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The Softek Barcode Reader SDK extracts barcode information from images and bitmaps.

Overview

ProcessXML(inputFile, outputFile)

ProcessXML takes property values, file names and folder names from the inputFile and creates outputFile in either XML or CSV file format.

The property values defined in the XML file follow the specification as defined in the manual page for LoadXMLSettings. The files and folder to process are defined in the following way....

To process a file:

<Process>
   <File>/path/to/image.tif</File>
</Process>

To process the images in a folder:

<Process>
   <Folder>/path/to/folder</Folder>
</Process>

Both the File and Folder tags accept an optional id attribute. This can be used in the output to identify the image file or folder.

Example:

<xml>
   <SoftekBarcode>
      <Properties>
      </Properties>
      <Properties>
         <MedianFilter>1</MedianFilter>
      </Properties>
      <Process>
         <File id=1001>C:\tmp\image1.tif</File>
         <File id=1002>C:\tmp\image2.tif</File>
         <File id=1003>C:\tmp\image3.tif</File>
         <Folder id=9001>C:\tmp\images</Folder>
      </Process>
   </SoftekBarcode>
</xml>

See the manual page for SaveResults for the output file format.

Return Value

1 on success and 0 on failure.

retval = [form.]SoftekBarcode.ProcessXML(inputFile, outputFile)

Visual Basic using the DLL

Private Declare Function stProcessXML Lib "SoftekBarcode" (ByVal strInputFile As String, ByVal strOutputFile As String) As Integer
retval = stProcessXML(inputFile, outputFile)

Visual Basic using COM

oBar = CreateObject("SoftekATL.Barcode")
.........
oBar.ProcessXML(inputFile, outputFile)
retval = oBar.XMLRetval ;

VB.Net using the DLL

Private Declare Function stProcessXML Lib "SoftekBarcode" (ByVal strInputFile As String, ByVal strOutputFile As String) As Short
retval = stProcessXML(inputFile, outputFile)

VB.Net using the SoftekBarcode Wrapper Class

Dim barcode As SoftekBarcode
..........
retval = barcode.ProcessXML(inputFile, outputFile)

VB.Net using the SoftekBarcodeLib Managed Component

Dim barcode As SoftekBarcodeLib.BarcodeReader
..........
barcode = New SoftekBarcodeLib.BarcodeReader()
..........
retval = barcode.ProcessXML(inputFile, outputFile)

Visual C++ Using the OCX

short ProcessXML(inputFile, outputFile) ;

Visual C++ Using the DLL

short __stdcall stProcessXML(LPCTSTR inputFile, LPTSTR outputFile);