L_BarCodeRead

#include "ltbar.h"

L_LTBAR_API L_INT L_BarCodeRead(pBitmap, prcSearch, ulSearchType, nUnits, ulFlags, nMultipleMaxCount, pBarCode1D, pBarCodePDF, pBarCodeColor, ppBarCodeData, uStructSize)

pBITMAPHANDLE pBitmap;

/* pointer to the bitmap handle */

RECT * prcSearch;

/* pointer to the area rectangle to search for */

L_UINT32 ulSearchType;

/* the type of barcode to search for */

L_INT nUnits;

/* unit of measure */

L_UINT32 ulFlags;

/* flags that determine the function behavior */

L_INT nMultipleMaxCount;

/* maximum number of barcodes to search */

pBARCODE1D pBarCode1D;

/* pointer to the BARCODE1D structure */

pBARCODEREADPDF pBarCodePDF;

/* pointer to the BARCODEREADPDF structure */

pBARCODECOLOR pBarCodeColor;

/* pointer to the BARCODECOLOR structure */

pBARCODEDATA * ppBarCodeData;

/* address of pointer to the BARCODEDATA structure */

L_UINT uStructSize;

/* structure size */

Searches for barcodes within the specified area.

Parameter

Description

pBitmap

Pointer to the bitmap handle referencing the bitmap that holds the image data.

prcSearch

Pointer to the rectangle that contains the search area for the barcodes. Pass NULL to search the whole image. If this parameter is NULL and the image does not have a region, the entire image will be searched. If this parameter is NULL and the image does have a region, only the region will be searched.

ulSearchType

Type of barcode for which to search. You can combine values when appropriate among the same group values, by using a bitwise OR ( | ). Possible values are:

 

Value

Meaning

 

Linear Barcode:

 

 

BARCODE_1D_EAN_13

[0x80000001] To read EAN 13 type.

 

BARCODE_1D_EAN_8

[0x80000002] To read EAN 8 type.

 

BARCODE_1D_UPC_A

[0x80000004] To read UPC version A type.

 

BARCODE_1D_UPC_E

[0x80000008] To read UPC version E type.

 

BARCODE_1D_CODE_3_OF_9

[0x80000010] To read Code 3 of 9 (Code 39) type.

 

BARCODE_1D_CODE_128

[0x80000020] To read Code 128 type.

 

BARCODE_1D_CODE_I2_OF_5

[0x80000040] To read Interleaved 2 of 5 type.

 

BARCODE_1D_CODA_BAR

[0x80000080] To read CODABAR type.

 

BARCODE_1D_UCCEAN_128

[0x80000100] To read UCCEAND 128 type

 

BARCODE_1D_CODE_93

[0x80000200] To read Code 93 type.

 

BARCODE_1D_EANEXT_5

[0x80000400] To read 5-digit supplemental type.

 

BARCODE_1D_EANEXT_2

[0x80000800] To read 2-digit supplemental type.

 

BARCODE_1D_MSI

[0x80001000] To read MSI (Modified Plessey) type.

 

BARCODE_1D_CODE11

[0x80002000] To read Code 11(USD-8) type.

 

BARCODE_1D_CODE_S25

[0x80004000] To read Standard 2 of 5 (Industrial 2 of 5) type.

 

BARCODE_1D_RSS14

[0x80008000] GS1 Databar (formerly RSS14) standard and GS1 Databar (formerly RSS14) truncated.

 

BARCODE_1D_RSS14_LIMITED

[0x80010000] GS1 Databar (formerly RSS14) Limited type.

 

BARCODE_1D_RSS14_EXPANDED

[0x80020000] GS1 Databar (formerly RSS14) Expanded type.

 

BARCODE_1D_READ_ANYTYPE

[0x8003FFFF] Enables searching of all linear barcode types.

 

BARCODE_1D_READ_ANYTYPE_NO_RSS14

[0x80007FFF] Enables searching of all linear barcode types except  GS1 Databar (formerly RSS14) types. Speeds up the read process compared to the  BARCODE_1D_READ_ANYTYPE option.

