CueAct
is a utility that uses the CueCat driver to look up
information about barcodes swiped by a CueCat read, but also perform any
other action of interest associated with the barcodes. CueAct is fully
configurable, and comes with a sample configuration file to track Fedex,
UPS, and DHL packages, look up books by ISBN numbers, look up UPC
barcodes found on commercial items, and EAN- 13 and EAN-13+5 barcodes found
on European commercial items. CueAct also comes with the DCdb utility
that allows it to look up DigitalConvergence's own "cue" barcodes (found
in the US RadioShack catalog for example).
A utility called "upce2upca" that expands UPC-E barcodes into
UPC-A format was added, so that CueAct can use UPC-E barcodes with programs
or Websites that only understand UPC-A.
license: GNU General Public License (GPL)
pdf417_encode
pdf417_encode
converts ASCII strings into pdf417 barcode. This is a
two-dimensional barcode that includes error correction up to level 8. The
input file will support text that can be specified for byte compaction (hex
string), text compaction (ASCII string), and numerical compaction (decimal
string). Output formats supported are Postscript and pbm. Reed/Solomon decoding
was added to check that ecc is generated
correctly.
license: GNU General Public License (GPL)
pdf417decode
Pdf417decode
can decode PDF417 barcode information from a pbm file.
The decoder is rather simple, and ignores error correction info. PDF417, or
Portable Data File 417, is a two-dimensional stacked bar code symbology
capable of encoding over a kilobyte of data per label.
