SearchDirection Property

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:\LEADTOOLS22\Resources\Images"; 
}