If you have an array of UTF-8 bytes and want to convert them into a String then the following may help… As you may know, UTF-8 is a way of encoding every character in the Unicode character set using a variable number of byte per character. For example, the letter A just needs 1 byte
Using the SDK with Real Studio on Windows is pretty straight forward and version 7.5.1.6 of the SDK now includes a full example. Anyhow, here’s what you need to do to get barcode reading working with Real Basic… Step 1. Download the barcode reader sdk from here Step 2. Navigate to where the sdk was installed
So what’s the easiest way to integrate barcode reading into your app? Whilst it’s possible to integrate the Softek Barcode Reader into your Android app through our java class and jni library, it’s also possible to simply call our Bardecoder app direct from your own app with a minimal amount of work. The following article
We often get emails asking why the ScanBarCode method in the SoftekATL.Barcode OCX object returns the value 0 when it works fine in other interfaces. The reason for this is that in the COM interface the number of barcodes found by the ScanBarCode method is stored in the BarCodeCount property. For example, the following code is
QR Codes, or Quick Response Codes, originated in Japan to help car manufacturer Toyota keep track of parts around the factory but have since become widespread throughout the Middle East, America and Europe. Anyone who follows technology news cannot have avoided headlines about the rapid growth of QR Code use in advertising and shopping; although
I have now spent quite a while dealing with troublesome images with the Softek Barcode Reader SDK and have found several tricks which solve almost all problems which could arise. The issue is almost always image quality. Poorly scanned colour images or simply a low resolution leading to the bars coming together are often the
This article explains how to configure your system to allow an ASP application to use the Softek Barcode Reader SDK to process PDF Documents on an x64 system. Symptom: ScanBarCode returns -1 and GetLastError returns 3001. Description: CoCreateInstance is failing and is probably returning E_ACCESSDENIED. This is because IIS_IUSRS does not have permission for Local
There is much confusion about bitmap handles (HBITMAP) and device independent bitmaps (DIB). The terms are often interchanged and functions that you would expect to return a DIB, such as CreateDIBitmap, do in fact return a value of type HBITMAP. HBITMAP’s are handles to memory objects containing a BITMAP structure followed by palette information and
PDF-417 barcodes are a common type of 2-D barcode and are designed to store more data than a 1-D barcode with built in redundancy and error correction. A PDF-417 barcode actually consists of stacks of 1-D barcodes arranged in columns. Each of the 1-D barcodes is called a cluster and has a numeric value. The
The following VBScript shows how to create a tool that will read the value of a barcode from an image and write the value to a text file. Make sure that SofteATL.dll has been registered before attempting to run. This can be done by right clicking on REGISTER.BAT and selecting “Run as Administrator”. myscript.vbs Dim