barcode reading software
We are pleased to announce the minor release for the Windows SDK, V 7.5.1.22, which has various improvements. One of the biggest changes is the improved handling of skewed QR-Codes, which can now tolerate a far greater amount of skew. If you are an existing customer then you are welcome to upgrade for free, the …
The SoftekBarcode.dll includes a set of functions suitable for use in multi-threaded applications. The multi-threaded functions all require a handle to the toolkit. This is created using the mtCreateBarcodeSession function and released using the mtDestroyBarcodeSession function: hBarcode = mtCreateBarcodeInstance() nBarcodes = mtScanBarCode(hBarcode, “input.tif”) …process the result in some way mtDestroyBarcodeInstance(hBarcode) All the multi-threaded functions …
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 …
Version 7.3.1 was released on February 30th March 2010. Release notes available here. Please note this is no longer the latest version. 1. GS-1 Databar GS-1 Databar support has been added to toolkit. This includes RSS-14, RSS-14 Stacked, RSS Truncated, RSS Limited, RSS Expanded and RSS Expanded Stacked. There is also support for supplemental information …
Version 7.3.1 was released on February 3rd 2010. Release notes available here. Please not this is no longer the latest version. 1. GS-1 Databar GS-1 Databar support has been added to toolkit in the new version. This includes RSS-14, RSS-14 Stacked, RSS Truncated, RSS Limited, RSS Expanded and RSS Expanded Stacked. There is also support …
When distributing SoftekBarcodeLib2.dll you may find that you get a “side by side” error message which references the component. For Version 7.4.1 and later… For x86 based systems, the solution is to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) from the following link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a5c84275-3b97-4ab7-a40d-3802b2af5fc2&displaylang=en For x64 based systems, the solution is to install the Microsoft …
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 …
The graph below is a representation of a single scan line bisecting the image of the barcode shown underneath. The scale on the Y-axis represents pixel values with distance in pixels on the X-axis. Note that the value of a pixel is derived from the RGB value using the formula (R + G + B) / 3. The …
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 …
PHP developers may be interested in the following link to an interface to the Softek barcode Reader Toolkit for Linux: http://github.com/mkoppanen/php-bardecode Many thanks to Mikko Koppanen.
