public bool EnableDoublePass { get; set; }
true to use double pass when reading MicroPDF417 symbols. Otherwise, false. The default value is false.
When reading 2D barcodes, LEADTOOLS can perform internal auto preprocessing on the image and try again if the engine cannot detect the barcode required. This may take extra processing and increase the barcode detection time. Therefore, it is best to set EnableDoublePass to true only in certain situations, as follows:
The application is reading barcodes of this type exclusively (for example, a dedicated MicroPDF417 reader is being used). In this case, reading the barcodes is always more important than recognition speed.
The application uses barcode detection on a server. In this case, the time spent on the actual barcode detection is most probably less than the time required to send the image to the server and get the result back due to network latency. Thus it makes sense to enable double pass in this situation.
The images provided may have a small resolution (DPI) or known to come from a source that does not always provide clean images. For example, a Fax machine or a Scanner. Enabling double pass here ensures that you can read the barcodes regardless on the quality of the input image.
The LEADTOOLS .NET C# Barcode demos leave double pass disabled by default. If the engine tries to read a MicroPDF417 barcode but cannot find it, it will then ask the user if DoublePass should be enabled and reading be retried. An approach like that (or an automated one: Read. If failure, enable and read again) can also be used.
using Leadtools;
using Leadtools.Codecs;
using Leadtools.Barcode;
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing;
public void MicroPDF417Barcode_Example()
{
string imageFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "MyMicroPDF417Barcodes.tif");
BarcodeEngine engine = new BarcodeEngine();
// Create the image to write the barcodes to
int resolution = 300;
using (RasterImage image = RasterImage.Create((int)(8.5 * resolution), (int)(11.0 * resolution), 1, resolution, RasterColor.FromKnownColor(RasterKnownColor.White)))
{
// Write two MicroPDF417 barcodes
WriteBarcode(engine.Writer, image, "DATA1", MicroPDF417BarcodeSymbolSize.Smallest, true);
WriteBarcode(engine.Writer, image, "DATA2", MicroPDF417BarcodeSymbolSize.Size44X4, false);
// Save the image
using (RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs())
{
codecs.Save(image, imageFileName, RasterImageFormat.CcittGroup4, 1);
}
}
// Now read the barcodes again
using (RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs())
{
using (RasterImage image = codecs.Load(imageFileName))
{
ReadBarcodes(engine.Reader, image);
}
}
}
private void WriteBarcode(BarcodeWriter writer, RasterImage image, string value, MicroPDF417BarcodeSymbolSize symbolSize, bool topLeft)
{
// Create the barcode data
MicroPDF417BarcodeData barcode = new MicroPDF417BarcodeData();
barcode.Value = value;
barcode.DataCode = 0;
barcode.Symbology = BarcodeSymbology.MicroPDF417;
// We will use the alignment to position the barcodes, so use all of the image
barcode.Bounds = new LeadRect(0, 0, image.ImageWidth, image.ImageHeight);
// Set the write options
MicroPDF417BarcodeWriteOptions options = new MicroPDF417BarcodeWriteOptions();
if (topLeft)
{
options.HorizontalAlignment = BarcodeAlignment.Near;
options.VerticalAlignment = BarcodeAlignment.Near;
}
else
{
options.HorizontalAlignment = BarcodeAlignment.Far;
options.VerticalAlignment = BarcodeAlignment.Far;
}
options.UseMode128Emulation = false;
options.IsLinked = false;
options.EnableGroupMode = false;
options.XModule = 30;
options.XModuleAspectRatio = 3;
options.LimitByRowsAndColumns = true;
options.SymbolSize = symbolSize;
// Write it
Console.WriteLine("Writing barcode with symbol size: {0} and Data: {1}", symbolSize, value);
writer.WriteBarcode(image, barcode, options);
}
private void ReadBarcodes(BarcodeReader reader, RasterImage image)
{
// Setup read options
MicroPDF417BarcodeReadOptions options = new MicroPDF417BarcodeReadOptions();
options.SearchDirection = BarcodeSearchDirection.Horizontal;
options.EnableDoublePass = false;
options.ReadMode = MicroPDF417BarcodeReadMode.Mode0;
options.ReadOptionalMacroFileNameField = false;
options.ReadOptionalMacroSegmentCountField = false;
options.ReadOptionalMacroTimestampField = false;
options.ReadOptionalMacroSenderField = false;
options.ReadOptionalMacroAddresseeField = false;
options.ReadOptionalMacroFileSizeField = false;
options.ReadOptionalMacroChecksumField = false;
options.ReadOptionalMacro79AndAZField = false;
options.EnableDoublePassIfSuccess = true;
options.EnablePreprocessing = true;
Console.WriteLine("Reading Barcodes");
BarcodeData[] barcodes = reader.ReadBarcodes(image, LeadRect.Empty, 0, new BarcodeSymbology[] { BarcodeSymbology.MicroPDF417 }, new BarcodeReadOptions[] { options });
Console.WriteLine("{0} barcodes found:", barcodes.Length);
foreach (MicroPDF417BarcodeData barcode in barcodes)
{
Console.WriteLine(" At {0} data: {1} and symbology: {2}", barcode.Bounds, barcode.Value, barcode.Symbology);
}
}
static class LEAD_VARS
{
public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\LEADTOOLS23\Resources\Images";
}