Introduction
Esponce – The industry’s most powerful QR Code API 3 is released. To demonstrate the REAL POWER of QR Code API 3, we are delighted to introduce our QR Code plugins for various applications: WordPress (short code & widget), Blender, Adobe Photoshop CS3, Inkscape, Google SketchUp, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Outlook.

How do plugins work?
Esponce QR Code plugins extend supported applications with a QR Code generator. You can generate different QR Code types: vCard, meCard, bizCard, text, URL and change fonts and colors. On the user’s request a window or dialog is usually displayed where the user enters content and clicks a button to generate and insert the QR Code into the workspace. The user can then further manipulate the QR Code, e.g. change size or add overlays.
For simplicity, the Esponce plugin uses web service (API 3) to generate a QR Code matrix, i.e. the position of the black modules in a QR Code. The matrix is then passed to an application to render the final image or object. Input of the QR Code is defined by the content and parameters while output varies among applications.
What are the limitations?
Applications are written for a specific task, e.g. WordPress for writing blog posts, Word for writing printable documents, Outlook for sending e-mails, etc. Plugins are customized to fit into each editor, so there is no general plugin that would work for all applications. The downside is that each plugin must be installed manually for each application, but hey, once the plugin is installed it is easy to use, right?
A version of the base application must also be compatible with its corresponding plugin. There may be some minimum version defined, but this should generally work fine with updates / if you use the latest versions.
Plugins are lightweight and use web service to generate a QR Code matrix, so an internet connection is required. Single transfer takes less than a kilobyte of data!
Supported applications and practical scenarios
Users who frequently create QR Codes want to keep things as simple as possible. Plugins are here to accelerate and simplify QR Code generation. See the demos below.
WordPress plugin
The package for WordPress consists of two features: widgets that are displayed in the side-bar and short codes that are inserted into the blog post through the editor.
Microsoft Office plugins
A package of plugins is available for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Supported only in Windows and Office version 2007 and 2010.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 script
Adobe Photoshop supports .jsx scripts. Scripts are not optimized for speed, but may save some time by doing tasks automatically or repeatedly. The QR Code script is also useful for tweaking or reusing the code in other scripts.
Blender script
QR Code in 3D modelling applications may make less sense but you can create QR Codes as random blocks to play with, e.g. simulations, dynamics, animations, etc.
SketchUp script
SketchUp is frequently used in architecture, to make a quick sketch of a building and put it on Google Maps. Maybe you can find a QR Code interesting feature to include in real-estate…
Inkscape plugin
Inkscape 0.48 comes with integrated features for generating classic barcodes and DataMatrix code. This plugin makes it possible to generate QR Codes.
Where can I get the plugins?
Download QR Code plugins at http://code.google.com/p/qr-code-plugins
Installation instructions are described by each plugin.


















