbar system comes in two files:
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- WBAR.EXE executable program module
- WBAR.DOC document that you are reading now
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- GENERAL PROGRAM OVERVIEW
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- Upon execution, Wbar produces a typical Windows program
- window. The menu consists of File, Edit, Action, Type
- and Help. When first loaded, the About Wbar Dialog Box
- appears if you have an unregistered copy of Wbar,
- otherwise you are presented by blank window. The cursor
- takes on the shape of a barcode while in the workspace
- of the Wbar window. To make a barcode, you simply
- position the cursor in the window where you want to
- place the barcode and click the left button on your
- mouse. A dialog box will appear allowing you to toggle
- various options, select what type of barcode to produce
- and to input the barcode data. After all this is done,
- clicking on OK will produce the desired barcode on the
- display. If you have the AutoMeta mode ON then a
- metafile of the barcode is copied to the clipboard. If
- wish to copy a bitmap representation of the barcode to
- the clipboard, you then choose ACTION from the main menu.
- Clicking on SELECT from the ACTION submenu will toggle
- the cursor to become a cross. You then press the left
- mouse button and drag a box around the barcode. After
- releasing the left mouse button, clicking on COPY from
- the EDIT menu copies the selected box area to be pasted
- in Bitmap form to the Windows Clipboard.
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- MENU FUNCTIONS
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- FILE
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- NEW basically clears the Wbar window of any barcodes
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- EXIT exits the Wbar program and closes the window
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- EDIT
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- COPY copies a selected area to the Clipboard
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- PASTE pastes from the Clipboard to the upper left area
- of the Wbar window
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- CLEAR another way to clear the Wbar window
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- ACTION
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- BARCODE toggles the cursor to barcode mode
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- SELECT toggles the cursor to the area select mode
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- TYPE
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- COLOR when checked, any copies to the clipboard will
- a color bitmap
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- MONOCHROME when checked, any copies to the clipboard will
- be a monochrome bitmap
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- AUTOMETA when checked, any barcodes produced on the display
- will be automatically copied to the clipboard in the Windows
- MetaFile format. Very useful to produce barcodes
- of exact size. Also the best way to paste barcodes
- into Corel Draw 2.0 and procduce POSTNET barcodes suitable
- for printing on envelopes.
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- Note: Metafiles pasted into other applications may not look
- correct on the display, but should print correctly.
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- HELP
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- HELP currently not used at this time
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- ABOUT displays a dialog box containing information about
- the Wbar Program
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- Barcode Types currently supported in Wbar:
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- UPC-A
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- Universal Product Code. Commonly used in the supermarket industry
- since 1973. UPC is a coding system as well as a symbology, used to identify
- a product and its manufacturer. UPC-A is a fixed length numeric barcode
- which encodes 12 digits.
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- 0 04560 17100 8
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- The first digit is the industry code. For example 0 is grocery and 3
- is pharmaceutical. Digits 2 thru 6 specify the manufacturers product
- number. Digits 7 thru 11 contain the manufacturer ID number. The remaining
- 12th digit is a check digit calculated from the preceding digits.
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- Interleaved 2 of 5
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- A variable length, high density code containing the digits 0 thru 9.
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- 3 of 9
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- An alphanumeric code consisting of the upper case letters "A" thru
- "Z", the digits "0" thru "9", and the characters "-", "+", ".", "$", "/",
- "%" and the space character. It is of a variable length and can contain up
- to 100 charcters in this version of Wbar.
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- POSTNET
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- The POSTNET bar code was developed by the Postal Service to provide a
- system of encoding Zip Code information on letter mail, which can be read
- reliably by relatively inexpensive bar code sorters. The code is made up of
- binary elements printed in the lower right corner of the mail peice as tall
- and short bars representing the Zip Code or Zip+4 code.
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- The location of the complete Zip+4 is very presice. The baseline of
- the code should be 1/4" (+/- 1/16") from the bottom edge of the mail piece.
- The start (left-most) bar should lie between 3 1/4" and 4" from the right
- edge of the mail piece.
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- STELLAR TECHNOLOGIES MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
- IMPLIED, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES
- OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
- STELLAR TECHNOLOGIES FURTHER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE
- CHANGES TO THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PRODUCT WITHOUT OBLIGATION
- TO NOTIFY ANY PERSON OR ORGANIZATION OF SUCH CHANGES.
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: The Customer's sole remedies are
- set forth in the warranty clause above. Stellar Technologies
- liability for damages shall not exceed the current registration
- fee for the Product. In no event will Stellar Technologies be
- liable for any special, incidental or consequential damages even
- if Stellar Technologies has been advised of the possibility of
- the same.
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- Comments and inquiries may be
- sent to me through Compuserve ID number
- 74516,2776
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- Stellar Technologies
- c/o Stu Gisburne
- 2510 Metro Blvd.
- St. Louis, MO 63043
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- Revision History
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- Version 1.0 - 07-14-90 - Pastes UPC-A bar code to the clipboard
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- Version 1.1 - 08-05-90 - Added 3 of 9 barcode
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- Version 1.2 - 08-22-90 - Added Postnet barcode
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- Version 1.3 - 09-13-90 - Added monochrome bitmap capabilites to allow
- pastes into Corel Draw 1.21
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- Version 1.4 - 11-30-90 - Added Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode
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- Version 1.5 - 01-21-91 - Included documentation with file
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- Version 1.6 - 02-17-91 - Fixed Postnet, incorrectly calculated check
- digit when the sum of digits in the zipcode was
- zero.
- - Added Windows Metafile capabilites. This enables
- Wbar to produce exact size barcodes and sets up
- Wbar for Dynamic Data Exchange with other
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