Electron is a framework for building cross-platform desktop applications with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. Since Dynamic Web TWAIN is also a cross-platform JavaScript library for document scanning and management, we can combine Electron and Dynamic Web TWAIN to implement a desktop document scanning and management application for Windows, Linux, and...

Many open-source JavaScript libraries for reading barcodes and QR codes exist, yet few are suited for enterprise use due to a lack of long-term updates and maintenance roadmaps. Additionally, the performance of pure JavaScript often falls short. For those prioritizing performance, WebAssembly serves as a superior alternative to pure JavaScript...

Web and mobile app development has drawn most of the attention in recent years, but desktop apps still play a critical role in our productivity. The Windows UI Library (WinUI) is a native user experience (UX) framework for both Windows desktop and UWP applications. It is Microsoft’s latest technology to...

The official Flutter camera plugin is a useful tool for building camera scanning applications on Android, iOS, and web platforms. However, those who want to use it for Windows may be disappointed. Fortunately, there is a camera_windows plugin currently under development, located in the same repository as the Android, iOS,...

Previously, I created a flutter_web_twain to assist developers in building web-based document scanning applications with Flutter and Dynamic Web TWAIN. In this article, I will demonstrate how to integrate Dynamic Web TWAIN into a Flutter Windows desktop application using Flutter Windows webview plugin. Section 1: Setting Up the Flutter Project...

This article aims to help Java developers build desktop and server-side Java applications to detect machine-readable zones (MRZ) in passports, travel documents, and ID cards. You will see how to encapsulate Dynamsoft C++ OCR SDK into a Java Jar package and how to quickly create a command-line MRZ detector with...

This article is Part 2 in a 3-Part Series. Part 1 - Cross-Platform Barcode Reader with B4X Part 2 - B4X Live Barcode Scanner | Scan QR Codes From Camera Stream Part 3 - Web Barcode Reader using B4X In the previous article, we created a Dynamsoft Barcode Reader library...

B4X is a set of rapid development tools which can be used to develop apps for all the major mobile and desktop platforms. It has four products: B4A, B4i, B4J and B4R, which aim at Android, iOS, Java (desktop with JavaFX, server and Raspberry Pi) and Arduino development. Apart from...