General Function Calls

These function calls are required to produce a barcode with standard settings. More...

Functions
BOOL	BCAttachInstance (HINSTANCE hInstance)
	Attach library to given instance (Windows static library only).
BOOL	BCAttach ()
	Initializes TBarCode for further use (Windows static library only).
BOOL	BCDetach ()
	Detach library from process (Windows static library only).
ERRCODE	BCDeInitLibrary ()
	De-initializes TBarCode Library (UNIX and Windows CE only).
ERRCODE	BCAlloc (t_BarCode **ppBarCode)
	Allocates and initializes barcode structure.
ERRCODE	BCClone (t_BarCode **ppBarCodeDest, const t_BarCode *pBarCodeSrc)
	Makes a clone of an existing bar code structure.
ERRCODE	BCFree (t_BarCode *pBarCode)
	Frees barcode structure.
ERRCODE	BCCreate (t_BarCode *pBarCode)
	Creates the internal barcode representation.
ERRCODE	BCInitLibraryA (LPCSTR szPath)
	Initializes TBarCode Library (UNIX and Windows CE only).
ERRCODE	BCInitLibraryW (LPCWSTR szPath)
	Initializes TBarCode Library (UNIX and Windows CE only).
ERRCODE	_BCInitLibraryT (LPCTSTR szPath)
	Initializes TBarCode Library (UNIX and Windows CE only).
ERRCODE	BCLicenseMeA (LPCSTR lpszLicensee, e_licKind eKindOfLicense, DWORD dwNoOfLicenses, LPCSTR lpszKey, e_licProduct eProductID)
	License TBarCode.
ERRCODE	BCLicenseMeW (LPCWSTR lpszLicensee, e_licKind eKindOfLicense, DWORD dwNoOfLicenses, LPCWSTR lpszKey, e_licProduct eProductID)
	License TBarCode.

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Detailed Description

These function calls are required to produce a barcode with standard settings.

The barcode can then be drawn on a device context using BCDraw() or written to file using BCPostscriptToFile() (or similar). Some of these functions are only necessary for applications which are using a static library of TBarCode.

Note:

A static library is available on request only. Please contact support@tec-it.com

The following examples shows how you will use these functions in your code.

 /* License TBarCode */
 BCLicenseMe("LicenseeName", eLicKindDeveloper, 1, "LicenseKey", eLicProd2D);

 /* Allocate memory and retrieve barcode handle (pointer) */
 t_BarCode* pBC;
 BCAlloc(&pBC);
 
 /* Set barcode symbology, data and other properties. */
 ...

 /* Create barcode pattern (bars, spaces) */
 BCCreate(pBC);

 /* Call functions to draw or save barcodes */
 ...

 /* Release memory / free barcode structure */
 BCFree(pBC);