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+                                  LazBarcodes
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+LazBarcodes is a set of controls to create 1D and 2D barcodes. 
+The backend engine is a port of Zint at sourceforge.
+
+Currently it supports the generation of 2D barcodes :
+- QR Code [1]
+- MicroQR [2]
+- Aztec Code [3]
+- Aztec Rune [4]
+- DataMatrix [5]
+
+The download contains the packages "lazbarcodes" and "lazbarcodes_runtimeonly". 
+The first one gives you visual components of the above barcodes and the second 
+can be used just to access the ported zint code for advanced barcode generation. 
+
+Author:
+Jose Mejuto
+
+License:
+GPL 3.0 as it is being inherited from the zint source code.
+
+wiki Page:
+http://wiki.freepascal.org/LazBarcodes
+
+References:
+[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qr_code
+[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qr_code#Variants
+[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_Code
+[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_Code#Encoding
+[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Matrix
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