Barcode Reader adds GS1 Databar support

Softek Barcode Reader Toolkit for Windows lets you read normal (1D) and 2-D barcodes from image files and bitmaps held in memory. Developers have a choice of 4 different types of interface and access to several example projects. Image Formats supported: TIF, JPG, BMP. The following types of barcode are currently supported by Softek Barcode Reader Toolkit for Windows: PDF-417 (PDF417), Code-39, Code-128,Code-2-of-5 Interleaved, Codabar, EAN-8, EAN-13, Patch Codes, UPC-A and UPC-E. All licenses include 12 months Support and Upgrade Cover.

Updates in V7.3.1

• Color Images
  Previous versions of the toolkit used a single threshold value to determine whether a pixel was considered black or white. Although the toolkit tried to calculate this value, it was often necessary to try a number of different color thresholds until the barcode could be read. Softek Barcode Reader Toolkit for Windows Version 7.3.1 takes a different approach and calculates new threshold values for each scan line it samples. To take advantage of the new feature, developers will need to ensure that the ColorThreshold property is set to 0 (the default value). They can then control the amount of time spent processing a color image by setting the ColorProcessingLevel property to a value between 1 and 5 (default of 2).
• GS1 Databar Support
  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 encoded in micro-PDF-417 barcodes.

About Softek Software

Softek Software was established in 1998 to provide programming services in the field of image processing. In 2001 the company was involved in a project to process timesheets stamped with barcodes. No software in the market place provided the simple, cost effective solution we required, so Softek developed its own barcode reading toolkit. The first commercial version of the toolkit was released later that year. Softek own all rights to the source code and are wholly responsible for the development of the product.