The software is initially in French, in order to have access to the English version , click on the Fonction menu then on Préférences, select English and click on Valider, henceforth the software is in English.
 Code Barre X v1.2¨

This software was tested on MacOS X (10.2.2).
The minimum requirements: MacOS X

Operation :
This software allows you to draw and create bar codes (EAN13, EAN8 and UPC-A) and to save them.

After having clicked on the software's icon of the Code Barre X, click on Functions

	_ Select Capture in order to enter the 13, 8 or 12 figures of your bar code (EAN13, EAN8,
          UPC-A), once the figures of the bar code are captured, you get a window with the bar
          code which should square with the picture.

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	_ Select Create in order to enter from 0 to 13 figures, the Mac will select the missing
          figures at random or delete the extra figures and it will calculate the bar code's key,
          that is to say the last figure of the bar code.

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In the Preferences menu, you can choose the type of bar code which will be created when you select Create. If you choose EAN13, bar codes of 13 figures will be created.
This preference has no effect on the Capture function.

	_ Once the bar code is drawn in the window, you can save the picture as a Vectoriel  Pict
	   of your choice for SimpleText, Photoshop, GraphicConverter, Freehand, Illustrator, or
          Preview.

	_ In the Preferences menu, you can select the picture format to save the bar code and the
	   language (French/English)

Default drive, the software uses  Geneva font and the size 10. 
The picture is saved in SimpleText format.
The type of bar code is EAN13 and the language is French.
You can change those parameters by using the menus, so the alterations are recorded in Code Barre X Pref file which can be found in Preferences folder of your Library folder.
For instance, you can use the Arial font and the size 12.

When you click on the Default preferences button, all the initial preferences are restored, font, size, picture format, type of bar codes and language.

When you click on the Edit menu and then Copy, the picture is stored in the paperweight or you can use Apple C. 

A knowledge issue :
	_ When you open a picture, which is created by code barre, in Illustrator 9, there are
          displays issues, the figures don't display in the right place (it's a bug of Illustrator 9).
          There is no issue with Illustrator 7-8-10, Photoshop, FreeHand 8 and 9.

	_The management of the printer is different in MacOS X and yet the software doesn't
         allow to print directly the bar code.
	  To print a bar code, save it, then open it by the way of the concerned software and you
         will be able to print it.

Freeware :
Code Barre X is delivered in Freeware, that is to say it's free (it can be sold under no circumstances ! ). But if my software pleases you, even so you can send me a little bit of money, a postcard or an E-mail in order to encourage me to create other softwares or improve this one.

Distribution of this software (Code Barre X v1.2) and documentation are unrestricted, so long as the documentation and software are maintained together, unmodified , in the distribution. You can deliver my software on CD-Rom in condition that it is delivered freely (I wish to be kept informed).
You can download the version for MacOS 7.5.x - 9.x on my web site.

My thanks :
I want to thank them for helping me:
	- Jean-Pierre Lhote     http://www.mangadouf.fr.st
	- Jean-Marie Simonet  http://perso.wanadoo.fr/infograf/
	- Everyone who sends me an encouragement E-mail.

To make contact with the author :

M. Didier STRAUS
30, Avenue du Moulinard
95520  Osny    FRANCE

http://www.Software-DS.com      Software-DS@wanadoo.fr

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