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Delphi DLL Requires Chilkat v11.7.0+

Handle QR Code Errors

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Demonstrates what happens when a request is refused. QrCode returns false and the response holds errors[0] with three members: a code that does not change between versions, the path of the request member at fault (a JSON Pointer such as /encoding/qr/version), and a message. Requests are checked strictly, so a misspelled option is an error rather than being silently ignored. LastErrorText has the same information in more detail.

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var
success: Boolean;
fmt: HCkFormats;
json: HCkJsonObject;
jsonOut: HCkJsonObject;

begin
success := False;

//  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

fmt := CkFormats_Create();
json := CkJsonObject_Create();
jsonOut := CkJsonObject_Create();

//  1. A misspelled option: "moduleSise" for "moduleSize".
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'payload.text','https://www.chilkatsoft.com/');
CkJsonObject_UpdateInt(json,'render.moduleSise',8);
success := CkFormats_QrCode(fmt,'generate',json,jsonOut);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('code: ' + CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonOut,'errors[0].code'));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('path: ' + CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonOut,'errors[0].path'));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('message: ' + CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonOut,'errors[0].message'));
  end;

//  2. A value out of range: QR versions are 1 to 40.
CkJsonObject_Clear(json);
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'payload.text','https://www.chilkatsoft.com/');
CkJsonObject_UpdateInt(json,'encoding.qr.version',41);
success := CkFormats_QrCode(fmt,'generate',json,jsonOut);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('code: ' + CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonOut,'errors[0].code'));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('path: ' + CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonOut,'errors[0].path'));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('message: ' + CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonOut,'errors[0].message'));
  end;

//  3. Too much data: this text does not fit a version 1 symbol.
CkJsonObject_Clear(json);
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'payload.text','https://www.chilkatsoft.com/barcode_overview.asp');
CkJsonObject_UpdateInt(json,'encoding.qr.version',1);
success := CkFormats_QrCode(fmt,'generate',json,jsonOut);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('code: ' + CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonOut,'errors[0].code'));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('path: ' + CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonOut,'errors[0].path'));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('message: ' + CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonOut,'errors[0].message'));
  end;

//  A program can act on the code.
if (CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonOut,'errors[0].code') = 'capacityExceeded') then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('The text is too long for the symbol size allowed.');
  end;

//  Sample output:

//  code: unknownOption
//  path: /render/moduleSise
//  message: unknown option
//  code: outOfRange
//  path: /encoding/qr/version
//  message: the value is out of range
//  code: capacityExceeded
//  path: /payload
//  message: the payload does not fit the requested QR version at the requested error-correction level
//  The text is too long for the symbol size allowed.

CkFormats_Dispose(fmt);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonOut);