Show Bid Request Barcode Image Generator for the Web Bid Request Id: 72016 Bookmark in my 'To Do' list Posted by: cyrusb (0 ratings) Non-action Ratio: Very Good - 23.53% Buyer Security Verifications: Good Approved on: Jul 8, 2003 2:51:36 AM EDT Bidding Closes: Jul 11, 2003 2:49:39 AM EDT Viewed (by coders): 204 times Deadline: 7/18/2003 12:02:34 AM (9 days after 7/9/2003 12:02:34 AM) Phase: 100% of work was accepted by buyer. Coder account has been credited. Max Accepted Bid: Bidding is closed Project Type: Personal Project / Homework Help Bidding Type: Open Auction Categories: Web, Windows, Graphics / Art / Music, Language Specific, Platforms, Internet Browser, Art (Misc.), Graphics, Web Services, Web (Other) Enter chat room for this bid request (0 active users at Jul 22, 2003 12:46:18 AM EDT) Description: I need a small server application that will run on windows that when I request an image file from it it will generate a barcode with a specific number... for example if I request 776584.jpg or 776584.gif it will then send me an image of a barcode with a Coder 3 of 4 barcode with the number 776584 on it. This means if I have an HTML tag like this: img src="http://www.testserver.com/87674.jpg" it would then send me a image with the code 3 of 4 image with 87674 coded into it. I need to be able to specify the port number for the server to run on. The barcodes have to be able to be printed from the web browser and be able to be scanned on a barcode scanner. This program has to be VERY reliable and run on a windows 98/2000 server and it needs to be so reliable that it will not crash! Deliverables: 1) Complete and fully-functional working program(s) in executable form as well as complete source code of all work done. 2) Installation package that will install the software (in ready-to-run condition) on the platform(s) specified in this bid request. 3) Complete ownership and distribution copyrights to all work purchased. Platform: Windows 98 Windows ME Windows XP Windows 2000 Remember that contacting the other party outside of the site (by email, phone, etc.) on all business projects < $500 (before the buyer's money is escrowed) is a violation of both the software buyer and seller agreements. We monitor all site activity for such violations and can instantly expel transgressers on the spot, so we thank you in advance for your cooperation. If you notice a violation please help out the site and report it. Thanks for your help.   Bidding/Comments: All monetary amounts on the site are in United States dollars. Rent a Coder is a closed auction, so coders can only see their own bids and comments. Buyers can view every posting made on their bid requests. See all rejected bids (and all comments) Name   Bid Amount    Date   Coder Rating   This bid was accepted by the buyer! Jason Harper (6 ratings) in Colorado Springs, Colorado United States Bid id: 773,532   $25 (USD) Jul 8, 2003 6:11:36 AM EDT  8.5 (Very Good)     I can easily do this job for you. Implementation would use the Python programming language and the Python Imaging Library to produce the barcode image. These are freely available, cross-platform technologies, so the program would run on just about any machine capable of connecting to the Internet. Please note that the use of JPEG output, as shown in your example, is horribly inappropriate for this job. JPEG is intended for smooth, real-world images: it is fundamentally incapable of representing hard edges without blurring them (and a barcode consists of nothing but hard edges). GIF or PNG would work much better.           See 17 private reply(ies) to/from Jason Harper.