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Reading Barcodes with Delphi using win32 dll

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 …

Reading barcodes with Real Studio

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 …

Android Barcode Reading – Quick Start Guide

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 …

Common error when using the COM object

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 …

Softek Barocde Reader SDK Troubleshooting

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 …

Handling PDF Documents in ASP on x64 Systems

This article explains how to configure your system to allow an ASP application to use the Softek Barcode Reader SDK to process PDF Documents on an x64 system. Symptom: ScanBarCode returns -1 and GetLastError returns 3001. Description: CoCreateInstance is failing and is probably returning E_ACCESSDENIED. This is because IIS_IUSRS does not have permission for Local …

iPhone OS 4.0

Following testing on iPhone OS 4.0 beta, the following problems were identified in version 7.3.1d of the SDK and have been corrected in version 7.3.1e: 1. Sample XCode application aborting with error EXEC_BAD_ACCESS. 2. Sample XCode applications froze when Cancel button touched in camera view finder. Both of the above problems were corrected by changes to …

How do PrefOccurrence and MinOccurrence work

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 …