barcode reading software
With scanned images it is not uncommon to have noisy documents which can produce false readings. However this can be dealt with using Softek’s software through the methods shown below. 1. Turn off barcode types you do not need to read. For example, say the c53e barcode is of type CODABAR and the barcodes …
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 …
Detailed description of work-around for AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer problem in IOS 4.1 IOS 4.1 seems to contain a critical bug in the AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer which causes app’s to freeze when an instance of the class is created. The normal way to use AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer is as follows: // Create the session session = [[AVCaptureSession alloc] init]; // Configure …
This article explains how to correlate the output files produced during a tiff split process against the barcode values returned by GetBarString. The algorithm shown here assumes default split mode (TiffSplitMode = 0) and handles multiple barcodes on a single page and the possibility of no barcode on the first page. The code below uses …
As the toolkit scans the images in a document, it assigns a “hit-count” to each barcode-like pattern it finds. The hit-count for a very clear barcode will typically be in the region 20 to 100, depending on the size of the barcode and the settings used within the sdk. The PrefOccurrence and MinOccurrence properties specify hit-count levels …
This article shows 2 simple visual c++ code snippets that use either the standard windows dll or the com object for the toolkit. Standard Windows DLL hBarcode = mtCreateBarcodeInstance() ; //Set properties mtSetReadCode128 (hBarcode, 1) ; //Read barcodes int nBarCodes = mtScanBarCode(hBarcode, m_ImageFile) ; //Get results for (int i = 1; i <= nBarCodes; …
