Starting from .NET 9, there is a new HybridWebView control in MAUI which makes it easy to host arbitrary HTML/JS/CSS content in a web view, and enables communication between the code in the web view (JavaScript) and the code that hosts the web view (C#/.NET). In this article, we are...

vCard, also known as VCF (“Virtual Contact File”), is a file format standard for electronic business cards. The following is an example of the content of a vCard file: BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:4.0 FN:Simon Perreault N:Perreault;Simon;;;ing. jr,M.Sc. BDAY:--0203 GENDER:M EMAIL;TYPE=work:simon.perreault@viagenie.ca END:VCARD Widely used in business and personal networking, vCards can be shared...

In the previous article, we talked about how to convert an image to black and white with a threshold. It may not work well with images having uneven lighting in tasks like barcode reading. For example, if we convert the following QR code with shadow to black and white with...

In this article, we are going to create a lightning web component to scan barcodes in Salesforce, the famous CRM system, so that we can quickly input data. Dynamsoft Barcode Reader is used for barcode scanning. Because Dynamsoft Barcode Reader uses WASM, which cannot run in Salesforce LWC by default,...

DotCode is two-dimensional (2D) matrix barcode mainly used in the tobacco industry with advantages like the ability to apply the barcode by high-speed industrial printers and other methods like laser engraving. Below is a pack of cigarettes with a DotCode representing its unique identifier. In this article, we are going...

Nuxt is a free and open-source framework with an intuitive and extendable way to create type-safe, performant and production-grade full-stack web applications and websites with Vue.js. In this article, we are going to build a barcode and QR code scanner using Nuxt.js. Dynamsoft Camera Enhancer is used to access the...

VIN stands for vehicle identification number. It is a unique 17-character code to identify individual vehicles. The VIN contains information about your car’s make, model, and year, as well as the country where it was manufactured and other important details. You may find the VIN label on your car’s dashboard,...

VIN stands for vehicle identification number. It is a unique 17-character code to identify individual vehicles. The VIN contains information about your car’s make, model, and year, as well as the country where it was manufactured and other important details. You may find the VIN label on your car’s dashboard,...

An IP camera, also known as a network camera, is a digital video tool that sends and receives data via the internet. Unlike its analogue predecessor, the CCTV (Closed Circuit TV), it offers the functionality to view live or recorded footage from anywhere, anytime using a web-based platform or mobile...

UPC is a type of barcode widely used to identify retail products while EAN is a superset of it adding an extra digit to the beginning. EAN-13 and UPC-A are the common versions while EAN-8 and UPC-E are the less used versions for small packages. An EAN or a UPC...

A barcode or bar code is a method of representing data in a visual, machine-readable form. There are all kinds of barcodes and mainly, they can be divided into 1D barcodes and 2D barcodes. We can get binary data from barcodes and there are different ways to interpret the data....

Zapier is a workflow automation platform. It has integrated over 6000 applications and we can chain different applications in the same workflow without writing code. In this article, we are going to build a Zapier app integration to scan barcodes. We can scan barcodes in a web application and the...

In the previous article, we built a simple barcode reader server in Python and deployed it on Vercel. In this article, we are going to deploy it on AWS Lambda to provide a serverless barcode reading interface. What you’ll build: A serverless REST API on AWS Lambda that accepts a...

GS1 is a not-for-profit, international organization developing and maintaining its own standards for barcodes. GS1 defines the rules to encode a barcode content so that it contains information about a product: its GTIN (Global Trade Item Number), the weight or dimensions of the item, its price, the lot/batch code, the...

Glide is a no-code app builder which makes it easy to create apps. Dynamsoft is a partner of Glide to provide it with the barcode scanning feature based on its barcode reading SDK. In this article, we are going to use Glide to create a demo app which scans barcodes....

In the previous article, we’ve created an Oracle APEX application to scan documents. In this article, we are going to add barcode scanning function to the Oracle APEX application with Dynamsoft Barcode Reader. You can check out the video to see what it does. Prerequisites Get your trial license key....

PDF417 (Portable Data File 417) is a stacked linear barcode format widely used in transport, identification cards, and inventory management.1 Its high data capacity — up to 1,850 alphanumeric characters or 2,710 numeric digits — makes it the format of choice for applications that require storing large amounts of information...

Although almost every Android phone is equipped with cameras, some Android devices, like TV boxes and kiosks, may not have cameras built-in. An easy way to add extra camera functionality to these devices is by connecting with a USB camera if they support USB-OTG. Starting from Android 9, the Android...

Introduction Accuracy is a key metric of barcode reading SDKs. Given an image, a barcode engine should correctly detect whether one or more barcodes exist. If barcodes exist, the percentage of correct values returned dictates the accuracy. As a software developer, choosing a barcode SDK with the best combination of...

QR codes are a critical part of modern applications — from payment systems and ticketing to inventory management and document tracking. As a two-dimensional barcode, a QR code can store significantly more data than a 1D barcode and is decoded from a camera image using image processing algorithms. Choosing the...

The International Article Number (also known as European Article Number or EAN) is a standard describing a barcode symbology and numbering system used in global trade to identify a specific retail product type. The most commonly used EAN standard is the thirteen-digit EAN-13. 1 The 13-digit EAN-13 number consists of...

QR codes1 are everywhere - URLs, payment flows, ticketing, inventory labels, patient wristbands. Building a browser-based QR code scanner means users get instant scanning capability on any device without downloading an app. This guide shows how to build one using the Dynamsoft Barcode Reader JavaScript SDK v11, which runs entirely...