Ruby Requires Chilkat v11.7.0+

QR Code Numeric, Alphanumeric and Byte Modes

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Demonstrates the QR encoding modes. Digits alone are stored in numeric mode, and text made only of digits, upper-case letters, space and $ % * + - . / : in alphanumeric mode. Both pack more characters into a symbol than byte mode, which is used for everything else. QrCode chooses the most compact mode the text allows, and the response reports it. A product code written in upper case therefore gives a smaller symbol than the same code in lower case. Ruby

require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

fmt = Chilkat::CkFormats.new()
json = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jsonOut = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()

#  Digits only.
json.UpdateString("payload.text","00123456789012345678")
success = fmt.QrCode("generate",json,jsonOut)
if (success == false)
    print fmt.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "digits: mode " + jsonOut.stringOf("symbols[0].selectedEncoding.mode") + ", version " + jsonOut.IntOf("symbols[0].selectedEncoding.version").to_s() + "\n";

#  Upper-case letters, digits, space and - are all in the alphanumeric set.
json.UpdateString("payload.text","ORDER-12345 LOT A7 SHELF 12-C")
success = fmt.QrCode("generate",json,jsonOut)
if (success == false)
    print fmt.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "upper case: mode " + jsonOut.stringOf("symbols[0].selectedEncoding.mode") + ", version " + jsonOut.IntOf("symbols[0].selectedEncoding.version").to_s() + "\n";

#  Lower-case letters are not, so the same text in lower case needs byte mode.
json.UpdateString("payload.text","order-12345 lot a7 shelf 12-c")
success = fmt.QrCode("generate",json,jsonOut)
if (success == false)
    print fmt.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "lower case: mode " + jsonOut.stringOf("symbols[0].selectedEncoding.mode") + ", version " + jsonOut.IntOf("symbols[0].selectedEncoding.version").to_s() + "\n";

#  The mode can be named.  Byte mode can hold any text.  Naming a mode the text cannot use
#  (numeric for text with letters, for example) fails with conflictingOptions.
json.UpdateString("payload.text","00123456789012345678")
json.UpdateString("encoding.qr.mode","byte")
success = fmt.QrCode("generate",json,jsonOut)
if (success == false)
    print fmt.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "digits as bytes: mode " + jsonOut.stringOf("symbols[0].selectedEncoding.mode") + ", version " + jsonOut.IntOf("symbols[0].selectedEncoding.version").to_s() + "\n";

#  The four symbols, in the order they were made:

#  

#  Sample output:

#  digits: mode numeric, version 1
#  upper case: mode alphanumeric, version 2
#  lower case: mode byte, version 3
#  digits as bytes: mode byte, version 2