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Datamatrix Barcodes

Post by cmhjon » Tue Apr 07, 2026 3:58 pm

Hello everyone,

I am looking to generate (ECC200) Datamatrix barcodes either by drawing individual native LC graphic rectangles to make up the entire barcode or by using a Datamatrix font. Either is fine provided the barcode is scannable with a barcode reader. The barcode when scanned will be used to enter data into a row on a spreadsheet with each piece of data being separated by a tab and ending with a carriage return.

Please DM me if you think you could produce this.

Thank you and best regards,
Jon :-)

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Re: Datamatrix Barcodes

Post by dunbarx » Tue Apr 07, 2026 4:14 pm

Hmmm.

Another one. At least the AI bots are participating...

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Re: Datamatrix Barcodes

Post by cmhjon » Tue Apr 07, 2026 5:23 pm

? I am definitely not a bot :)

I am working on an app (to replace an existing app) to print labels for my team and one of them uses a Datamatrix barcode. I’ve tried to make sense of how source data is encoded to produce the barcode but it’s over my head.

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Re: Datamatrix Barcodes

Post by dunbarx » Wed Apr 08, 2026 1:59 pm

cmhJon

My bad, I should have seen that was not your first post.

Not even close. :oops:

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Re: Datamatrix Barcodes

Post by richmond62 » Wed Apr 08, 2026 4:38 pm

"Somewhere else" a very chap has already implemented THAT in webTalk.

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Re: Datamatrix Barcodes

Post by cmhjon » Fri Apr 10, 2026 1:08 pm

Hi Richmond,

That very chap reached out to me and although I have the standalone HTML file he provided which does the work, I have no idea how to implement it into LiveCode. I assigned the HTML file to a browser widget and can see the web page but after that, I am lost :(

Jon

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Re: Datamatrix Barcodes

Post by richmond62 » Fri Apr 10, 2026 6:26 pm

Well, webTalk is NOT LiveCode: it is a completely unconnected implementation of xTalk, so you have about 0% chance of carrying that across to LiveCode.

As webTalk is Open Source, even if you could 'lift' that code into LiveCode you would probably be violating the Open Source licence as, I assume, you are using the current, commercial version of LiveCode.

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Re: Datamatrix Barcodes

Post by SWEdeAndy » Fri Apr 10, 2026 7:37 pm

Hi Jon,

I have experience with building interaction between LiveCode and embedded browser functions. I could take a look at it if I get the html file and some example data that you want to base the barcode on.

/Andreas
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