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QR Codes for Email, Phone, SMS and Location

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Demonstrates QR codes that start an action on a phone. A QR code only holds text, and what happens on scanning depends on the form of that text: mailto: starts an email, tel: dials a number, SMSTO: starts a text message, and geo: opens a map at a latitude and longitude. A web address opens in the browser. PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

#  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
#  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$fmt = New-Object Chilkat.Formats
$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jsonOut = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.UpdateInt("render.moduleSize",6)
$json.UpdateBool("output.overwrite",$true)
$json.UpdateString("output.return","none")

#  An email, with the address and optionally a subject.  Spaces in the subject are written %20.
$json.UpdateString("payload.text","mailto:support@example.com?subject=Order%2012345")
$json.UpdateString("output.path","qa_output/qr_email.png")
$success = $fmt.QrCode("generate",$json,$jsonOut)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($fmt.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("email: version " + $jsonOut.IntOf("symbols[0].selectedEncoding.version") + ", " + $jsonOut.StringOf("outputs[0].path"))

#  

#  A phone number to dial, in international form.
$json.UpdateString("payload.text","tel:+15555550100")
$json.UpdateString("output.path","qa_output/qr_phone.png")
$success = $fmt.QrCode("generate",$json,$jsonOut)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($fmt.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("phone: version " + $jsonOut.IntOf("symbols[0].selectedEncoding.version") + ", " + $jsonOut.StringOf("outputs[0].path"))

#  

#  A text message: the number, then the message.
$json.UpdateString("payload.text","SMSTO:+15555550100:Please call me back")
$json.UpdateString("output.path","qa_output/qr_sms.png")
$success = $fmt.QrCode("generate",$json,$jsonOut)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($fmt.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("sms: version " + $jsonOut.IntOf("symbols[0].selectedEncoding.version") + ", " + $jsonOut.StringOf("outputs[0].path"))

#  

#  A location: latitude, then longitude, in degrees.
$json.UpdateString("payload.text","geo:41.8781,-87.6298")
$json.UpdateString("output.path","qa_output/qr_location.png")
$success = $fmt.QrCode("generate",$json,$jsonOut)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($fmt.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("location: version " + $jsonOut.IntOf("symbols[0].selectedEncoding.version") + ", " + $jsonOut.StringOf("outputs[0].path"))

#  

#  Sample output:

#  email: version 4, qa_output/qr_email.png
#  phone: version 2, qa_output/qr_phone.png
#  sms: version 3, qa_output/qr_sms.png
#  location: version 2, qa_output/qr_location.png