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Active Print discussion :: Introducing myself

Author: barcode-generator
Subject: Introducing myself
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:24 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

Not sure if this is the best place to introduce myself and say hi - I joined a while ago.

I'm a programmer writing some barcode generator software, and of course I'm interested in 2D barcode formats such as Datamatrix and QR code, and their applications, so Active Print has come to my notice. What's the current status of it? Are there standards available yet?

I'd like to find out more about the 2D barcode standards being defined here, so I can implement them when they are ready.
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Tom Reader
Alver Valley Software - Barcode Generator

Active Print discussion :: image test

Author: Admin
Subject: image test
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:08 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

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How to Register, Please Read! :: To Register, Important please Read

Author: Admin
Subject: To Register, Important please Read
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:07 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

After you Register you will have to email:

to: Paul.marsh@hp.com
cc: tim.kindberg@hp.com

please include the following information.

1. Username.
2. A quick line as why you want to register.

This is to cut down on the amount of spammers trying to register.

News :: To Register, Important please Read

Author: Admin
Subject: To Register, Important please Read
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:58 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

After you Register you will have to email:

to: Paul.marsh@hp.com
cc: tim.kindberg@hp.com

please include the following information.

1. Username.
2. A quick line as why you want to register.

This is to cut down on the amount of spammers trying to register.

News :: To Register, Important please Read

Author: Admin
Subject: To Register, Important please Read
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:47 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

After you Register you will have to email:

to: Paul.marsh@hp.com
cc: tim.kindberg@hp.com

please include the following information.

1. Username.
2. A quick line as why you want to register.

This is to cut down on the amount of spammers trying to register.

Glass :: RE: MATMSG and MECARD standards

Author: hubby
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:06 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 5

Hi Tim,

I don't want to be nerve-racking but just want to ask about your progress during the past month including the quoted function into glass.

Probable you are just on summer-holiday...

Quote:

Quote:
You�ve mentioned the ability of glass to resolve the data out of the 2D-Code without the need of a server-feedback, is this going to happen in the near future (maybe already in v 1.03) or is it at the bottom of the to do list?

I expect to get to that in the next few weeks.

Hope you find the time to take care about this.

THX

Hubby

Glass :: Symiban 3rd edition

Author: u1jd
Subject: Symiban 3rd edition
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 3:37 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

Can you tell me if you plan to release a version of glass for 3rd edition symbian operating phones such as the nokia N91, i cant wait to use this but dont have a compatible phone

Thanks

Glass :: RE: MATMSG and MECARD standards

Author: TimKindberg
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:26 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 5

Hi Hubby,

hubby wrote:

Opera doesn�t recognize the code (maybe the definition of a mime-type or something like that could help it)

I do supply a MIME type when the server sends back the vcard data, and it works on the other phone models I've tried...

Quote:

It�s a pity that the MECARD-support actually makes possible name, phone and e-mail but with a little tricking around with some ASCII-Codes in the data-form on your page even the international phone-code (in my case �+49� for Germany) is correctly interpreted. t would be great if something like fax and address would be supported.

See http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/p_s/i/barcode/s2.html for the NTT DoCoMo standard. We support all but the NICKNAME field - so we do support ADR: but there is no FAX: field in the standard.

Quote:

Here comes my anonymised data string

Code:

data=MECARD%3AN%3AXXXX%2CHubXXXXX%3BTEL%3A%2B491740000000000%3BEMAIL%3AhubXXXXX.XXXXX%40XXXXX.de%3B%3B

You don't need (& shouldn't use) that "data=" prefix

Quote:

You�ve mentioned the ability of glass to resolve the data out of the 2D-Code without the need of a server-feedback, is this going to happen in the near future (maybe already in v 1.03) or is it at the bottom of the to do list?

I expect to get to that in the next few weeks.

Quote:

Do you know the connexto.com software? They use their own code (call it mCode) and already support complete vCard-Support with any information that appears on a real business card as well. The code is decoded in the phone itself correctly, the recognition works quickly and the code-result is small enough to print it on the backside of a standard paper business card. By the way, it�s free and no activation-code needs to be updated regularly� The only �negative� about that is really that they use their homemade 2D-Code.

As phone optics continue to improve, the standard QR and Datamatrix codes we use will shrink -- look at the QR codes in Japan. But that's not to discourage experimentation with alternatives.

Quote:

Is there a newsletter or something like that to announce about the new release of your software and what about a standardized graphic at the bottom or elsewhere near the barcode to give a hint where to get the reading-software?

I don't have plans for a newsletter at the moment.

There isn't always space for information next to the code but we do encourage it.

Cheers,

Tim.
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Tim Kindberg, HP Labs, Bristol

Glass :: RE: MATMSG and MECARD standards

Author: hubby
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:36 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 5

Hello Tim,

your answer above inspired me! First thing I�ve changed is to turn the browser from �Native� to �Opera�. Opera doesn�t recognize the code (maybe the definition of a mime-type or something like that could help it) as well but at least asks me if I want so save the Answer of the hp/activeprint-Server on my phone or memory-card anyway. After doing so, the new vCard is in my address-book.

It�s a pity that the MECARD-support actually makes possible name, phone and e-mail but with a little tricking around with some ASCII-Codes in the data-form on your page even the international phone-code (in my case �+49� for Germany) is correctly interpreted.

