Unicode C 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. Unicode C

#include <C_CkFormatsW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkFormatsW fmt;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    HCkJsonObjectW jsonOut;

    success = FALSE;

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

    fmt = CkFormatsW_Create();
    json = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    jsonOut = CkJsonObjectW_Create();

    //  Digits only.
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"payload.text",L"00123456789012345678");
    success = CkFormatsW_QrCode(fmt,L"generate",json,jsonOut);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFormatsW_lastErrorText(fmt));
        CkFormatsW_Dispose(fmt);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonOut);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"digits: mode %s, version %d\n",CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jsonOut,L"symbols[0].selectedEncoding.mode"),CkJsonObjectW_IntOf(jsonOut,L"symbols[0].selectedEncoding.version"));

    //  Upper-case letters, digits, space and - are all in the alphanumeric set.
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"payload.text",L"ORDER-12345 LOT A7 SHELF 12-C");
    success = CkFormatsW_QrCode(fmt,L"generate",json,jsonOut);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFormatsW_lastErrorText(fmt));
        CkFormatsW_Dispose(fmt);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonOut);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"upper case: mode %s, version %d\n",CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jsonOut,L"symbols[0].selectedEncoding.mode"),CkJsonObjectW_IntOf(jsonOut,L"symbols[0].selectedEncoding.version"));

    //  Lower-case letters are not, so the same text in lower case needs byte mode.
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"payload.text",L"order-12345 lot a7 shelf 12-c");
    success = CkFormatsW_QrCode(fmt,L"generate",json,jsonOut);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFormatsW_lastErrorText(fmt));
        CkFormatsW_Dispose(fmt);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonOut);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"lower case: mode %s, version %d\n",CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jsonOut,L"symbols[0].selectedEncoding.mode"),CkJsonObjectW_IntOf(jsonOut,L"symbols[0].selectedEncoding.version"));

    //  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.
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"payload.text",L"00123456789012345678");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"encoding.qr.mode",L"byte");
    success = CkFormatsW_QrCode(fmt,L"generate",json,jsonOut);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFormatsW_lastErrorText(fmt));
        CkFormatsW_Dispose(fmt);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonOut);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"digits as bytes: mode %s, version %d\n",CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jsonOut,L"symbols[0].selectedEncoding.mode"),CkJsonObjectW_IntOf(jsonOut,L"symbols[0].selectedEncoding.version"));

    //  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


    CkFormatsW_Dispose(fmt);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonOut);

    }