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Subject: Re: Ann: Ada Bar Codes project launched
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 23:52:03 +0200
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On 2018-06-13 13:12, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com writes:
> 
>> Cool - so perhaps at some time even the bar codes will be generated
>> from the Ada program...
> 
> The Warehouse Management System prints lots of bar codes every day, but
> I'm not sure if the actual conversion happens in the printer or in the
> Ada code (I suspect the printer is doing it).

Well - it depends. Printing barcodes on a delivery note or a freight
note is the work of Ada programs (packages) (in our WMS) printing it to
a graphic document - which usually is a postscript or pdf document.

And the barcodes are indeed generated from the Ada program.

Interpreting barcodes - like GS1 - is the reverse of printing it.
And we do that too.
I am to ask if we can release those packages as GPL.
I'm not holding my breath - but I'll try to make it happen.
Eventhough you dissaprove of the API, Jacob ;-)


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