Here comes my anonymised data string

Code:

data=MECARD%3AN%3AXXXX%2CHubXXXXX%3BTEL%3A%2B491740000000000%3BEMAIL%3AhubXXXXX.XXXXX%40XXXXX.de%3B%3B

It would be great if something like fax and address would be supported. You�ve mentioned the ability of glass to resolve the data out of the 2D-Code without the need of a server-feedback, is this going to happen in the near future (maybe already in v 1.03) or is it at the bottom of the to do list?

Do you know the connexto.com software? They use their own code (call it mCode) and already support complete vCard-Support with any information that appears on a real business card as well. The code is decoded in the phone itself correctly, the recognition works quickly and the code-result is small enough to print it on the backside of a standard paper business card. By the way, it�s free and no activation-code needs to be updated regularly� The only �negative� about that is really that they use their homemade 2D-Code.

When will glass be a product to buy? In a German computer magazine (CHIP 02/2006) the CEO of the Gavitec company Andreas Weyer (think you know them better than me) announced, that there would be the first mobile-code in action in fall 2006 in Germany.

Thanks

Hubby

P.S. Is there a newsletter or something like that to announce about the new release of your software and what about a standardized graphic at the bottom or elsewhere near the barcode to give a hint where to get the reading-software?

Glass :: RE: MATMSG and MECARD standards

Author: TimKindberg
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:00 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 5

Sorry to hear you're having trouble.

First, Glass is *supposed* to launch the web browser for MECARDs. It sends the MECARD to a service which turns the data into a vcard and send that back. It's a little wasteful of bandwidth but this should work even for old versions of Glass. (I shall, however, make this facility 'native' in a forthcoming version of Glass.)

But I have to admit that I didn't test this facility for all the phones on which Glass runs.

I tried my example also on a 6600, using the native browser: I get 'Services - reply unknown' -- which I'm guessing is what you get. It looks as though the 6600's browser can't recognise the returned data -- even though, when I send exactly the same file to it by Bluetooth, it is recognised!

I'll look into this further but I doubt there is much I can do. My experience is that S60 phones are highly inconsistent in their ability to handle downloaded data, even though they possess applications to play/process that data.

Cheers,

Tim.
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Tim Kindberg, HP Labs, Bristol

Glass :: RE: MATMSG and MECARD standards

Author: hubby
Subject: Basic support for NTT DoCoMo's MECARD
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:35 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 5

Hello Tim,

the MECARD-function is a great step ahead! First, I have tried to encode my complete business card information in a DM/QR-Code. The code was recognized but glass tried to open the phones native browser or opera an interpreted the MECARD as an URL, which could of course not been resolved�

Even your example:

Code:

MECARD:N:Active Print;EMAIL:info@activeprint.org;URL:www.activeprint.org;;

reacts the same way. My suggestion is that the mobile just does not know what to do with the data. Could it be a solution to add some information like

Code:

BEGIN:VCARD

used at the beginning of vCard-Files?

The SMS and dial a number one works just fine, data does not.

I�m working with a Nokia 6600 with the latest firmware, the native browser and Opera 8.60 Build 1657 and of course Glass v1.02.

Thanks

Hubby

Glass :: Did you know?

Author: TimKindberg
Subject: Did you know?
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 3:26 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

Glass can turn a code you've read back into a code on the screen of the phone. Choose a code from the History screen and select Options->Display code.

Someone else can now read that code off your phone's screen.

Give your friend a code you've read!

Tim.
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Tim Kindberg, HP Labs, Bristol

Glass :: MATMSG and MECARD standards

Author: TimKindberg
Subject: MATMSG and MECARD standards
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 3:19 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 5

I have added basic support for NTT DoCoMo's MECARD and MATMSG standards, which are used respectively for providing personal contact information and sending emails. These are handled via our code resolution services for now, rather than natively in Glass. You will need an email sending facility on the phone for MATMSG to work.

'Basic' support means that not all fields in the MECARD standard are recognised.

Try reading codes created by NTT DoCoMo's QR-factory software (http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/p_s/i/barcode/qr_fact.html).

Or type the following examples as the 'URI' in the Active Print code creator (http://www.activeprint.org/codes.php - but ignore warnings about the URI not being recognised):

MECARD:N:Active Print;EMAIL:info@activeprint.org;URL:www.activeprint.org;;

MATMSG:TO:info@activeprint.org;SUB:Active Print;BODY:Greetings;;

NB the MEBKM standard is already handled natively in Glass.

Tim
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Tim Kindberg, HP Labs, Bristol

News :: New Glass capabilities

Author: TimKindberg
Subject: New Glass capabilities
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 3:17 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 0

v1.01 of Glass adds significantly to v1.00: it supports the Opera browser as well as the native browser. It reads NTT DoCoMo's MEBKM standard for web links in barcodes. It supports the data: and tel: URI standards.

I have also added basic support for NTT DoCoMo's MECARD and MATMSG standards, which are used respectively for providing personal contact information and sending emails. You will need an email sending facility on the phone for MATMSG to work. See the 'Glass' forum for more information.

v1.02 differs from v1.01 only in minor bug fixes.

Tim.
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Tim Kindberg, HP Labs, Bristol

Glass :: RE: Short display time

Author: TimKindberg
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 3:10 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 1

This is fixed in v1.02. Thanks for pointing it out.

Tim.
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Tim Kindberg, HP Labs, Bristol