NAME

       GD::Barcode::EAN8 - Create EAN8(JAN8) barcode image with GD

SYNOPSIS

       ex. CGI

         use GD::Barcode::EAN8;
         binmode(STDOUT);
         print "Content-Type: image/png\n\n";
         print GD::Barcode::EAN8->new('1234567')->plot->png;

       with Error Check

         my $oGdBar = GD::Barcode::EAN8->new('123456789');
         die $GD::Barcode::EAN8::errStr unless($oGdBar);       #Invalid Length

DESCRIPTION

       GD::Barcode::EAN8 is a subclass of GD::Barcode and allows you to create EAN8(JAN8) barcode
       image with GD.  This module based on "Generate Barcode Ver 1.02 By Shisei Hanai 97/08/22".

   new
       $oGdBar = GD::Barcode::EAN8->new($sTxt);

       Constructor.  Creates a GD::Barcode::EAN8 object for $sTxt.  $sTxt has 7 or 8 numeric
       characters([0-9]).  If $sTxt has 12 characters, this module calacurates CD for you.

   plot()
       $oGd = $oGdBar->plot([Height => $iHeight, NoText => 0 | 1]);

       creates GD object with barcode image for the $sTxt specified at new method.  $iHeight is
       height of the image. If NoText is 1, the image has no text image of $sTxt.

        ex.
         my $oGdB = GD::Barcode::EAN8->new('1234567');
         my $oGD = $oGdB->plot(NoText=>1, Height => 20);
         # $sGD is a GD image with Height=>20 pixels, with no text.

   barcode()
       $sPtn = $oGdBar->barcode();

       returns a barcode pattern in string with '1', 'G' and '0'.  '1' means black, 'G' also
       means black but little bit long, '0' means white.

        ex.
         my $oGdB = GD::Barcode::EAN8->new('1234567');
         my $sPtn = $oGdB->barcode();
         # $sPtn = '';

   $errStr
       $GD::Barcode::EAN8::errStr

       has error message.

   $text
       $oGdBar->{$text}

       has barcode text based on $sTxt specified in new method.

AUTHOR

       Kawai Takanori GCD00051@nifty.ne.jp

COPYRIGHT

       The GD::Barocde::EAN8 module is Copyright (c) 2000 Kawai Takanori. Japan.  All rights
       reserved.

       You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the
       Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.

SEE ALSO

       GD::Barcode