Portable QR-Code Generator

The popularity of QR codes has seen an increase what with mobile devices becoming more affordable and letting anyone scan and decipher any message they may hide.

If you are trying to take the reins and design such a QR code yourself, your options are quite varied, with an application such as Portable QR-Code Generator being one of the software solutions you can resort to.

First off, users should know that this is a Java-based application, which imposes a requirement you need to meet, namely having Java Runtime Environment installed on your system. Still, given the fact that this is a portable software utility, there is no need to deal with any setup tasks.

As for the specific of this applications, it is worth pointing out that it can generate custom QR codes for a multitude of purposes.

Having your WLAN credentials packed in a QR code is perhaps one of the most useful things you can do with the help of this application. You simply need to indicate the SSID, password, network type, specify whether or not this is a hidden network, and you are good to go.

Apart from that, choosing a fixed or module size for your WiFi code is possible, as is the case of indicating its size and character encoding, with the possibility of saving the results as a PNG, GIF, or PNG file or simply print on a card.

Needless to say, this is not the only applicability the program boasts since it can also generate QR codes from text, URLs, emails, and vCards.

What’s more, the geographic coordinates of an event can also be bundled in a QR code, with the possibility of importing a placemark from a KML or MKZ file or a Google Earth Placemark from the clipboard. Manually adding the latitude, longitude, altitude, or address is an alternative.

On an ending note, Portable QR-Code Generator is a handy software utility that helps you convey messages via QR codes. Coming with support for anything from free text to URLs, WLAN credentials, emails, and geo URI schemes, the program is easy to use and delivers on all its promises.