SearchDirection Property

Summary

Gets or sets a value that indicates the direction to use when searching for barcodes.

Syntax

Objective-C

C++/CLI

Java

Python

public BarcodeSearchDirection SearchDirection { get; set; }

@property (nonatomic, assign) LTBarcodeSearchDirection searchDirection;

public BarcodeSearchDirection getSearchDirection() 
public void setSearchDirection(BarcodeSearchDirection value)

public: 
property BarcodeSearchDirection SearchDirection { 
   BarcodeSearchDirection get(); 
   void set (    BarcodeSearchDirection ); 
}

SearchDirection # get and set (PDF417BarcodeReadOptions)

Property Value

A BarcodeSearchDirection enumeration member that indicates the direction to use when searching for barcodes. The default value is BarcodeSearchDirection.Horizontal.

Remarks

The BarcodeReader class can search for barcodes in the image horizontally or vertically. By default, the reader will only search for the barcodes horizontally due to performance reasons. Alter this, by changing the appropriate read barcode options to specify vertical or both (horizontal and vertical) search direction.

Example

Java

using Leadtools; 
using Leadtools.Codecs; 
using Leadtools.Barcode; 
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing; 
 
 
public void PDF417Barcode_Example() 
{ 
   string imageFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "MyPDF417Barcodes.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 PDF417 barcodes 
      WriteBarcode(engine.Writer, image, "DATA1", 10, 10, true); 
      WriteBarcode(engine.Writer, image, "DATA2", 20, 20, 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, int rows, int columns, bool topLeft) 
{ 
   // Create the barcode data 
   PDF417BarcodeData barcode = new PDF417BarcodeData(); 
   barcode.Value = value; 
   barcode.Group = 0; 
   barcode.Symbology = BarcodeSymbology.PDF417; 
 
   // 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 
   PDF417BarcodeWriteOptions options = new PDF417BarcodeWriteOptions(); 
 
   if (topLeft) 
   { 
      options.HorizontalAlignment = BarcodeAlignment.Near; 
      options.VerticalAlignment = BarcodeAlignment.Near; 
   } 
   else 
   { 
      options.HorizontalAlignment = BarcodeAlignment.Far; 
      options.VerticalAlignment = BarcodeAlignment.Far; 
   } 
 
   options.Truncated = false; 
   options.EnableGroupMode = false; 
   options.SymbolWidthAspectRatio = 2; 
   options.SymbolHeightAspectRatio = 1; 
   options.LimitByRowsAndColumns = true; 
   options.Rows = rows; 
   options.Columns = columns; 
   options.XModule = 30; 
   options.XModuleAspectRatio = 3; 
   options.ECCLevel = PDF417BarcodeECCLevel.Level0; 
   options.ECCPercentage = 0; 
 
   // Write it 
   Console.WriteLine("Writing barcode with symbol rows/columns: {0}/{1} and Data: {2}", rows, columns, value); 
   writer.WriteBarcode(image, barcode, options); 
} 
 
private void ReadBarcodes(BarcodeReader reader, RasterImage image) 
{ 
   // Setup read options 
   PDF417BarcodeReadOptions options = new PDF417BarcodeReadOptions(); 
   options.SearchDirection = BarcodeSearchDirection.Horizontal; 
   options.EnableDoublePass = false; 
   options.EnableFastMode = false; 
   options.ReadMode = PDF417BarcodeReadMode.Mode0; 
   options.ReturnCorruptedSymbolArea = false; 
   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.EnableNoIndicatorTrail = true; 
   options.EnablePreprocessing = true; 
 
   Console.WriteLine("Reading Barcodes"); 
   BarcodeData[] barcodes = reader.ReadBarcodes(image, LeadRect.Empty, 0, new BarcodeSymbology[] { BarcodeSymbology.PDF417 }, new BarcodeReadOptions[] { options }); 
   Console.WriteLine("{0} barcodes found:", barcodes.Length); 
   foreach (PDF417BarcodeData 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"; 
}

 
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue; 
 
import java.io.File; 
import java.io.IOException; 
 
import org.junit.*; 
import org.junit.runner.JUnitCore; 
import org.junit.runner.Result; 
import org.junit.runner.notification.Failure; 
 
import leadtools.*; 
import leadtools.barcode.*; 
import leadtools.codecs.*; 
 
 
public void pdf417Barcode_Example() { 
    final String LEAD_VARS_IMAGES_DIR = "C:\\LEADTOOLS23\\Resources\\Images"; 
    String imageFileName = combine(LEAD_VARS_IMAGES_DIR, "MyPDF417Barcodes.tif"); 
    BarcodeEngine engine = new BarcodeEngine(); 
 
