diff --git a/Readme.markdown b/Readme.markdown
index 0282416..19939e7 100644
--- a/Readme.markdown
+++ b/Readme.markdown
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ TypeScript/JavaScript languages:
     
     // Simple operation
     var qr0 = QRC.encodeText("Hello, world!", QRC.Ecc.MEDIUM);
-    var svg = qr0.toSvgString(4);
+    var svg = toSvgString(qr0, 4);  // See qrcodegen-input-demo
     
     // Manual operation
     var segs = qrcodegen.QrSegment.makeSegments("3141592653589793238462643383");
diff --git a/typescript-javascript/qrcodegen-input-demo.ts b/typescript-javascript/qrcodegen-input-demo.ts
index ec4b83e..2de8341 100644
--- a/typescript-javascript/qrcodegen-input-demo.ts
+++ b/typescript-javascript/qrcodegen-input-demo.ts
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ namespace app {
 			drawCanvas(qr, scale, border, canvas);
 			canvas.style.removeProperty("display");
 		} else {
-			const code: string = qr.toSvgString(border);
+			const code: string = toSvgString(qr, border);
 			const viewBox: string = (/ viewBox="([^"]*)"/.exec(code) as RegExpExecArray)[1];
 			const pathD: string = (/ d="([^"]*)"/.exec(code) as RegExpExecArray)[1];
 			svg.setAttribute("viewBox", viewBox);
 			(svg.querySelector("path") as Element).setAttribute("d", pathD);
 			svg.style.removeProperty("display");
-			svgXml.value = qr.toSvgString(border);
+			svgXml.value = code;
 		}
 		
 		// Returns a string to describe the given list of segments.
@@ -168,6 +168,28 @@ namespace app {
 	}
 	
 	
+	// Returns a string of SVG code for an image depicting the given QR Code, with the given number
+	// of border modules. The string always uses Unix newlines (\n), regardless of the platform.
+	function toSvgString(qr: qrcodegen.QrCode, border: number): string {
+		if (border < 0)
+			throw "Border must be non-negative";
+		let parts: Array<string> = [];
+		for (let y = 0; y < qr.size; y++) {
+			for (let x = 0; x < qr.size; x++) {
+				if (qr.getModule(x, y))
+					parts.push(`M${x + border},${y + border}h1v1h-1z`);
+			}
+		}
+		return `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 ${qr.size + border * 2} ${qr.size + border * 2}" stroke="none">
+	<rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="#FFFFFF"/>
+	<path d="${parts.join(" ")}" fill="#000000"/>
+</svg>
+`
+		}
+	
+	
 	export function handleVersionMinMax(which: "min"|"max"): void {
 		const minElem: HTMLInputElement = getInput("version-min-input");
 		const maxElem: HTMLInputElement = getInput("version-max-input");
diff --git a/typescript-javascript/qrcodegen.ts b/typescript-javascript/qrcodegen.ts
index c0e051c..053770c 100644
--- a/typescript-javascript/qrcodegen.ts
+++ b/typescript-javascript/qrcodegen.ts
@@ -239,30 +239,6 @@ namespace qrcodegen {
 		}
 		
 		
-		/*-- Public instance methods --*/
-		
-		// Returns a string of SVG code for an image depicting this QR Code, with the given number
-		// of border modules. The string always uses Unix newlines (\n), regardless of the platform.
-		public toSvgString(border: int): string {
-			if (border < 0)
-				throw "Border must be non-negative";
-			let parts: Array<string> = [];
-			for (let y = 0; y < this.size; y++) {
-				for (let x = 0; x < this.size; x++) {
-					if (this.getModule(x, y))
-						parts.push(`M${x + border},${y + border}h1v1h-1z`);
-				}
-			}
-			return `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
-<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 ${this.size + border * 2} ${this.size + border * 2}" stroke="none">
-	<rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="#FFFFFF"/>
-	<path d="${parts.join(" ")}" fill="#000000"/>
-</svg>
-`
-		}
-		
-		
 		/*-- Private helper methods for constructor: Drawing function modules --*/
 		
 		// Reads this object's version field, and draws and marks all function modules.