 

Patch Code Barcodes:

 

 

BARCODE_1D_PATCH_CODE

[0x04000001] To read Patch Code.

 

Postal barcodes:

 

 

BARCODE_1D_POST_NET

[0x04000002] To read Postnet.

 

BARCODE_1D_PLANET

[0x04000004] Planet type.

 

4 State barcode symbols:

 

 

BARCODE_1D_AUST_POST

[0x04000008] Australian Post 4 State type.

 

BARCODE_1D_RM4SCC

[0x04000010] Royal Mail (RM4SCC) 4 State type.

 

BARCODE_1D_USPS4BC

[0x04000080] USPS OneCode 4-State barcode (4BC) type.

 

 GS1 Databar (formerly RSS14) Stacked barcode symbols:

 

BARCODE_1D_RSS14_STACKED

[0x04000020]  GS1 Databar (formerly RSS14) Stacked / Stacked Omni-Directional types.

 

BARCODE_1D_RSS14_EXP_STACKED

[0x04000040]  GS1 Databar (formerly RSS14) Expanded Stacked barcode type.

 

PDF Barcodes:

 

 

BARCODE_PDF417

[0x20002000] To read PDF417 type.

 

MicroPDF417 Barcodes:

 

 

BARCODE_MICRO_PDF417

[0x20000001] To read MicroPDF417 type.

 

QR Barcodes:

 

 

BARCODE_QR_CODE

[0x00100000] To read QR barcodes.

 

Data Matrix Barcode:

 

 

BARCODE_DM_READ_SQUARE

[0x08000001] To read square Data Matrix symbols.

 

BARCODE_DM_READ_RECTANGLE

[0x10000002] To read rectangular Data Matrix symbols.

 

BARCODE_DM_READ_SMALL

[0x10000004] To read small Data Matrix symbols.

nUnits

Unit of measure. Possible values are:

 

Value

Meaning

 

BARCODE_SCANLINES_PER_PIXELS

[0] The rectangle search area is measured in pixels.

 

BARCODE_INCHES

[1] The rectangle search area is measured in inches. You must multiply the search area by 100. (i.e. to specify 1 inch set this to 100)

 

BARCODE_MILLIMETERS

[2] The rectangle search area is measured in mm.

ulFlags

Processing options. You can combine values when appropriate, by using a bitwise OR ( | ). The following values are used only when you want to search for linear barcodes. Pass 0 to get the default. Possible values are:

 

Value

Meaning

 

BARCODE_MARKERS

[0x0001] Enables the reading of barcodes that have start and end markers.

 

BARCODE_BLOCK_SEARCH

[0x0002] Search for barcodes by moving up or down through the rectangle until the first character is read or there is no barcode found.

 

BARCODE_USECOLORS

[0x0200] Enables searching for color barcodes. The colors are used as the exact bar and space colors for searching for the barcode.

 

BARCODE_RETURNCHECK

[0x1000] When setting this bit, then the check character will return in all cases, whether BARCODE1D.bErrorCheck is enabled or not.

 

BARCODE_RETURNCORRUPT

[0x080] Enables the engine to return the area that an un-readable PDF417 symbol was located.

 

BARCODE_RETURN_FOUR_POINTS

[0x00002000] Enables return of four corners and not bounding rectangle.

 

BARCODE_DM_FORCE_INVERT

[0x00000800] Forces the Data Matrix read to search for reversed color symbols even if non-inverted color symbols were found.

 

BARCODE_DM_FASTFIND_DISABLE

[0x00001000] Disables fast find feature when reading Data Matrix symbols. Fast find is automatically disabled when reading small symbols.

 

BARCODE_PDF_READ_RETURN_PARTIAL

[0x01000000] Returns PDF417 data even if ECC does not succeed.

 

BARCODE_PDF_READ_MODE_0

[0x0000] Basic Channel Mode :No transmission of symbology ID, No escape doubling, Macro PDF is illegal. ECI is illegal, Reserved code words are illegal. Used with PDF417 and MicroPDF417.

