Barcodeprzez EuroOffice Extension Creator Barcode is a simple extension for creating UPC-A, EAN-13, ISBN and JAN barcodes in OpenOffice.org Draw. Barcode started out as an EuroOffice Extension Creator example and evolved into a practically useful tool. It currently supports the following barcode types:
For all of these codes checksum calculation is also supported, ISBN numbers are correctly hyphenated and the generated Code 128 codes are the shortest possible. The extension is localized to these languages:
Please keep in mind that this is an early version of this open-source product. The developers have made a good effort to make sure the barcodes are generated according to the specifications, but the product has not yet been extensively tested to verify this. It is recommended to use a barcode reader to verify the generated barcodes yourself before printing them on the packages of a million products. Seeing how the comments section below is getting a bit overwhelming we have now created forums at UserVoice. Hopefully it will prove to be a more convenient venue of discussion. Adding new features to this already useful extension can be a good starting point for trying out EuroOffice Extension Creator. This extension is the product of collaboration between MultiRacio Ltd. (maintainers of EOEC) and Kálman Szalai (KAMI, of the OxygenOffice project). Licencja: opensource Dalsze informacje o produkcie: Zrzuty ekranu | Dane szczegółowe Dostawca: EuroOffice Extension Creator
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where is it? screenshot please!
Could you please add one screenshot or two showing how to use it?
I have no "Draw" menu here, but the help does show "About Barcode" just like that, in english, while my openoffice is in portuguese.
Thanks!
edit: I've had this doubt since yesterday, but just now, minutes after posting this, I've realised it works only in OpenOffice Draw, and that it's not a menu. too bad, I was hoping to easily integrate it with creating labels on OpenOffice Writer.
Re: where is it? screenshot please!
Sorry — no Portuguese localization yet! (You could translate it with this tool if so inclined.)
Indeed the extension only works in Draw. I was unable to create complex drawings in Writer for a technical reason (could not get grouping to work), but as a workaround we could create the barcode in a hidden Draw document and copy & paste it to Writer from there... We will see if this finds its way into a future version!
Version 1.3 is released
Version 1.3 is compatible with OpenOffice.org 3.1 (prior versions are not), so upgrading is very much recommended. It also includes a number of new barcode types and a great number of translations. Thanks to all the translators, it is great to see such enthusiasm!
Daniel Darabos
Cannot uninstall
Please *remove* this extension from http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/ until such time as it can be properly uninstalled and/or upgraded properly. Attempts to uninstall 1.2 or upgrade to 1.3 fail on OOo 3.1 (linux) and the only method to do so is to remove or rename /home//.openoffice.org/3. Of course doing so also creates a new user profile, so all other profile settings (including extensions) are lost.
Re: Cannot uninstall
Barcode 1.3 (the current version) can be installed and uninstalled in OpenOffice.org 3.1 without problems (and upgrades to a future version are expected to be without problems as well). The problem is with the earlier versions. We can not make them magically disappear from the world, but the number of users affected is decreasing (since no one installs these old versions, but some users upgrade after a while), so with time this will not be an issue, and is already not an issue for new users.
The safest upgrade route is to upgrade to Barcode 1.3 before upgrading to OpenOffice.org 3.1. Failing that you can follow the instructions at http://www.multiracio.com/eurooffice/support/faq#section-13 to upgrade without removing your user profile.
Daniel Darabos
Can't install version 1.3 for OOo.3.1
I just tried to upgrade Barcode 1.2 to 1.3. It isn't possible because it isn't possible to uninstall the old version.
I am receiving an error message. I am no expert, but it looks like there is a problem with the python loader.
I am using OOo 3.1 for Windows.
Jørgen Rasmussen
Have the same problem, using
Have the same problem, using win Vista Home Premium 32bit and OOo 3.1.
The old version that isn't removable is 1.1.
Solved it thanks to Daniel his advice:
Re: error still on OOo 3.1 windows Vista
Yes, while 3.1 solved the problem on Mac, it has done more than that: the Python included in OpenOffice.org has been upgraded to 2.6.1. This is good news, but Barcode 1.2 was not prepared to work with Python 2.6.1. Please use Barcode 1.3!
