Datamatrix Activex and Precisionid Data Matrix Activex Control Software for Windows

ClearImage DataMatrix
$475 - Inlite Research

Easily develop robust production applications, in VB, C++ or Delphi, to recognize DataMatrix barcode data from scanned, faxed or camera images. Heuristic barcode recognition algorithms can extract readable barcodes from poor quality images, and can recover the data even with 40% damage.

DataMatrix is widely used in the financial, insurance and legal industry. It is a very dense code with excellent error correction.

The ClearImage DataMatrix tool provides the hex data, decoded data, orientation and location of the barcode. It supports the following encodation modes: ASCII (basic, extended, 2digits), Text, C40, Base 256, ANSI X12, and EDIFACT; as well as, macro and ECI processing. Diagnostic features include: confidence values, forced reading of invalid data, and raw data output. Accept and save images in many popular file formats or via memory transfers.

High Accuracy Algorithm - automatically analyzes the barcode image defects in multiple ways and applies the appropriate algorithms to recognize the barcode in any orientation on the image. It can overcome glare, damage, smudges, and other deficiencies in the image.

Trouble Free Operation - By totally automating the image processing and the barcode recognition process, ClearImage tools enable developers to create very robust and trouble free applications, which require less testing in the development process and less technical support for customers in production.

ClearImage DataMatrix Plug-In for Vision systems supports the recognition of Datamatrix from poor quality camera images, capable of dealing with fuzzy, or unevenly lit images.

ClearImage FREE SDK contains ActiveX COM modules, and a demonstration program to Evaluate, Develop, Test and Deploy image data capture applications in Visual Basic, C++ and Delphi. Comes with FREE professional consulting to help you succeed in your project.

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Barcode ActiveX Control
$149 - VBC Software

Barcode ActiveX Control. Add Barcode Printing to Access, VB, Web pages, C++, Excel etc. Simply insert the BarCode ActiveX Control into your application and specify a few properties in the properties window and your desired bar codes will be generated automatically. Interleaved 2 of 5, Industrial, Code 39, Code 39 Extended, Code 11, Codabar, MSI, Code 128 (Auto, Set A, Set B, Set C), EAN Addon-2, EAN Addon-5, EAN-8, EAN-13, EAN-14, UPC-A, UPC-E, UCC/EAN 128, SSCC-18, PostNet, PlaNet, Code 93, Code 93 Extended, ITF 14. The ABarCode-ActiveX Control supports data binding so you can bind fields in a database to the Control and generate barcodes for each data record automatically. The data binding capability makes it trivially easy to produce reports and labels containing bar codes using any database that supports ActiveX technology including Microsoft Access or Visual Basic. The Barcode ActiveX Control allows you to save bar codes to disk in all major graphics file formats including GIF, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, EMF, WMF. The GIF, PNG and JPEG capabilities allow the control to be used as a bar code graphic engine on a web server. ABarCode-ActiveX can be used as ASP server component for IIS to create barcodes dynamically on the server. A barcode will be created inside a HTML file by using a simple IMG tag. The barcode will be created on the server as PNG, JPG, GIF, TIFF or BMP image and sent to the browser. No temporary files will be created on the server and the client does not need any plug in's. A great solution to create barcodes in an Internet or Intranet project.

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EaseSoft Barcode ActiveX Control
$399 - EaseSoft Inc.

EaseSoft Barcode ActiveX Controls are easy to work in any Windows application that supports ActiveX control technology including Microsoft Access, MS Office, Word, Excel, Visual Basic, C++,Delphi, PowerBuilder,Visual FoxPro and Internet Explorer web pages. This control does not require barcode fonts,it supports most barcode symbologies including Code 39, Extended Code 39, Code 128, UCC/EAN-128, Industrial 2 of 5 Planet, Interleaved 2 of 5, Codabar, UPC-A,UPC-E, EAN 13, EAN 8, BOOKLAND,MSI, Code 11, Code 93, Postnet, PDF417, DataMatrix.