 

BARCODE_PDF_READ_MODE_1

[0x1000] Extended Channel Mode. Transmit] L1 symbology ID. Escape doubling. Macro PDF is transmitted. ECI is transmitted. Reserved code words are transmitted. Used with PDF417 and MicroPDF417.

 

BARCODE_PDF_READ_MODE_2

[0x4000] Basic Channel Mode. Transmit ] L2 symbology ID. No escape doubling. Macro PDF is illegal. ECI is illegal. Reserved code words are illegal. Used with PDF417 and MicroPDF417.

 

BARCODE_PDF_READ_MODE_3_BASIC

[0x5000] Basic Channel Mode. Transmit ] L0 symbology ID. No escape doubling. Macro PDF is illegal. ECI is illegal. Reserved code words are illegal. Used with PDF417 and MicroPDF417.

 

BARCODE_PDF_READ_MODE_3_EXTENDED

[0x8000] Extended Channel Mode. Transmit ] L0 symbology ID. Escape doubling. Macro PDF is transmitted. ECI is transmitted in GLI format. Reserved code words transmitted. Used with PDF417 and MicroPDF417.

 

BARCODE_MICRO_PDF_READ_BASIC

[0x9000] Code 128 Emulation Basic Channel Mode. Transmit ] L0, ] L3, ] L4, or ] L5 symbology ID. No escape doubling. Macro PDF is illegal. ECI is illegal. Reserved code words are illegal. Only used with MicroPDF417.

 

BARCODE_MICRO_PDF_READ_EXTENDED

[0xC000] Code 128 Emulation Extended Channel Mode. Transmit ] L0, ] L3, ] L4, or ] L5 symbology ID. Escape doubling. Macro PDF is transmitted. ECI is transmitted in GLI format. Reserved code words transmitted. Only used with MicroPDF417.

 

BARCODE_PDF_READ_MACRO_OPTION_0

[0x00010000] Enables the return of the optional macro File Name field.

 

BARCODE_PDF_READ_MACRO_OPTION_1

[0x00020000] Enables the return of the optional macro Segment Count field.

 

BARCODE_PDF_READ_MACRO_OPTION_2

[0x00040000] Enables the return of the optional macro Time Stamp field.

 

BARCODE_PDF_READ_MACRO_OPTION_3

[0x00080000] Enables the return of the optional macro Sender field.

 

BARCODE_PDF_READ_MACRO_OPTION_4

[0x00100000] Enables the return of the optional macro Addressee field.

 

BARCODE_PDF_READ_MACRO_OPTION_5

[0x00200000] Enables the return of the optional macro File Size field.

 

BARCODE_PDF_READ_MACRO_OPTION_6

[0x00400000] Enables the return of the optional macro Checksum field.

 

BARCODE_PDF_READ_MACRO_OPTION_79AZ

 

[0x00800000] Enables the return of all optional macro fields 7 to 9 and A to Z.

 

BARCODE_PDF_FASTREAD

[0x02000000] Enables fast find feature when reading PDF417 symbols.

nMultipleMaxCount

Specifies the maximum number of barcodes to search. Pass 0 to read all barcodes in a specified search area.

pBarCode1D

Pointer to the BARCODE1D structure. Pass NULL to use the default structure or if you don't want to search for linear barcodes.

pBarCodePDF

Pointer to the BARCODEREADPDF structure. Pass NULL to use the default structure or if you don't want to search for PDF barcodes.

pBarCodeColor

Pointer to the BARCODECOLOR structure. Pass NULL to search for barcode using the default colors.

ppBarCodeData

Address of the pointer to the BARCODEDATA structure, the function will automatically allocate an array of BARCODEDATA structures using the total number of barcodes found.

uStructSize

Size of BARCODEDATA structure in bytes. Use the sizeof() macro to calculate this value.

Returns

SUCCESS

The function was successful.

< 1

An error occurred. Refer to Return Codes.

Comments

This function supports all bitmaps currently supported by LEADTOOLS.

Use this function to recognize barcode data.

NOTE: RSS14 has been renamed as GS1 Databar. All references to RSS 14 now refer to GS1 Databar.

