Support for Windows running on ARM 64 has now been added to the multi-platform .Net Standard toolkit. The same will shortly be applied to the other Windows toolkits.
BardecodeFiler version 2.10.3.1 has been released containing a fix for issues on some systems where the application could crash when launched with an “ini” file to control processing. If you use BardecodeFile Desktop with “ini” files then this is a critical update.
Version 9.3.1.10 of the SDK has been released with the following changes (as compared to version 9.3.1.7): Support for image extraction from PDF documents added for images using the ICC color space. Correction of possible data overrun in Reed Solomon error correction. The permitted range of ratio between the sides of a QrCode has been
There has been a small update to the SDK with the release of version 9.3.1.7 of the SoftekBarcodeDLL, libbardecode.so and libbardecode.dylib files. Other files remain at the previous version number. This version contains the following updates since 9.3.1.1: Improvement to Codabar recognition for higher resolution images where the barcode is close to the edge of
Drugs used in preparing intravenous (IV) bags currently use linear barcodes to store the National Drug Center number but, amazing as it seems, a clinician may need to type that number into a keyboard in order to determine the dosage, expiry date etc. Fresenius Kabi have recently announced that they will start putting GS1-Data matrix
It looks like the days of the humble 1D barcode (a series of black vertical bars) on packaging is numbered. An effort coordinated by GS1 US aims to replace the EAN/UPC barcodes we’re all familiar with on products with the more sophisticated QRCode. Where as a 1D barcode just stores a reference number for a
The release notes for version 9.2.3 of the SDK are as follows: Code 25 barcodes: A memory leak introduced in the Code 25 algorithm in version 9.1.5 has been corrected. DataMatrix barcodes: Improvement to reading dot datamatrix barcodes MaxBarCodesPerPage is now handled correctly when reading DataMatrix barcodes. For example, if an image contained 20 datamatrix
Version 9.2.1.1 of the Softek Barcode Reader Toolkit SDK for Linux/OSX/iOS/Android has been released. Improvement to the recognition of QrCodes that have part of an edge missing. Quiet zones for QrCodes are now enforced correctly for color images larger than 1MB in size. Fix for very slow QrCode recognition on 64-bit systems with certain images.
Version 9.2.1.1 of the Softek Barcode Reader Toolkit SDK for Windows has been released. The main SDK has been rebuilt using VS2022 optimization and in tests runs about 5% faster than previous versions. SoftekSDKDemo now handles the ReadQRCode property correctly when editing an XML file. Improvement to the recognition of QrCodes that have part of
We’re pleased to announce that version 2.8.1 of BardecodeFiler has been released. Changes for this version: Desktop users can now pick specific files for processing via File/Open or Ctrl-O. Ideal for processing ad-hoc files. Input and Output folders can now be modified direct from the menu. Files that have been recently modified can now be