barcode reading software
We often receive emails suggesting that the SDK is outputting incorrect characters at the start or end of a Codabar barcode. This is normally down to confusion over how codabar characters should be interpreted at the end of a barcode…. Codabar barcodes can start and end with with of 4 patterns: bars 0100, Spaces …
Using the Softek Barcode Reader SDK to read barcodes from images in a VB.Net project is very straight foward and this article should get you up and running in under 15 minutes… Step 1. Download the barcode reader sdk from here If you are using a 64-bit system and want to handle PDF documents then please …
Using the Softek Barcode Reader SDK with Delphi is pretty straight forward and we include a full example project with our download. This page aims to get you up and running in less than 15 minutes… Note that this example uses the win32 DLL interface to the SDK – if you would rather use the …
Using the Softek Barcode Reader SDK with Delphi is pretty straight forward and we include a full example project with our download. This page aims to get you up and running in less than 15 minutes… Note that this example uses the COM interface to the SDK. If you would rather use the win32 DLL …
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 …
