public BarcodeSearchDirection SearchDirection { get; set; }
An BarcodeSearchDirection enumeration member that indicates the direction to use when searching for barcodes. The default value is BarcodeSearchDirection.Horizontal.
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.
using Leadtools;
using Leadtools.Codecs;
using Leadtools.Barcode;
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing;
public void BarcodeReadOptions_Example()
{
string imageFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Barcode1.tif");
// Create a Barcode engine
BarcodeEngine engine = new BarcodeEngine();
// Get the Barcode reader instance
BarcodeReader reader = engine.Reader;
// Load the image
using (RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs())
{
using (RasterImage image = codecs.Load(imageFileName, 0, CodecsLoadByteOrder.BgrOrGray, 1, 1))
{
// Rotate the image by 90, so default option of reading horizontal barcodes will not work
Console.WriteLine("Rotating the image by 90 degrees");
RotateCommand rotate = new RotateCommand(90 * 100, RotateCommandFlags.Resize, RasterColor.FromKnownColor(RasterKnownColor.White));
rotate.Run(image);
// Read all the barcodes from the image using default options
Console.WriteLine("Reading barcodes using default options");
BarcodeData[] barcodes = reader.ReadBarcodes(image, LeadRect.Empty, 0, null, null);
// Show the number of barcodes found, should be 0 since default search direction is horizontal
Console.WriteLine("Found {0} barcodes", barcodes.Length);
// Now create options to read barcodes horizontally and vertically
BarcodeReadOptions[] options = GetHorizontalAndVerticalReadBarcodeOptions(reader);
// Check digit mode types
BarcodeReturnCheckDigit[] digits = (BarcodeReturnCheckDigit[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(BarcodeReturnCheckDigit));
foreach(var digit in digits)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Check digit modes: {digit}");
}
// Read again
Console.WriteLine("Reading barcodes using new options");
barcodes = reader.ReadBarcodes(image, LeadRect.Empty, 0, null, options);
// Show the number of barcodes found, should all be read now
Console.WriteLine("Found {0} barcodes", barcodes.Length);
}
}
}
private static BarcodeReadOptions[] GetHorizontalAndVerticalReadBarcodeOptions(BarcodeReader reader)
{
// By default, the options read horizontal barcodes only, create an array of options capable of reading vertical barcodes
// Notice, we cloned the default options in reader so we will not change the original options
OneDBarcodeReadOptions oneDReadOptions = reader.GetDefaultOptions(BarcodeSymbology.UPCA).Clone() as OneDBarcodeReadOptions;
oneDReadOptions.SearchDirection = BarcodeSearchDirection.HorizontalAndVertical;
FourStateBarcodeReadOptions fourStateReadOptions = reader.GetDefaultOptions(BarcodeSymbology.USPS4State).Clone() as FourStateBarcodeReadOptions;
fourStateReadOptions.SearchDirection = BarcodeSearchDirection.HorizontalAndVertical;
PostNetPlanetBarcodeReadOptions postNetPlanetReadOptions = reader.GetDefaultOptions(BarcodeSymbology.PostNet).Clone() as PostNetPlanetBarcodeReadOptions;
postNetPlanetReadOptions.SearchDirection = BarcodeSearchDirection.HorizontalAndVertical;
GS1DatabarStackedBarcodeReadOptions gs1StackedReadOptions = reader.GetDefaultOptions(BarcodeSymbology.GS1DatabarStacked).Clone() as GS1DatabarStackedBarcodeReadOptions;
gs1StackedReadOptions.SearchDirection = BarcodeSearchDirection.HorizontalAndVertical;
PatchCodeBarcodeReadOptions patchCodeReadOptions = reader.GetDefaultOptions(BarcodeSymbology.PatchCode).Clone() as PatchCodeBarcodeReadOptions;
patchCodeReadOptions.SearchDirection = BarcodeSearchDirection.HorizontalAndVertical;
PDF417BarcodeReadOptions pdf417ReadOptions = reader.GetDefaultOptions(BarcodeSymbology.PDF417).Clone() as PDF417BarcodeReadOptions;
pdf417ReadOptions.SearchDirection = BarcodeSearchDirection.HorizontalAndVertical;
MicroPDF417BarcodeReadOptions microPdf417ReadOptions = reader.GetDefaultOptions(BarcodeSymbology.MicroPDF417).Clone() as MicroPDF417BarcodeReadOptions;
microPdf417ReadOptions.SearchDirection = BarcodeSearchDirection.HorizontalAndVertical;
PharmaCodeBarcodeReadOptions pharmaCodeBarcodeReadOptions = reader.GetDefaultOptions(BarcodeSymbology.PharmaCode).Clone()as PharmaCodeBarcodeReadOptions;
pharmaCodeBarcodeReadOptions.SearchDirection= BarcodeSearchDirection.HorizontalAndVertical;
// Even though this array will not contain all options, it should be enough to read all barcodes, since the version of ReadBarcodes we will use
// will use the default options if an override is not passed
BarcodeReadOptions[] readOptions =
{
oneDReadOptions, fourStateReadOptions, postNetPlanetReadOptions, gs1StackedReadOptions, patchCodeReadOptions, pdf417ReadOptions, microPdf417ReadOptions, pharmaCodeBarcodeReadOptions
};
return readOptions;
}
static class LEAD_VARS
{
public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\LEADTOOLS23\Resources\Images";
}