Barcoding ▪️ QR ▪️ Identification ▪️ Labeling ▪️ ScannerApps ▪️ Mobile Data Acquisition

TEC-IT's free online barcode generator was relocated recently . The new URL for this convenient service is now http://barcode.tec-it.com . The online barcode generator currently supports approximately 60 different barcode symbologies . Among them are: Linear barcodes (like EAN, UPC, Code39, Code128, ....) 2D-codes (QR-Code, Data Matrix, Aztec Code, PDF417, MaxiCode, ...) Postal barcodes (USPS PostNet, Intelligent Mail barcode, Royal Mail 4 State, Australian Mail Postal Code, ...) GS1 DataBar (GS1 DataBar Stacked, GS1 DataBar Limited, GS1 DataBarExpanded, ITF14, GTIN, ...) I SBN, ISMN, ISSN codes (Barcodes for books, periodicals and media) Important bar-code parameters like the module width, the output resolution of the barcode image and finally the image type are freely adjustable.  Just check it out! Free Online Barcode Generator P.S.: If you have special requirements or enhancements requests just let us know: support@tec-it.com.

Today, TEC-IT has launched a new video which explains how to create QR Code business cards - online and for free. In just five steps you get your personal business card. It's Simple and Easy Just select a predefined business card template, enter your contact data, generate a PDF, print it and scan the bar codes with your the barcode reader of your smartphone (Android, iPhone, Windows Mobile, ...). That's it! You will never need enter contacts or URLs manually! Most camera-equipped mobile phones are able to decode the QR-Code (meCard, vCard, URL 2D barcodes) on these business cards. Common (and most likely free) bar code reader applications are i-nigma, beetagg, QuickMark, NeoReader, UpCode, Snappr, Camclic, 2d sense, codescan, ZXing, optiscan, semacode etc. Try it and visit TEC-ITs Free Business Card Generator Service !

TEC-IT has launched a free online business card printing service on www.tec-it.com! It's Free! Using this free service the creation of business cards with QR-Code or DataMatrix 2D codes has never been easier! It's Simple! Launch the online business card creator from TEC-IT and choose one of the pre-defined business card templates. Now enter your data like name, email-address, phone number, etc. That's all you need - and you will receive a full-colored PDF file which can be printed immediately. QR-Codes - ready for mobile bar-code readers - are included automatically . It can be Personalized! If you wish to design your own layout, create it with the label and reporting software TFORMer Designer. Use the free demo version for this purpose (download it here: label design software ). If you have finished your layout, send it via email to webmaster@tec-it.com . TEC-IT approves the layout and publishes it for future use. One note: if you would like to embed your own logo in a...

To generate bar codes (ALL barcodes - meaning linear barcodes, 2D barcodes like DataMatrix and GS1 DataBar codes) all you need is an internet connection. Advantage: no additional software is needed and no Visual Studio is required. The basic idea is to insert an barcode image generated by the online barcode generator of TEC-IT. This barcode generator is customizable via the URL - so it is possible to create each bar-code as required. 1) Create the required barcode using the online barcode generator 2) Scroll down to the section "Free Use of This Barcode Generator". Copy the URL (see screenshot below) into your clipboard: 3) Start the MS SQL Server Report Builder 4) Create a new report 5) Insert a Picture object and change the “Image Source” property to “External” (see screenshot below) 6) Click on the “fx” button to set the URL for the barcode image (see screenshot below) Function used in the example above: =”http://www.tec-it.com/online-demos/...

A few months ago a colleague of mine implemented a generic widget for simple web-based customizable surveys. This widget is hosted on www.widgetbox.com . Despite the fact that the widget did not store survey results permanently (instead it sent one email for each vote to the owner of the survey) it got quite a good user feedback. So let me introduce .... Free Online Survey Widget Version 2 ! This post gives you a short introduction how to set up the widget for your own web-page. But let me start with it's features first: Complete customizable survey widget (number of questions, text for questions, feedback type (one-off, many-off), colors, fonts, basic behavior, etc. Voting results are available as diagram within the widget (customizable) Voting results are stored on tec-it.com. You do not need a database or special web-hosting service It is free It only requires a unique email address, no complicated registration is required How to use This Online Poll? All you need is ...

A colleague of mine just stumbled over a very useful generator for test data . He used it for preparing some test cases for our label printing and reporting software TFORMer . Below are 2 screenshots - the first one shows how to adjust the general characterics of the test data to be generated: The second one shows the results: Hope this tool is also helpful for you!

Part 2: How to generate barcodes with OpenOffice. Also check out part 1: Using Barcodes in Google Docs Introduction OpenOffice is a free software suite which mimics (more or less) Microsoft Office. In Microsoft Office bar-code creation is possible via various methods (using barcode fonts, pre-created barcode images or by using a barcode add-in like TBarCode). Until now no quality bar-code add-ins are available for OpenOffice and 2D barcode creation using fonts is terrible. So I'll outline a possibility to create bar-codes without any barcode fonts and without any additional barcode software. How to Create OpenOffice Barcodes for Free To generate bar codes (ALL barcodes - meaning linear barcodes, 2D barcodes like DataMatrix and GS1 DataBar codes) all you need is an internet connection. The basic idea is to insert an barcode image generated by the online barcode generator of TEC-IT. This barcode generator is customizable via the URL - so it is possible to create each bar-code as ...

As of today no pre-built binary for the Instant Messaging client Pidgin 2.5.5 for Ubuntu 8.10 was available on the internet. A colleague of mine just compiled the latest release of Pidgin and published a RPM. Download it here: pidgin-2.5.5-0.i386.rpm Install it with rpm -i pidgin-2.5.5-0.i386.rpm Enjoy! P.S.: No guaranties, no warranties, no support. Download at your own risk only.