To determine if a barcode element is duplicated or not, use L_BarCodeIsDuplicated function. If the barcode is duplicated, you can get it using L_BarCodeGetDuplicated and to get the next duplicated barcode use L_BarCodeGetNextDuplicated.

If you know the index of a duplicated barcode, you can get the first duplicate of that barcode using L_BarCodeGetFirstDuplicated.

Since the function allocates storage to hold a Barcode array, you must free this storage by calling L_BarCodeFree.

When the BARCODE_USECOLORS flag is set, then this function will use the pBarCodeColor parameter, otherwise the function will ignore it and use the default colors of black for bars and white for spaces are used.

Using colors does not apply for 1 bit per pixel images.

The BARCODE_USECOLORS is used with all barcode kinds.

The BARCODE_RETURNCHECK flag used only with reading linear barcodes.

The smallest Data Matrix symbol size is 40 pixels by 40 pixels. It can be read using BARCODE_DM_READ_SMALL since this enables the reading of Data Matrix symbols that are between 20 to 40 pixels in size.

The Linear barcodes are not supported in UNICODE.

When calling the L_BarCodeRead function with the BARCODE_RETURN_FOUR_POINTS flag set, the BARCODEDATA.rcBarLocation member will be updated with the coordinates of the four corners of the barcode rather than the coordinates of the bounding rectangle. These coordinates are encoded values and must be decoded before they can be used. The following example shows how to decode the four-point corner values:

   POINT p1, p2, p3, p4;

   int nStartX = BarCodeData.rcBarLocation.left;

   int nStartY = BarCodeData.rcBarLocation.top;

   int nWidth  = BarCodeData.rcBarLocation.right - nStartX;

   int nHeight = BarCodeData.rcBarLocation.bottom - nStartY;

   p1.x = (nStartX & 0xffff);

   p1.y = (nStartX >> 16);

   p2.x = (nStartY & 0xffff);

   p2.y = (nStartY >> 16);

   p3.x = (nWidth & 0xffff);

   p3.y = (nWidth >> 16);

   p4.x = (nHeight & 0xffff);

   p4.y = (nHeight >> 16);

Reading Linear Barcodes (1D):

A barcode is composed of start mark, data, and end mark. Reading barcodes from left to right (passing BARCODE_DIR_LEFT_TO_RIGHT value to the nDirection member) or from right to left (passing BARCODE_DIR_RIGHT_TO_LEFT value to the nDirection member) will produce the same result in most cases, because the barcode reader engine recognizes the start and end marks, and handles the data accordingly.

For example, if BARCODE_DIR_LEFT_TO_RIGHT is passed and the user reads barcodes from left to right (the barcode is not rotated), the engine will recognize the start mark first, then the data, and finally the end mark.

But if the user reads barcodes from right to left (the barcode is rotated 180 degrees), the engine will first recognize the end mark, then read the (reverse-order) data, and then recognize the start mark. In this case, the engine will flip the data to normal (start/data/end) order.

Sample for BARCODE_RETURN_FOUR_POINTS:

    pBARCODEDATA barData;
    int nStartX, nStartY, nWidth, nHeight;
    POINT p1, p2, p3, p4;
   
    // Call L_BarCodeRead(&);
   
    nStartX = barData[0].rcBarLocation.left;
    nStartY = barData[0].rcBarLocation.top;
    nWidth  = barData[0].rcBarLocation.right - nStartX;
    nHeight = barData[0].rcBarLocation.bottom - nStartY;
   
    p1.x = (nStartX & 0xffff);
    p1.y = (nStartX >> 16);
   
    p2.x = (nStartY & 0xffff);
    p2.y = (nStartY >> 16);
   
    p3.x = (nWidth & 0xffff);
    p3.y = (nWidth >> 16);
   
    p4.x = (nHeight & 0xffff);
    p4.y = (nHeight >> 16);

 

For a table containing information useful when writing 1D barcode data, refer to http://www.leadtools.com/SDK/Document/Document-Addon-Barcodelinear1D-chart.htm.

QR stores up to 2335 ASCII characters in one barcode symbol.

DataMatrix stores up to 2218 ASCII characters in one barcode symbol.

