Re: Reading Barcodes and QR Codes with ZXing-C++ in Gambas?

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 04/02/2026 à 09:31, Claus Dietrich a écrit :
> I wrote a useful desktop application allowing to read QR codes and 
> barcodes from the webcam, desktop and bitmaps. It uses the zbar-tools 
> package and a GStreamer pipeline based on gb.media. Unfortunately ZBar 
> can't read PDF417 codes, which recently occurred in one of my documents.
>
> Meanwhile I found this: https://github.com/zxing-cpp/zxing-cpp? 
> tab=readme-ov-file
>
> The ZXing-C++ library covers a similar range of codes like zbar, but it 
> also covers PDF417. Its impressing performance can be tested via above 
> web address.
>
> My questions: Is there is a chance to use this library in Gambas? Would 
> it be possible to make a Gambas component out of it?
>
> My C and C++ capabilities are close to Null.
>
> Best regards
>
> Claus

Why don't you use the 'ZXingReader' and 'ZXingWriter' command-line tools?

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Benoît Minisini.