QR Code Generator

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How to enter content for generating QR codes.

Some QR codes need to be generated with metadata. In those cases, I've put the format in monospace font. Any punctuation characters (like colons and semi-colons) need to remain as is.

Plain text message: No particular format. Just type in the message. May be multiple lines.

URL: No particular format, just type the full http://... URL. Parameter information may follow a "?" character. Must be all one line.
Example: https://www.willmaster.com/?name=me

Telephone number: Format —
   TEL:[phone]
Replace [phone] with the telephone number. Must be all one line.
Example: TEL:555-5555

SMS message: Format —
   SMSTO:[phone]:[text]
Replace [phone] with the telephone number. Replace [text] with the SMS message. [text] may be blank. Must be all one line.
Example: SMSTO:555-5555:hi!

Email: Format —
   MATMSG:TO:[email];SUB:[subject];BODY:[body];;
Replace [email] with the email address to send to. Replace [subject] with the email's subject. [subject] may be blank. Replace [body] with the email body content - which may be multi-line. [body] may be blank. Must be all one line, except email body content may be multi-line.
Example: MATMSG:TO:will@example.com;SUB:A note;BODY:Hi Will,

I like your software.

Thanks!;;

Bookmark: Format —
   MEBKM:TITLE:[title];URL:[url];;
Replace [title] with the web page title. Replace [url] with the full http://... URL, which may have parameter information following a "?" character. Must be all one line.
Example: MEBKM:TITLE:Software;URL:https://www.willmaster.com/?name=me;;

Geo location code: Format —
   GEO:[lat],[lon],[height]
Replace [lat] with latitude. Replace [lon] with longitude. Replace [height] with height in meters (1 meter is approximately 3.28 feet or somewhat close to 1 yard). Must be all one line.
Example: GEO:45.379643,-86.895676,0

Me Card contact information for address books: Format —
   MECARD:N:[name];ADR:[address];TEL:[phone];EMAIL:[email];;
Replace [name] with the name. Replace [address] with the physical address (may be blank). Replace [phone] with the telephone number (may be blank). Replace [email] with the email address (may be blank). Must be all one line.
Example: MECARD:N:John Doe;ADR:123 Road, City, WI 99546;TEL:555-5555;EMAIL:joe@example.com;;

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A character set determines what characters can be printed or represented in the QR code. (An example character set is the old ASCII, which has long since been left behind.)

UTF-8 — UTF-8 can represent every character in the Unicode character set. Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems.

ISO-8859-1 — The ISO-8859-1 character set is generally intended for Western European languages.

Shift_JIS — Shift_JIS is a character set for the Japanese language.

Unless you have a compelling reason to do otherwise, use UTF-8.

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