Print vCard as QR-Code with Umlauts

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To see how to encode UTF-8 characters in a QR-Code, please refer to the following article from our knowledgebase:

Encoding UTF-8 characters in a QR Code

From version 28 you can use the designer function UTF8Encode$ to display umlauts correctly in QR codes (and Datamatrix codes). Example: Barcode(UTF8Encode$("ÄÖÜ"), "QRCode"). For older versions: The QR code itself has no fixed encoding. In order to make sure to UTF-8 encode the contents you should pass them byte-by-byte - this circumvents any problems between passing the content, rendering it as QR code and scanning it. A designer extension function that handles this job would be wired up like…