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Re: Barcode Image sizes
by Paulo Soares
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The awt image must be scaled externaly to be useful. The x scaling is not
there because you can't have half pixels.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Dail" <CDail@...>
To: <itext-questions@...>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:34 PM
Subject: [iText-questions] Barcode Image sizes
> I'm trying to create Barcode images using the Barcode.createAwtImage()
> method on the Barcode class. I try to test the resulting image against the
> same code created using the Barcodes.java example document. I want to be
> able to create the same barcode using createAwtImage() as would be
produced
> by createImageWithBarcode().
>
> The problem is that the barcode that is created is using createAwtImage()
is
> a bit larger than the code created when it is run through the iText image
> creation. After some careful examination, it looks to be about 80% too
big.
>
> I did some digging in the iText source code and found that the
> createAwtImage() does not apply the "x" factor (minimum bar width) of the
> barcodes. Is it supposed to work like this? I would think that this would
> produce a barcode that could not be properly read. Is this a known issue
and
> how can I get around this.
>
> Here is the code for what I am trying to use:
> Barcode barcode = new Barcode();
> barcode.setBarHeight(Integer.parseInt(barHeight));
> barcode.setCode(code);
> Image image = barcode.createAwtImage(Color.black, Color.white);
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris Dail
> Whitehill Technologies, Inc.
>
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there because you can't have half pixels.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Dail" <CDail@...>
To: <itext-questions@...>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:34 PM
Subject: [iText-questions] Barcode Image sizes
> I'm trying to create Barcode images using the Barcode.createAwtImage()
> method on the Barcode class. I try to test the resulting image against the
> same code created using the Barcodes.java example document. I want to be
> able to create the same barcode using createAwtImage() as would be
produced
> by createImageWithBarcode().
>
> The problem is that the barcode that is created is using createAwtImage()
is
> a bit larger than the code created when it is run through the iText image
> creation. After some careful examination, it looks to be about 80% too
big.
>
> I did some digging in the iText source code and found that the
> createAwtImage() does not apply the "x" factor (minimum bar width) of the
> barcodes. Is it supposed to work like this? I would think that this would
> produce a barcode that could not be properly read. Is this a known issue
and
> how can I get around this.
>
> Here is the code for what I am trying to use:
> Barcode barcode = new Barcode();
> barcode.setBarHeight(Integer.parseInt(barHeight));
> barcode.setCode(code);
> Image image = barcode.createAwtImage(Color.black, Color.white);
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris Dail
> Whitehill Technologies, Inc.
>
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