Shape Services GmbH has launched a new price comparison application for iPhones and iPod Touch devices that uses the Softek Barcode Reader engine… Make your shopping smarter. Use Barcode Reader it to compare prices, find more details about the product or save search results for future. Just take a photo of any printed barcode and …
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Features for the next release
We’re pleased to announce that the following features will be supported in the next release of the toolkit: 1. Color Images The next version of the toolkit will remove the need to manually set color threshold levels for virtually all images. A new property called ColorProcessingLevel will control the amount of time spent searching a color …
iPhone barcode reader SDK
We’re pleased to announce that the barcode reader SDK will soon be available for the iPhone. We currently have pre-release copies available for interested developers, so please contact sales@softeksoftware.co.uk for further details and a download link.
bardecode shell tool
The bardecode command provides an interface to the barcode reader toolkit from the shell. For example, the following command will scan an image file for barcodes and print the values: bardecode -t any -m -f somefile.tif Options are flags such as -m, which may or may not take an argument long options are property name …
AllowDuplicateValues – permit duplicate barcode values on a page.
Overview The AllowDuplicateValues can be used to stop the toolkit from reporting duplicate barcodes on the same page in an image. This can be useful for images where the middle section of a barcode is badly damaged or missing. With the property set to TRUE the toolkit may report that there are 2 barcodes of …
BitmapResolution – specify the resolution of a bitmap
BitmapResolution is the resolution of the bitmap to be scanned in ScanBarCodeFromBitmap, in dots per inch. This value only effects the expected size of the quiet area around a barcode and for most images can be left to the default value. Type: SHORT Default value: 200
Code39Checksum – expect a checksum in Code 39 barcodes
When True the toolkit will only report Code 39 barcodes where the last character is a valid checksum for the rest of the barcode. The toolkit expects a Code 39 checksum to be calculated using modulus-43. The following table shows the character and value used for the calculation… Char Value Char Value Char Value Char Value 0 0 B 11 M 22 X 33 1 1 C 12 N 23 Y 34 2 2 D 13 O 24 Z 35 3 3 E 14 P 25 – 36 4 4 F 15 Q 26 . 37 5 5 G 16 R 27 space 38 …
Code39NeedStartStop – expect the Code 39 start/stop character
When set to TRUE the toolkit will only report Code 39 barcodes that start and end with a * character. Setting this property to FALSE is not recommended for the following reasons: It is not a valid Code 39 barcode without the start and stop * character. Without a start/stop * character, a Code 39 …
ColorThreshold – contrast setting for color images
ColorThreshold is the color value used by the control to decide whether a pixel should be considered to be black or white. The value should be in the range 0 to 255. Please note that if this property is set to a non-zero value than ColorProcessingLevel is effectively set to a value of 0. It is recommended to …
ConvertUPCEToEAN13 – convert UPC-E barcodes to EAN-13 format
Overview A UPC-E barcode is actually an EAN-13/UPC-A barcode that has had certain digits removed to create an 8 digit number. Only certain EAN-13/UPC-A barcodes can go through this process. For example, the UPC-A barcode “023456000073 ” can be suppressed to the UPC-E value “02345673” and restored to it’s original value by the barcode reader. The Softek …