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BarcodeReader-ActiveX
$99 - RKD Software

BarcodeReader-ActiveX is an ActiveX component that can provide you with complete information about a barcode by scanning its image. With no delay you'll be able to know all main parameters of each barcode, such as its type, text, coordinates, raw data, etc. The component reads corrupted barcodes, has a great performance and is very easy to distribute.

BarcodeReader-ActiveX is designed to decode all major barcode types: Interleaved 2/5, Code 39, Code 39 Extended, Code 128, Code 11, Codabar, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A and UPC-E.
The component supports multiple processing, so it can read all barcodes from an image simultaneously. It can also read barcodes with no quiet zone, which allows it to correctly recognize all barcodes regardless of their position (canted, upside-down, etc.).

The refined scanning engine doesn't require an image to be clear. It'll successfully read barcodes from blurred, noisy and low resolution images. In case a barcode itself is corrupted (torn or crumpled), it's not a problem either. BarcodeReader will read it. What's more, it can recognize barcodes printed on most of the surfaces, including plastic and distorted ones.

For those whose application can read from a camera, the data stream support feature can come in handy. Not only does the component read barcodes from images but it also allows you to specify a data stream as a source. In that case, saving images to files won't be needed.

All the features of BarcodeReader-ActiveX are accurately delivered in one tiny .dll file making the component easy to distribute. You will also find no problems with using the component in any environment like Visual C++, Visual Basic, VB .NET and C#. It can be smoothly integrated with any ActiveX container, e.g. IExplorer or MS Office applications. Along with the component, you'll find the sample source code for C/C++, Visual Basic, etc.

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IDAutomation Data Matrix Font & Encoder
$199 - IDAutomation.com, Inc.

IDAutomation's Data Matrix bar code fonts allow printing of high density ECC200 Data Matrix symbols with TrueType, PCL and PostScript fonts by using IDAutomation Vertical Interleaved Technology?. Includes VB code, Java Library, ASP.NET Web Control, .NET Forms Control DLL and examples for Excel, Word, Access, Java, .NET and Crystal Reports. Hundreds of text characters and binary data can be stored securely and inexpensively with the Data Matrix symbology. Using Reed Solomon error correction, the printed DataMatrix symbol can also withstand damage without causing loss of data. This high level of error correction is far more advanced than one dimensional barcodes with check digits.

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ClearImage SDK
$0 - Inlite Research

ClearImage FREE SDK contains COM modules, and a demonstration program to Evaluate, Develop, Test and Deploy image data capture applications in Visual Basic, C++ and Delphi. Comes with FREE professional consulting to help you succeed in your project.

Develop bar code recognition applications to automatically read poor quality 2D and 1D bar codes from images (TIFF JPG color and grayscale). Supported barcodes include

- PDF417
- DataMatrix
- code 39 (code39)
- code 128 (code128)
- code 93 (code93)
- UCC128
- 2 of 5 family of codes
- Interleaved 2of5(ITF, i25)
- UPC A, UPC E (UPCA, UPCE)
- Postnet, Planet
- EAN 8, EAN 13 (EAN8, EAN13)
- Codabar
- code 32 (code32)
- Addon 2, Addon 5
- Patch codes

ClearImage barcode recognition products offer outstanding performance, by rapidly recognizing any number of barcodes, in any orientation on an image. They are designed to read poor quality or damaged bar codes whose appearance is far below the specifications by using heuristic barcode recognition logic that automatically optimizes the scan settings to recover data from images.

ClearImage image processing products allow you to automatically repair images, remove noise, remove borders, smooth lines, delete form lines, deskew, rotate, and manipulate scanned or faxed images in many other ways, and save them in multiple formats (TIFF BMP PCX). Build applications to measure and modify images and to automatically control the logic of batch image processing applications.

Rapid Integration - ClearImage ActiveX simple, intuitive interface controls, free the developer from dealing with image processing issues, letting them concentrate on the application logic.

Trouble Free Operation - By totally automating the image processing and the barcode recognition process, ClearImage tools enable developers to create very robust and trouble free applications, requiring less testing in development and less tech support in production.

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