PDF417 stores up to 1,850 ASCII characters in one barcode symbol.

MicroPDF stores up to 366 ASCII characters in one barcode symbol.

Required DLLs and Libraries

LTBAR

For a listing of the exact DLLs and Libraries needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application

Platforms

Win32, x64, Mobile

See Also

Functions:

L_BarCodeFree, L_BarCodeIsDuplicated, L_BarCodeGetDuplicated, L_BarCodeGetNextDuplicated, L_BarCodeVersionInfo, L_BarCodeGetFirstDuplicated, L_BarCodeWrite

Topics:

Programming with LEADTOOLS Barcode

BarCode C DLL Function Groups

Example

For complete sample code refer to MFCBar32 demo. 

L_INT BarCodeReadExample(HWND hWnd, pBITMAPHANDLE pBitmap)
{
   BARCODE1D BarCode1D;
   pBARCODEDATA  pBarCodeData=NULL;
   BARCODECOLOR BarColor;
   L_TCHAR szBuffer[256];
   L_INT nBarTotal;
   L_INT i;
   L_INT nRet;
   // Initialize the engine for Linear barcode operations, Data Matrix read operations, and PDF read operations.
   L_BarCodeInit(BARCODES_1D | BARCODES_DATAMATRIX_READ | BARCODES_PDF_READ);
   ZeroMemory(&BarCode1D, sizeof(BARCODE1D));
   BarColor.uStructSize = sizeof(BARCODECOLOR);
   BarColor.dwColorBar = RGB(0, 0, 0);
   BarColor.dwColorSpace = RGB(255, 255, 255);
   BarCode1D.uStructSize = sizeof(BARCODE1D);
   BarCode1D.bErrorCheck = TRUE;
   BarCode1D.nGranularity = 9;
   BarCode1D.nMinLength = 4;
   BarCode1D.nDirection = BARCODE_DIR_LEFT_TO_RIGHT;
   nRet = L_BarCodeRead(pBitmap, NULL, BARCODE_1D_EAN_13 | BARCODE_1D_EAN_8, 
                        BARCODE_INCHES, BARCODE_MARKERS | BARCODE_USECOLORS, 10, &BarCode1D, NULL, &BarColor, &pBarCodeData, sizeof(BARCODEDATA));
   if (nRet == SUCCESS)
   {
      nBarTotal = pBarCodeData[0].nTotalCount;
      ZeroMemory(szBuffer, sizeof(szBuffer));
      wsprintf(szBuffer, TEXT("Total Barcode Symbols Found is: %d\n\n"), nBarTotal);
      MessageBox(hWnd, szBuffer, TEXT("Notice!"), MB_OK);
         
      for (i=0; i< nBarTotal; i++)
      {
         ZeroMemory(szBuffer, sizeof(szBuffer));
         wsprintf(szBuffer, TEXT("Barcode No. %d\nData is %hs\nType %s\nUnits %s\nPosX %d\nPosY %d\nWidth %d\nHeight %d\n\n"),
                  i, pBarCodeData[i].pszBarCodeData, (pBarCodeData[i].ulType == BARCODE_1D_EAN_13) ? TEXT("EAN 13") : TEXT("EAN 8"), TEXT("INCHES"), 
                  pBarCodeData[i].rcBarLocation.left,
                  pBarCodeData[i].rcBarLocation.top,
                  abs(pBarCodeData[i].rcBarLocation.right - pBarCodeData[i].rcBarLocation.left),
                  abs(pBarCodeData[i].rcBarLocation.bottom - pBarCodeData[i].rcBarLocation.top));
         MessageBox(hWnd, szBuffer, TEXT("BarCode Info."), MB_OK);
      }
      L_BarCodeFree(&pBarCodeData);
   }
   else
   {
      ZeroMemory(szBuffer, sizeof(szBuffer));
      wsprintf(szBuffer, TEXT("An error occurred in L_BarCodeRead,\nError No. = %d\n"), nRet);
      MessageBox(hWnd, szBuffer, TEXT("Error!"), MB_OK);
   }
   // Close and free Barcode Dlls.
   L_BarCodeExit();
   return nRet;
}