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February 12, 2022
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QR Code Indesign

  • February 12, 2022
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Hello, 
I am contacting you because I have a problem in Indesign
Currently, I am making QR-Codes for business cards in Indesign. The problem is that when I put accents in the fields (for example: é,ô,è...), and that I scan it with an iphone it does not take into account the accents with you a solution to solve this problem ?

 

Also, I tried another solution by putting the Vcard V2.1 and V3.0 in plain text, it works on IOS and Android when the QR-code has a black color, but when I put it in white the Android can't read the information, on the other hand on the iPhone it works.

Do you also have a solution for this problem ?

 

Thanks in advance for your answers;

 

Rémi 

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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 14, 2022

    Rémi said: "thank you you will save me a lot of time"

     

    Hi Rémi,

    could explain a bit what you mean by that?

     

    Thanks,
    Uwe Laubender

    ( ACP )

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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 14, 2022

    Hi Rémi,

    just used your Vcard V3.0 sample text to create a QR-Code in [Paper] and another one with [Black].

    I see no differences in the rendering of both codes with my German InDesign 2022 version 17.1.0.50.

    Checked this with stacking both frames on top of each other and used the Effects panel to apply the "Difference" effect to the top one. Here some screenshots:

     

     

     

    Download the document from my Dropbox:

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/0101v1andiuoqn0/TwoQRCodes-WhiteAndBlack-SameCode-2022.indd?dl=1

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender

    ( ACP )

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    rémi0101Author
    Participating Frequently
    February 14, 2022

    thank you you will save me a lot of time

    Lukas Engqvist
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    Lukas EngqvistCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 12, 2022

    It seems to be a limitation in the vCard form. Just don't think that it was considered that it was considered when the feature was designed. I would suggest adding a feature request for having a code page drop down to the form… it can be that it was left out "intentionally since the QR code becomes more complex with each information that is added, so that having the feature would lead to having higher failiure rate for all vCards. I know it's not "fair" but it's not unusual compromise to a feature.

     

    How well each device reads the QR code has to do with the device.

      Sunil Yadav
      Sunil Yadav
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      February 12, 2022

      Yes, Its seem it would be very difficult to have such a special character in it may be. Not sure.

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