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 (PostNetPlanetBarcodeReadOptions)

Property Value

An 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

using Leadtools; 
using Leadtools.Codecs; 
using Leadtools.Barcode; 
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing; 
 
 
public void PostNetPlanetBarcode_Example() 
{ 
   string imageFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "MyPostNetPlanetBarcodes.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 a POSTNET and a PLANET barcodes 
      WriteBarcode(engine.Writer, image, BarcodeSymbology.PostNet, "123456789", new LeadRect(10, 100, 400, 200)); 
      WriteBarcode(engine.Writer, image, BarcodeSymbology.Planet, "12345678901", new LeadRect(10, 500, 400, 200)); 
 
      // 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)) 
      { 
         // Read the POSTNET barcode 
         ReadBarcodes(engine.Reader, image, BarcodeSymbology.PostNet); 
 
         // Read the PLANET barcode 
         ReadBarcodes(engine.Reader, image, BarcodeSymbology.Planet); 
      } 
   } 
} 
 
private void WriteBarcode(BarcodeWriter writer, RasterImage image, BarcodeSymbology symbology, string value, LeadRect bounds) 
{ 
   // Create the barcode data 
   BarcodeData barcode = new BarcodeData(symbology, value); 
   barcode.Bounds = bounds; 
 
   // Set the write options 
   PostNetPlanetBarcodeWriteOptions options = new PostNetPlanetBarcodeWriteOptions(); 
   options.UseXModule = false; 
   options.XModule = 30; 
 
   // Write it 
   Console.WriteLine("Writing {0} barcode with data: {1}", symbology, value); 
   writer.WriteBarcode(image, barcode, options); 
} 
 
private void ReadBarcodes(BarcodeReader reader, RasterImage image, BarcodeSymbology symbology) 
{ 
   // Setup read options 
   PostNetPlanetBarcodeReadOptions options = new PostNetPlanetBarcodeReadOptions(); 
   options.SearchDirection = BarcodeSearchDirection.Horizontal; 
   options.Granularity = 9; 
   options.WhiteLinesNumber = 3; 
   options.ReturnCheckDigit = BarcodeReturnCheckDigit.Default; 
 
   Console.WriteLine("Reading {0} barcodes", symbology); 
   BarcodeData barcode = reader.ReadBarcode(image, LeadRect.Empty, symbology, options); 
   if (barcode != null) 
   { 
      Console.WriteLine(" At {0}, data: {1}", barcode.Bounds, barcode.Value); 
   } 
   else 
   { 
      Console.WriteLine(" Not found"); 
   } 
} 
 
static class LEAD_VARS 
{ 
   public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\LEADTOOLS22\Resources\Images"; 
}

Requirements

Target Platforms

Reference

PostNetPlanetBarcodeReadOptions Class

PostNetPlanetBarcodeReadOptions Members

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