Create a QR code in extendscript?

Question

Hello fellow FrameMaker Scripters,I was just wondering if anybody knew a way to use Extendscript to create QR codes in FM. I'm creating several thousand files and would like to be able to tag each output with a QR code so a person in the field can simply scan it to pull up the PDF file. Unfortunately this would mean individually creating and saving thousands of QR codes. If I could automate the generation of QR codes mid-export I could do the tagging automatically and all would be right with the world.Any thoughts or suggestions on where to look?---Corey---

RussDWard · Answer

Corey, this is an interesting question to me because I am considering the same type of thing. I imagine you would need to install some QR code generation software, then just call it from ES to write a file somewhere. You could then pick up the file and do whatever.

A simple Google search reveals software like the following, which claims to be free but I didn't really look into it:

http://www.tec-it.com/download/free-software/qrcode-studio/Download.aspx

According to the user manual, you can submit command line arguments that control the code generation process, which would make it ideal for control via ES.

Russ

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