SoftekBarcodeNetStandard 9.4.1.1

Softek Barcode Reader Component for .NET Standard 2.0

Read barcodes from TIF, JPG and PDF format data or bitmaps held in memory.

The component is a wrapper for native libraries (included in the Softek folder) for the following platforms:

Windows: X86, X64 and ARM64 Linux: X86, X64 and ARM64 OSX: X64 and ARM64

Please email nuget@bardecode.com to get a free 30-day license key to try out the software.

Full documentation for the SDK can be downloaded from:

http://softeksoftware.co.uk/download/barcode_sdk/documentation.pdf

Support and trial license email: nuget@bardecode.com

Basic use:

barcode = new SoftekBarcodeNetStandard.BarcodeReader(); nBarCode = barcode.ScanBarCode("inputfile.tif"); // Can be TIF, JPG or PDF (subject to license) for (int i = 1; i ⇐ nBarCode; i++) value = barcode.GetBarString(i);

Licensing:

If you have questions about licensing please email sales@bardecode.com

Setting more options and getting more results:

        using (barcode = new SoftekBarcodeNetStandard.BarcodeReader())
        {

            // Enter your license key here
            // You can get a trial license key from nuget@bardecode.com
            // Example:
            // barcode.LicenseKey = "MY LICENSE KEY";

            // Turn on the barcode types you want to read.
            // Turn off the barcode types you don't want to read (this will increase the speed of your application)
            barcode.ReadCode128 = true;
            barcode.ReadCode39 = true;
            barcode.ReadCode25 = true;
            barcode.ReadEAN13 = true;
            barcode.ReadEAN8 = true;
            barcode.ReadUPCA = true;
            barcode.ReadUPCE = true;
            barcode.ReadCodabar = false;
            barcode.ReadPDF417 = true;
            barcode.ReadDataMatrix = true;
            barcode.ReadDatabar = true;
            barcode.ReadMicroPDF417 = false;
            barcode.ReadQRCode = true;

            // If you want to read more than one barcode then set Multiple Read to 1
            // Setting MutlipleRead to False will make the recognition faster
            barcode.MultipleRead = true;

            // Noise reduction takes longer but can make it possible to read some difficult barcodes
            // When using noise reduction a typical value is 10 - the smaller the value the more effect it has.
            // A zero value turns off noise reduction. 
            // barcode.NoiseReduction = 0 ;

            // You may need to set a small quiet zone if your barcodes are close to text and pictures in the image.
            // A value of zero uses the default.
            barcode.QuietZoneSize = 0;

            // DeskewMode controls the way in which the toolkit handles skewed documents. At the default level (2) 
            // the toolkit will deskew at the main angle of the whole image. If the bar code is at a different angle
            // to the rest of the image then try 3. For more complex images try values from 4 to 6.
            barcode.DeskewMode = 2;

            int nBarCode;

            nBarCode = barcode.ScanBarCode("inputfile.pdf"); // Can be TIF, BMP, JPG or PDF

            // Or load into a byte array and use ScanBarCodeFromByteArray
            // byte[] b = File.ReadAllBytes("inputfile.pdf"); // Can be TIF, BMP, JPG or PDF
            // nBarCode = barcode.ScanBarCodeFromByteArray(b);

            // Or call ScanBarCodeFromStream

            if (nBarCode <= -6)
            {
                Result.Text += "License key error: either an evaluation key has expired or the license key is not valid for processing pdf documents\r\n";
            }
            else if (nBarCode < 0)
            {
                Console.Write("ScanBarCode returned error number ");
                Console.Write(nBarCode);
                Console.Write("\r\n");
                Console.Write("Last Softek Error Number = ");
                Console.Write(barcode.GetLastError());
                Console.Write("\r\n");
                Console.Write("Last Windows Error Number = ");
                Console.Write(barcode.GetLastWinError());
                Console.Write("\r\n");
            }
            else if (nBarCode == 0)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("No barcode found on this image");
            }
            else
            {
                for (int i = 1; i <= nBarCode; i++)
                {
                    string result;
                    result = String.Format("Barcode {0}\r\n", i);
                    result += String.Format("Value = {0}\r\n", barcode.GetBarString(i));
                    result += String.Format("Type = {0}\r\n", barcode.GetBarStringType(i));
                    result += String.Format("Quality Score = {0}/5\r\n", barcode.GetBarStringQualityScore(i));
                    int nDirection = barcode.GetBarStringDirection(i);
                    if (nDirection == 1)
                        result += "Direction = Left to Right\r\n";
                    else if (nDirection == 2)
                        result += "Direction = Top to Bottom\r\n";
                    else if (nDirection == 4)
                        result += "Direction = Right to Left\r\n";
                    else if (nDirection == 8)
                        result += "Direction = Bottom to Top\r\n";
                    int nPage = barcode.GetBarStringPage(i);
                    result += String.Format("Page = {0}\r\n", nPage);
                    System.Drawing.Rectangle rect = barcode.GetBarStringRect(i);
                    result += String.Format("Top Left = ({0},{1})\r\n", rect.X, rect.Y);
                    result += String.Format("Bottom Right = ({0},{1})\r\n", rect.X + rect.Width, rect.Y + rect.Height);
                    result += "\r\n";
                    Console.Write(result);
                }
            }
        }

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