Normally you can simply install the new version and it replaces the old. If this does not work for some reason, you can remove the OpenOffice.org user settings folder and start with a clean installation. On Windows Vista this folder is C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\OpenOffice.org. Deleting it will revert all OpenOffice.org settings to defaults and remove all your extensions.
Daniel Darabos
Removing old version
Sorry, I replied to Jørgen in a private email, but I guess his problem is not unique. Unfortunately prior versions are so incompatible with OpenOffice.org 3.1 that it can not even uninstall them.
How to manually upgrade an extension
One way is to manually uninstall it and install the new version. To do this:
The above method is destructive — it will remove all your user settings and extensions (or just your shared extensions, in the shared case). A somewhat more complicated solution is to manually upgrade the extension without using the Extension Manager.
I hope this helps. Hopefully OpenOffice.org will now stick with Python 2.6 as long as it has with Python 2.3 and you will not have to go through this ordeal very often.
Daniel Darabos
Cannot install Barcode.oxt
hi,
i juz downloaded Barcode.oxt but i could not install or run it as it is in a binary form. Could you please help me to solve this problem? Thank you in advance.
regards,
anant
Re: Cannot install Barcode.oxt
Please take a look at these instructions for installing an extension. If you tried the installation like this and it failed, could you tell me where the problem occured, what the error message was and what operating system and OpenOffice.org version you are using?
The OXT file is actually a ZIP archive which contains the Python source code that is directly interpreted by OpenOffice.org, so it is not really a binary distribution. Still you can find the unpackaged sources in our Launchpad.net repository if you are interested!
Best regards,
Daniel Darabos
Runtime error - can't install
I'm trying to install the extension, following the guide, but the result is an error alert: "This application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information"... My S.O. is Windows XP Professional SP2, with OpenOffice 3.1... Thanks in advance to everyone for your help...
How to get OpenOffice.org
Dear Daniel,
Actually I am not using OpenOffice.org at all. I think that's the problem. For your information, I am very new here and so can you please help me how to work with this? Do I need to install OpenOffice.org first? If yes, how should I do that?
Thank you
Re: How to get OpenOffice.org
Yes, the Barcode tool is an extension (plug-in if you wish) for OpenOffice.org. It will not work on its own. But OpenOffice.org is free and pretty useful, so go ahead and download it at http://download.openoffice.org/ and once it is installed follow the instructions for installing an extension to get Barcode working. Once all this is set up you will see a Barcode menu item in the Insert menu of OpenOffice.org Draw. Then you just type a number and get the barcode ready to be printed or reused in other applications.
Daniel Darabos
Does not work on OOo3.0 on
Does not work on OOo3.0 on Mac. While installation, got this error message.
Python extensions on Mac
There is a problem with Python extension support on Mac. It has already been fixed by Juergen Schmidt and will be included in the next version of OpenOffice.org (3.1). In the interim you can use this patcher to work around the problem.
Daniel Darabos
error still on OOo 3.1 windows Vista
I have used OOo 3.1 english version on a Windows Vista Home Premium pc and have the same problem.
The extension still displays that error with OOo 3.1,
updating or disabling the extension doesn't work either.
How can the 1.1 version of Barcode be removed?
Want to replace it with the 1.2 version.
Re: error still on OOo 3.1 windows Vista
Yes, while 3.1 solved the problem on Mac, it has done more than that: the Python included in OpenOffice.org has been upgraded to 2.6.1. This is good news, but Barcode 1.2 was not prepared to work with Python 2.6.1. Please use Barcode 1.3!
Normally you can simply install the new version and it replaces the old. If this does not work for some reason, you can remove the OpenOffice.org user settings folder and start with a clean installation. On Windows Vista this folder is C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\OpenOffice.org. Deleting it will revert all OpenOffice.org settings to defaults and remove all your extensions.
Daniel Darabos
Thanks, it is solved now.
Thanks, it is solved now.
Localizations
Hi,
Great work
I have made a Danish translation but where can I submit the DialogStrings_da_DK.properties ?
Leif Lodahl
http://lodahl.blogspot.com
Re: Localizations
Dear Leif,
That is amazing, thank you! You can either send me the file at darabos.daniel@multiracio.hu, or you can contribute it through Launchpad. Launchpad is pretty complicated, so if you just want to contribute this file, email is probably best.
