# Ruby and barcodes **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 22, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-barcodes/117932 "2007-10-22T16:16:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![crazybass](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eb9ed0/32.png) [@crazybass](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/crazybass)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-barcodes/117932/1 "2007-10-22T16:16:31Z")
Hello 1 - I would like to generate a 2D barcode with ruby? Is it possible? 2 - If it is possible, is there a way to make the oposite? (read the file generated with the barcode - PDF/image/etc) and extract is content with ruby? Thanks regards ---
**Author:** ![crazybass](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eb9ed0/32.png) [@crazybass](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/crazybass)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-barcodes/117932/2 "2007-10-22T16:42:44Z")
On 10/22/07, Paulo C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > regards > GIYF: ruby barcode > [http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4154](http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4154) > [http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/202298](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/202298) ---
**Author:** ![crazybass](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eb9ed0/32.png) [@crazybass](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/crazybass)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-barcodes/117932/3 "2007-10-22T17:00:56Z")
Thanks but i dont think that they able to generate 2D barcodes… Jano S. wrote: > On 10/22/07, Paulo C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > regards > > GIYF: ruby barcode > > [http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4154](http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4154) > > [http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/202298](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/202298) ---
**Author:** ![crazybass](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eb9ed0/32.png) [@crazybass](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/crazybass)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-barcodes/117932/4 "2007-10-22T18:06:32Z")
On 10/22/07, Paulo C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thanks but i dont think that they able to generate 2D barcodes… > > Jano S. wrote: > > > On 10/22/07, Paulo C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > > regards > > > GIYF: ruby barcode > > > [http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4154](http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4154) > > > [http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/202298](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/202298) Sorry, I overlooked the “2D” part. J. ---
**Author:** ![crazybass](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eb9ed0/32.png) [@crazybass](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/crazybass)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-barcodes/117932/5 "2007-10-22T17:35:29Z")
On Oct 22, 10:00 am, Paulo C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > With [pdf417\_encode download | SourceForge.net](http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdf417encode/) and the above info, > you might be able to piece something together to generate the > barcodes. I’m not sure about reading them though.