Barcode Reader SDK is a highly accurate and powerful developer library which recognizes 1-D and 2-D barcodes from digital images and bitmaps. Using this SDK you can integrate barcode recognition functionality into your software products. The following image formats are supported: BMP, JPG, PNG TIF, multipage TIF and PDF (Portable Document Format). The unique and fast barcode recognition algorithm detects and recognize barcodes in any position and orientation from your images.

Barcode Reader returns the number of barcodes found and for each barcode:
Barcode string
Barcode type
Barcode angle in degrees
Barcode location (start/stop bars coordinates)
Page number (for mulipage TIFF)
Barcode dimensions (for 2D barcodes)
Error Correction Level (for 2D barcodes)
Number of errors corrected (for 2D barcodes)
Properties related with specific barcode type

Supported barcode types
1-D barcodes:
Code 11
Code 39
Code 39 Extended
Code 93
Code 128
UCC 128
2of5 Interleaved
Codabar
Patch Code
Pharmacode
EAN 8
EAN 13
UPC A
UPC E
Add 2
Add 5
GS1 Databar/RSS-14
GS1 Databar/RSS Limited
GS1 Databar/RSS Expanded
GS1 Databar/RSS Expanded Stacked
Postal barcodes:
PostNet
Planet
RM4SCC
AustraliaPost
IntelligentMail
2-D barcodes:
PDF417
Compact PDF417
Data Matrix
QR Code
Micro

Supported programming interfaces:
.NET (C#, VB.NET)
ActiveX
COM
DLL
JAVA