Daniel Darabos
Re: Localizations
I have uploaded version 1.1 which is now localized to Danish and Hungarian! If anyone would like to translate a few strings, Extension Translator is an easy way to get it done in OpenOffice.org. There are a couple of identifiers that start with "ExtensionCreator" -- these are only visible in debug mode so there is no need to translate them.
Daniel Darabos
What is next?
Dear Users!
I hope you will find useful this extension. Please inform us what barcode will be the next. We plan to implement many barcodes, but we want to follow our users' needs.
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How to use this extension?
I installed this extension and cannot get it to work. According to your help file (what there is anyhow), a new menu item can be found at the bottom of the Insert menu. I don't have "Insert Barcode" at the bottom of my Insert menu... or anywhere else for that matter! I have looked for it in the obvious applications (Calc and Writer) as well as all of the other applications. I am using Open Office v3.0.1 on Windows XP Service Pack 3. What's up?
Re: How to use this extension?
Normally the "Insert Barcode" menu item is installed in Draw. Another menu item, "About Barcode" is installed in every application in the Help menu. The most common cause of the menu items not appearing is that OpenOffice.org was not fully restarted after the installation of the extension. To do a full restart make sure you also quit the Quickstarter (or if in doubt restart Windows).
Let me know if this helps! The next version will include a more useful help page, but apart from the location of the new menu item things are pretty simple to guess once the installation succeeded.
Daniel Darabos
Thanks for your speady reply!
Other barcode creators I am familiar with are actually fonts and are normally used in spreadsheet and text document applications. After installing it as you described it worked flawlessly. This was exactly what I have been looking for for quite awhile... thank you very much!
Practical use
I am glad to hear it works! I would be grateful if you could let us know if you are using the extension for actually creating barcodes. I have to admit that we have not actually printed any barcodes and do not have a barcode scanner to test it — we just worked based on the barcode specifications. So any confirmation of how this works in practice would be comforting (to us, developers, and I suppose to prospective users as well).
Daniel Darabos
Haven't actually scanned one yet...
I wanted to find a barcode creator because I often want to find out if a store has a product in stock before I make the trek to the store... so why print a barcode? Two reasons: A) I know the UPC that I have for the product is correct, and B) If I show up with the barcode at the store I can have the Customer Service Supervisor scan the barcode and know for sure that they have the product in stock before I traipse through the store trying to find a product that they either do not have or they do have but it is still back in the stock room. As a Walmart Cashier, I can tell you that if you call up the store and ask if they have product X in the store you will get anything from a flat no, to yes, to an I don't know... all of which might be completely wrong. Having a barcode number AND asking for a Customer Service Supervisor are essential to getting a correct response to your inquiry. I will scan one the next time I go to work and let you know if it works.
Works perfectly!
I have had a chance to scan a UPC-A barcode and it worked perfectly... Thanks again!
However Daniel did not
However Daniel did not tested this extension with printed barcode I must notice that I did with EAN-13. So this is working for me in several cases (readable code, correct code). Of course you might have to test it carefully and report the possible bugs to us.
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Barcode QA
I am very glad to hear that Kalman and Tony could verify with a scanner that the UPC-A and EAN-13 barcodes work! I hope with some effort we will be able to come up with a bulletproof QA process for every barcode type.
To this end I have created a blueprint at Launchpad and an associated forum at UserVoice. I invite you to discuss any ideas for QA through these channels. People with scanners especially welcome :).
I think…
I think we are not QA gurus, so I will ask Thorsten or the OOo's QA dev team about this. Actually, they have more knowledge about this area. We may visually compare some barcode. You can buy products with only UPC-A or EAN-13 barcodes, so you can easily test 10 barcodes. Put the names, barcodes along with the QA test and the created barcode into a database. If everything is okay you can compare the barcode that was generated with a never version of extension with the old one already in the database. This way we might create automated test that comares that two pictures. Also you can get books to test ISBN generator. So there are many way to involve the power of community.
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Pay per barcode
If you wish to add new barcodes to this Barcode extension you can donate the project. This donation is help us to add more and more barcodes those you will find useful.
You can send contributions via this page: http://sourceforge.net/project/project_donations.php?group_id=170021
(Or directly via PayPal - contact me)
Please write what barcode should be the next.
Also any code contribution is warmly welcomed. You have some Python knowledge to achieve this.
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