Barcode Desk

Byte Reporter

Byte Reporter is a program for using a barcode scanner to interpret barcode scans. It was originally created to allow decoding of 2D barcodes where the content is encoded Unicode, but of course has a variety of additional uses – such as checking for Tab characters in barcodes designed for form filling or spreadsheet entry. 

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The type of encoding used in the barcode may require specific translation on decoding. The decoding method may be used by selecting a class from the drop-down list of code page classes.

For "normal" barcode scans just choose the port that the scanner is connected to and scan. The Text version of the barcode will appear in the upper box, and the hexadecimal byte version will appear in the lower box.

For encoded scans, select the appropriate encoding. Note that by default dLSoft components encode Unicode as Little-endian. If you have a Big-endian encoded symbol, select the Bigendian mode.

The Shift-JIS mode is for Kanji encoded QR Code symbols.

Note that for non-english/american data you will need to select an suitable font to display encoded data - otherwise the data will appear as little boxes in the default font. A suitable font may be selected from the Font dialog on the Edit menu (or clicking on the F in the toolbar.

System requirements, licensing and trial version of dBarcode Desk 

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