% CREDITCARD(1)
% Roberto Ceccarelli - Casasoft
% April 2023

NAME

CreditCard - Creates a credit card recto and verso.

SYNOPSIS

CreditCard [options]* inputfile

DESCRIPTION

This program allows you to create a credit card with recto and verso.
You can add a pseudo magnetic band, text on front and a more long text on the back.

OPTIONS

–fronttext=VALUE :
text in front (Cardholder name)

–fronttextfont=VALUE :
front text font (default ‘Arial’)

–fronttextcolor=VALUE :
front text color (default #000000)

–fronttextborder=VALUE :

front text border color (default #000000)

–fronttextbackground=V :
ALUE
front text background color (default #00000000)

–fontbold :
use bold font weight

–fontitalic :
use italic font style

–mbcolor=VALUE :
magnetic band color (default #8B4513)

–mbimage=VALUE :
magnetic band overlay image

–backimage=VALUE :
image for back side

–backtext=VALUE :
pango markup for text on back side.
Text can be stored in a file instead of a string.
The file must be referenced as ‘@filename’

–fillcolor=VALUE :
set the color used to fill the images
(default #FFFFFF)

–bordercolor=VALUE :
set the color used to border the images
(default #000000)

–dpi=VALUE :
set output resolution (default 300)

–json=VALUE :
parameters in json format,
use –helpjson for sample template
Text can be stored in a file instead of a string
The file must be referenced as ‘@filename’

–script=VALUE :
c# script for custom processing,
use –helpscript for sample template
Text can be stored in a file instead of a string
The file must be referenced as ‘@filename’

-o, –output=VALUE :
set output dir/filename

–extension=VALUE :
file extension for output file (default ‘jpg’)

–tag=VALUE :
extra info for user scripts
Text can be stored in a file instead of a string
The file must be referenced as ‘@filename’

–nobanner :
suppress the banner

-h, –help :
show this message and exit

–helpjson :
show json parameters template

–helpscript :
show script template

–man :
show the man page source and exit

–colors :
list available colors by name

–license :
show program license (AGPL 3.0)

COLORS

Colors can be written in any of these formats:
#rgb
#rrggbb
#rrggbbaa
#rrrrggggbbbb
#rrrrggggbbbbaaaa
colorname (use CreditCard –colors to see all available colors)

JSON

Parameters can also be passed with a json formatted string
using the following template:

{
  "FrontText": "",
  "FrontTextFont": "Arial",
  "FrontTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
  "FrontTextBorder": "#000000",
  "FrontTextBackground": "#00000000",
  "fontBold": false,
  "fontItalic": false,
  "MagneticBandColor": "#000000FF",
  "MagneticBandImage": "",
  "BackImage": "",
  "BackText": "",
  "FillColor": "#FFFFFF",
  "BorderColor": "#000000",
  "Dpi": 300,
  "OutputName": "",
  "Extension": "jpg",
  "Script": null,
  "Tag": null,
  "FilesList": []
}

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

The program can read values from these variables:

CDV_OUTPATH :
Base path for output files

CDV_DPI :
Resolution for output files

CDV_FILL :
Color used to fill images

CDV_BORDER :
Border color

SCRIPTING

You can add custom c# code, compiled at runtime, with the –script parameter. You can call a property engine that exposes all the parameters passed to the main program.

The following using are declared:

using Casasoft.CCDV;
using Casasoft.CCDV.Engines;
using Casasoft.CCDV.JSON;
using ImageMagick;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;

These are the signatures of the scriptable methods:

// Script template for CreditCard

/// <summary>
/// Custom class initialization
/// </summary>
public void Init() { }

/// <summary>
/// Image for final output
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public MagickImage OutputImage() => null;

COPYRIGHT

Casasoft Casasoft CreditCard is free software:
you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

You should have received a copy of the GNU AGPL v.3
along with Casasoft Casasoft CreditCard.
If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

DISCLAIMER

Casasoft Casasoft CreditCard is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the GNU General Public License for more details.