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

[Laurent Carlier <lordheavym@xxxxxxxxx>]

You can use gambas binding with external libraries
https://gambaswiki.org/wiki/howto/extern

It is possible because of the C wrapper
https://github.com/zxing-cpp/zxing-cpp/blob/master/wrappers/c/README.md

Regards

Le mer. 4 févr. 2026 à 09:31, Claus Dietrich <claus.dietrich@xxxxxxxxxx> a
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> 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.
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> Meanwhile I found this:
> https://github.com/zxing-cpp/zxing-cpp?tab=readme-ov-file
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> My C and C++ capabilities are close to Null.
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> Best regards
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> Claus
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