We are pleased to announce that version 7.4.2 of the Barcode Reader SDK for Windows has now been released. Developers with valid support and upgrade cover (this includes anyone who purchased a license in the last 12 months) will automatically receive a download link to the new version in the next week or so but
The Softek Barcode Reader SDK for the iPhone has been tested with IOS 5 beta 5 and found to be 100% compatible with the current version of the SDK. We’ll test again when version 5 is fully released and post an update at that point.
If you’re putting large numbers of PDF documents through the toolkit then you might be very interested in taking a closer look at this version; image-only PDF documents now process at around 3X the speed of previous versions and with higher accuracy. Developers wanting to get hold of the update to the PDF Extension will
Overview CodabarMaxVariance is the maximum percentage variance that a character in a codabar barcode can have from the average for that barcode. Type: SHORT Default value: 20 Note: This is an Advanced property and can only be set using LoadXMLSettings
Overview When True the toolkit will only report Code 25 barcodes where the last character is a valid checksum for the rest of the barcode. The toolkit expects a Code 25 checksum to be calculated using the following method: Sum all of the even positioned characters (the right hand message character is always even), and multiply by 3.
Overview ColorChunks specifies how many sections a scan line of an image should be broken into when calculating threshold levels for black and white pixels. Type: SHORT Default value: 1 Note: This is an Advanced property and can only be set using LoadXMLSettings
Overview If the Despeckle property is set to TRUE and the NoiseReduction property is none zero, then the toolkit removes white speckles inside the bars of a barcode before removing black marks from the spaces between bars. Type: BOOL Default value: FALSE
Overview The Encoding property controls the format in which the toolkit returns strings for barcode types that use full symbol sets such as PDF-417. The property can take any of the following values: 0 Raw , with null characters suppressed. 1 Quoted printable 2 Unicode 3 UTF-8 Type: SHORT Default Value: 0
Overview If GammaCorrection is set to a value other than 100 then the toolkit will apply gamma correction to a color image. The amount of gamma correction is equal to GammaCorrection / 100. For example, to achieve a gamma correction of 0.5 the property should be set to a value of 50. Type: SHORT Default value: 100
Overview Use the LicenseKey property to set your license key prior to calling the ScanBarCode, ScanBarCodeFromBitmap or ScanBarCodeFromDIB functions. With no license key the .net interface will return all barcode values as“Please contact sales@bardecode.com for a trial license string” and other interfaces will display a pop up box that the user will need to click on to continue. Type: STRING Default