Some of the Cormorants recently stayed at the fantastic Velo Jaune B&B in Bourg d’Oisans, France and tackled some of the classic climbs in the Alps including Alpe d’Huez and the Croix de Fer. Alan and Lynne provided the perfect base to go out and tackle the mountains and provided both great food and comfortable
This article discusses how to use BardecodeFiler to collate pages containing the same bar code value from various PDF documents. For example, say you receive orders from customers and each order form contains a bar code that identified the customer with a unique code. You scan the order forms in random batches as they are
We are delighted to see that Softek Software’s CRT smart cycling kit has been used in a review of the Scott Addict 10 in the July issue of Cycling Plus…
If you try to install the Softek Barcode Reader Toolkit on a default installation of Ubuntu 12.10 then you may see the following message when you run ./configure.sh: Sorry – no build of bardecoder will work on this version of linux Please contact support@bardecode.com for further advice This is because Ubuntu 12.10 uses libtiff5 rather
The main changes for version 7.6.1 are in the areas of performance control and recognition of skewed bar codes. Performance Control TimeOut is a new property that specifies the maximum amount of time the toolkit should spend searching for a barcode within a single page of a document. It does not include the time taken
Code 39 is one of the most popular types of bar code and considered one of the easiest to work with, but there are a number of pitfalls that can catch you out if you’re not careful. This article aims to give you an overview of how Code 39 works and what to watch out
A recent report by Scanlife into mobile barcode use shows that barcode scans from mobile phones (predominantly scan of QR Codes) are on the rise with the worldwide rate of scans now exceeding 180 scans per minute. The report also shows that whilst 23% of users since 2009 are returning users, 77% are new users
Further to our previous posts on the uses of QR codes, many companies are offering Medical ID tags in the form of QR codes. ID card company MyInfo911 have identified that most minors carry little or no ID meaning that if involved in an accident whilst out of the vicinity of their parents, it can be hard
Sunday last weekend saw a beautiful sunny and mild October morning and the setting for the first competitive hill climb for one of our Softek staff and CRT members. The hill climb was run by Hemel Hempstead Cycling Club on the Beacon hill – one that is local to the Softek Software offices. CRT were very