Morovia QRCode Fontware & Writer SDK 1.2 Reference Manual

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October 2011

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
1.1. Installing Morovia QRCode Fontware
1.1.1. To Install From a CD
1.1.2. To Install from Direct Download
1.2. Limitations of Trial Version
2. Overview
2.1. What is QR Code?
2.1.1. Encoding Character Set
2.1.2. Options
2.2. Input Format
2.2.1. Kanji Block
2.2.2. Extended Channel Interpretation (ECI)
2.2.3. Structural Append (SA)
2.2.4. FNC1 (First Position)
2.2.5. FNC1 (Second Position)
2.3. Working with QRCode Fontware
2.3.1. Font-Based
2.3.2. Image File Based
2.3.3. ActiveX Control
3. Using Encoder GUI
3.1. Export Images
3.2. Export Options
4. Word Add-In
4.1. Install/Remove Add-In
4.2. Creating Single Barcode
4.3. Creating Multiple Barcodes
4.4. Mail Merge
5. Adding QR Code Symbols to Crystal Reports
5.1. User Function DLL
5.2. Working with Crystal Reports
5.3. Distributing UFL, Fonts with your report application
6. Using QRCode ActiveX in Microsoft Office
6.1. Enable Macro
6.2. Design Mode
6.2.1. To Display Control Toolbox
6.2.2. To Activate Design Mode
6.2.3. To Exit the Design Mode
6.3. Inserting QRCode ActiveX into an Office document
6.4. Editing QRCode ActiveX Object
6.5. Data Binding in Excel
7. Developing Application with QRCode Fontware
7.1. Common Issues
7.1.1. Color Types
7.1.2. Version
7.1.3. Error Codes
7.2. Windows Native DLL Interface
7.3. ActiveX Control Interface (COM)
8. Encoder DLL Reference
8.1. QRCodeEncode
8.2. QRCodeErrorMessage
8.3. QRCodeEncodeImageRaster
8.4. QRCodeEncodeImageVector
8.5. QRCodeEncodeClipboard
9. QRCode ActiveX Reference
9.1. Specification
9.2. Enumerations
9.3. Properties
9.4. ActualVersion Property
9.5. BackColor, ForeColor Properties
9.6. ECLevel Property
9.7. Mask Property
9.8. ModuleSize Property
9.9. Picture Property
9.10. QRType Enumeration
9.11. QRType Property
9.12. TargetDPI Property
9.13. Text Property
9.14. Version Property
9.15. CopyToClipboard Method
9.16. ExportImageRaster Method
9.17. ExportImageVector Method
10. Technical Support
A. Font Character Set
B. Fontware License Agreement
Glossary
Index

List of Figures

2.1. An example QR Code symbol
3.1. QRCode Encoder GUI Options
3.2. Export Options Dialog
6.1. Control Toolbox
6.2. Editing QRCode Activex properties in Office programs
6.3. Using LinkedCell Property to Hookup with Excel Data
A.1. QRCode Font Character Set

List of Tables

5.1. List of Crystal Reports UFL Functions ( U25MoroviaQRCode.dll)
7.1. Error Codes
8.1. List of Exported Functions (MoroviaQRCodeFontEncoder.dll)
9.1. QRCode ActiveX Specification
9.2. List of QRCode ActiveX Enumerations
9.3. List of QRCode ActiveX Properties
9.4. List of QRCode ActiveX Methods
9.5. ECLevel options
9.6. Mask options