We’re often asked one of the following questions: Either: How big should my barcode be? Or: What resolution should I be scanning at? In both cases people want to get the best results from their barcode software, however the truth is that the size of the barcode and the resolution of the scan are linked…
The default time out for the scan of a page on Linux is 5000ms, but how can you detect if a time out has occurred? The following snippet of C code can be used in bardecode.c at the end of the main function… uint16 t; STGetParameter(hBarcode, ST_DID_TIMEOUT, &t) ; if (t)
Some customers have experienced problems in processing large files in BardecodeFiler version 2 up to and including version 2.4.1.3. The following work around should allow these versions to function correctly with large files although it may take longer to process the files: Go to Options/Barcode Recognition/Advanced and enter the following in the Advanced Flags field:
Here is a list of all possible values that can be returned for the bar code type. Note that GS1-128 is a subset of Code 128 and is controlled by the ReadCode128 property. Value Property STSetParameter value for Linux “CODABAR” ReadCodabar ST_READ_CODABAR “CODE128” ReadCode128 ST_READ_CODE128 “CODE25” ReadCode25 ST_READ_CODE25 “CODE39” ReadCode39 ST_READ_CODE39 “CODE93” ReadCode93 ST_READ_CODE93 “DATABAR”
The mobile SDK has been updated to include Android Developer Studio example projects and a fix to the Scanner class that prevents the example app from running. The new version of the SDK can be downloaded from the following page: http://www.bardecode.com/en1/quick-download/
It is possible to store binary data in DataMatrix barcodes, but how do you go about accurately recovering the information? Take the simple and obvious example of a datamatrix barcode that contains the text “ABCDE”. This can be encoded in multiple ways (e.g C40 or Text Encoding) but the output from the reader will always
Softek SDK for Win 8.2.1 Released with the following changes and enhancements: Important: A new license key will be required for this version of the SDK. Quality Score – each bar code is now assigned a quality score between 1 and 5. The score can be used either to assist in development or as a
When starting any of the 3 additional services in version 2.4.1.1 or version 2.4.1.2 of BardecodeFiler it is possible to get the error message: “Windows could start the BardecodeFiler Service(1) on Local Computer. Error 87: The parameter is incorrect” There are 2 solutions: Either: Deinstall BardecodeFiler, reboot and then install version 2.4.1.3 or later. Or:
BardecodeFiler Version 2.4 is here with 2 great new features… Folder watching/Hot Folder Process files as soon as they land in the input folder. As an alternative to the timer setting you can now configure BardecodeFiler to watch the input folder for the arrival of new files and kick off The “Run” process automatically. Batch
Due to demand from developers the Linux version now includes a build for Raspberry Pi. Just download the Linux version to your Raspberry Pi and run ./configure.sh from the top level folder of the tar ball. It includes a version of bardecode which has been static linked against libtiff and libjpeg to get you started