With AlomWare Toolbox, you can easily create a QR code from any website URL. You just use the "Image: Assign" step in the format "qr=URL". Here's an action that does it from a screenshot of AlomWare Toolbox's "Automation" tab:
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HOW TO USE: Copy from Start to End, and then paste into an action.
REFERENCE : See an example of pasting at alomware.com/paste.png
0001 Image: Assign "qr=https://www.alomware.com/images/tab-automation.png"
0002 Image: Show at desktop position "numpad5"
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Running this action results in the QR code being displayed in the center of the desktop. Try scanning it with your phone! :)
(https://www.alomware.com/images/forum/create-qr-code.png)
Here's an action that you can set to a hotkey that grabs the URL from the active web browser and creates a QR code for it:
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HOW TO USE: Copy from Start to End, and then paste into an action.
REFERENCE : See an example of pasting at alomware.com/paste.png
0001 String: Assign URL from active browser ""
0002 String: Insert text "1,qr="
0003 Image: Assign "string$"
0004 Image: Show at desktop position "numpad5"
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Tip: You're not restricted to just website URLs; you can actually create a QR code for any text (but not "War and Peace"!). :) Just remember to prefix the text with "qr=" and you're all set.
How do I use this with any text (like you said)? It seems to only accept websites.
Sorry, I forgot to enable that. :-[ The next release (v9.0.0.1 tomorrow) will allow text of up to 2048 characters (2 KB) to be converted into a QR code.