    // Create the image to write the barcodes to 
    int resolution = 300; 
    RasterImage image = RasterImage.create((int) (8.5 * resolution), (int) (11.0 * resolution), 1, resolution, 
            RasterColor.fromKnownColor(RasterKnownColor.WHITE)); 
 
    // Write two PDF417 barcodes 
    writeBarcode(engine.getWriter(), image, "DATA1", 10, 10, true); 
    writeBarcode(engine.getWriter(), image, "DATA2", 20, 20, false); 
 
    // Save the image 
    RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs(); 
    codecs.save(image, imageFileName, RasterImageFormat.CCITT_GROUP4, 1); 
 
    assertTrue("image unsuccessfully saved", new File(imageFileName).exists()); 
    System.out.println("Command run and image saved to " + imageFileName); 
 
    // Now read the barcodes again 
    image = codecs.load(imageFileName); 
    readBarcodes(engine.getReader(), image); 
    image.dispose(); 
    codecs.dispose(); 
} 
 
// Create the barcode data 
private void writeBarcode(BarcodeWriter writer, RasterImage image, String value, int rows, int columns, boolean topLeft) { 
    PDF417BarcodeData barcode = new PDF417BarcodeData(); 
    barcode.setValue(value); 
    barcode.setGroup(0); 
    barcode.setSymbology(BarcodeSymbology.PDF417); 
 
    // We will use the alignment to position the barcodes, so use all of the image 
    barcode.setBounds(new LeadRect(0, 0, image.getImageWidth(), image.getImageHeight())); 
 
    // Set the write options 
    PDF417BarcodeWriteOptions options = new PDF417BarcodeWriteOptions(); 
 
    if (topLeft) { 
        options.setHorizontalAlignment(BarcodeAlignment.NEAR); 
        options.setVerticalAlignment(BarcodeAlignment.NEAR); 
    } else { 
        options.setHorizontalAlignment(BarcodeAlignment.FAR); 
        options.setVerticalAlignment(BarcodeAlignment.FAR); 
    } 
 
    options.setTruncated(false); 
    options.setEnableGroupMode(false); 
    options.setSymbolWidthAspectRatio(2); 
    options.setSymbolHeightAspectRatio(1); 
    options.setLimitByRowsAndColumns(true); 
    options.setRows(rows); 
    options.setColumns(columns); 
    options.setXModule(30); 
    options.setXModuleAspectRatio(3); 
    options.setECCLevel(PDF417BarcodeECCLevel.LEVEL0); 
    options.setECCPercentage(0); 
 
    // Write it 
    System.out.printf("Writing barcode with symbol rows/columns: %1s/%2s and Data: %3s%n", rows, columns, value); 
    writer.writeBarcode(image, barcode, options); 
} 
 
// Setup read options 
private void readBarcodes(BarcodeReader reader, RasterImage image) { 
    PDF417BarcodeReadOptions options = new PDF417BarcodeReadOptions(); 
    options.setSearchDirection(BarcodeSearchDirection.HORIZONTAL); 
    options.setEnableDoublePass(false); 
    options.setEnableFastMode(false); 
    options.setReadMode(PDF417BarcodeReadMode.MODE0); 
    options.setReturnCorruptedSymbolArea(false); 
    options.setReadOptionalMacroFileNameField(false); 
    options.setReadOptionalMacroSegmentCountField(false); 
    options.setReadOptionalMacroTimestampField(false); 
    options.setReadOptionalMacroSenderField(false); 
    options.setReadOptionalMacroAddresseeField(false); 
    options.setReadOptionalMacroFileSizeField(false); 
    options.setReadOptionalMacroChecksumField(false); 
    options.setReadOptionalMacro79AndAZField(false); 
    options.setEnableDoublePassIfSuccess(true); 
    options.setEnablePreprocessing(true); 
 
    System.out.println("Reading Barcodes"); 
    BarcodeData[] barcodes = reader.readBarcodes(image, LeadRect.getEmpty(), 0, 
            new BarcodeSymbology[] { BarcodeSymbology.PDF417 }, new BarcodeReadOptions[] { options }); 
    System.out.printf("%s barcodes found:%n", barcodes.length); 
    for (BarcodeData barcode : barcodes) { 
        System.out.printf(" At %1s data: %2s and symbology: %3s", barcode.getBounds(), barcode.getValue(), 
                barcode.getSymbology()); 
    } 
} 
 
public static String combine(String path1, String path2) { 
    File file = new File(path1, path2); 
    return file.getPath(); 
}

Requirements

Target Platforms

Reference

PDF417BarcodeReadOptions Class

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