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How to Restore Default Settings in BardecodeFiler

We have recently added the capability to restore default settings with a single click in the BardecodeFiler application and the SDK Demo. The reset button can be found under the ‘import/export’ tab in ‘options’ and restores default settings. It is worth noting that it does not reset the file paths for input and output directories. …

Reducing False Readings

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 …

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 …

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 …

Reading PDF-417 barcodes from scanned images

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 …

Identifying output files when using tiff split

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 …

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 …

Performance considerations for PDF documents

This document explains how the properties of the toolkit can effect the speed at which PDF documents are processed. The PDF extension allows you to read barcodes from PDF documents. Version 7.4.1 or later… Version 7.4.1 introduced a faster and more accurate method of processing image-only PDF documents (e.g, a PDF document generated as the …