Softek Barcode Reader SDK for Linux Version 9.1.1.1 has been released. The main change in this version is the addition of functions to read from TIF, and JPEG files held in memory rather than as files on disc. The new function is called mtScanBarCodeFromString. The C interface has also been brought in line with the
Softek Barcode Reader SDK for Windows Version 9.1.1.1 has been released. The main change in this version is the addition of functions to read from TIF, PDF, JPEG,GIF or PNG files held in memory rather than as files on disc. The new functions are called ScanBarCodeFromString for the DLL or ScanBarCodeFromByteArray for the .Net interface.
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)
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:
More Tips and tricks with BardecodeFiler… Splitting a PDF into separate pages named after the last bar code value This is a guide to splitting a PDF document into separate pages, renamed according to the last bar code value found using BardecodeFiler. You can download BardecodeFiler from here. Step 1: Start BardecodeFiler and click on
Version 8.1.1.7 of the Softek Barcode Reader Toolkit for Windows has been released. This version addresses an issue with handling UTF-8 encoded data in a PDF-417 or DataMatrix bar code. The problem… Say you have a PDF417 bar code that encodes the characters: キヤノン電子 ….in UTF-8 format with the following bytes of hex data: E3
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
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
This article explains issues relating to the use of UTF-8 encoded data in QR-Codes. There are several ways in which data can be stored in a QR-Code, one of which is called Byte Mode. This mode allows data to be encoded in a sequence of 8-bit byte values, in other words an array of integer
We’ve updated the manual page that covers the configuration of DCOM on a 64-bit Windows 2012 Server. The key change is to run “MMC comexp.msc /32” on a 64-bit system rather than dcomcnfg.exe Anyhow, here is the new page… This section describes a problem that can be seen on ASP applications that handle PDF