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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...

Recently, Dynamsoft rolled out C++ Barcode SDK v10.0. This version has been entirely re-written in C++, providing an entirely new suite of APIs for barcode reading. However, if you’re using MinGW(Minimalist GNU for Windows) to code with this SDK, such as integrating it into a Qt project, you may encounter...

Dynamsoft’s Capture Vision SDKs consist of the Dynamsoft Document Normalizer, Dynamsoft Barcode Reader, and Dynamsoft Label Recognizer. All of these SDKs are cross-platform, supporting Windows, Linux, Android, iOS and web. Each vision SDK can be used independently or in combination with others. In this article, we’ll show you how to...

A document scanner app is a software application that leverages your device’s camera to capture images of physical documents and transform them into digital formats. Typically, these apps can scan documents, photos, receipts, business cards, and more. Document scanner apps are useful in a variety of industries and scenarios, including...

Barcode scanner apps can be used across a variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare. They are used to track inventory, manage assets, and improve the efficiency of business operations. In this article, we will walk through the steps of building a multiple barcode and QR code scanner...

Machine-Readable Zone (MRZ) scanner applications are used for quick and automated data entry from identification documents such as passports, visas, ID cards, and other types of travel documents. Some industries such as banking, healthcare, hospitality, and transportation require MRZ scanning to verify the identity of their customers. With the increasing...

A last-mile delivery app is a software application used to manage, coordinate, and track the delivery of goods from a transportation hub to their final destination, which is usually a personal residence. This is often the most complex part of the entire delivery process because it involves navigating residential areas,...

Last week, we demonstrated how to create a Windows .NET MAUI app that can access the USB camera using Blazor web view. Although this solution provides a way to access the camera, for a Windows desktop application that requires optimal performance, it is recommended to prioritize native camera APIs over...

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...

Since Dynamsoft Label Recognizer supports Windows, Linux, Android, iOS and Web, we can create a 5 in 1 Flutter plugin for it to cover desktop, mobile and web platform development. In this article, you will see how to write an MRZ Flutter plugin using different platform-specific code, such as Java,...

Last week, we finished a Flutter document scanning plugin for web, which is just a start. This week, we continue to empower the plugin for desktop development using Dynamsoft Document Normalizer C++ SDK. The plugin will support Windows and Linux. In this article, you will see the steps to build...

This article aims to help Go developers to build barcode QR code reader applications with Dynamsoft C++ Barcode SDK on Windows and Linux. You will see how to interoperate Golang with C++ code using cgo, as well as how to deploy the application to Docker. Prerequisites Go 1.19.1 To build...

Suppose you are a C# developer who wants to use Dynamsoft Document Normalizer to implement a desktop document scanner application. Since Dynamsoft Document Normalizer is a C/C++ library, you may encounter some interoperability issues when using it in your C# project. In this article, we will help you build a...

Dynamsoft Document Normalizer is a document scanning SDK that can be used to do edge detection, perspective correction, and contrast enhancement. Its C/C++ API is available on Windows and Linux. In this article, we will show you how to build a Python wrapper for Dynamsoft C/C++ Document Normalizer SDK, as...

A few weeks ago, I released a .NET 6 BarcodeQRCodeSDK package implemented with Dynamsoft C/C++ Barcode SDK. This article demonstrates how to build a Windows desktop barcode and QR code scanner using .NET WinForms, OpenCvSharp, and BarcodeQRCodeSDK. This article is Part 4 in a 4-Part Series. Part 1 - How...

.NET MAUI is a cross-platform framework that allows developers to create desktop and mobile applications from a single codebase with C#. It is currently in preview and the production release is slated for Q2 2022. This article goes through the steps to build a .NET MAUI barcode and QR code...

When building a TWAIN-compatible application and there is no physical scanner available, you can use a virtual scanner application for development and testing. TWAIN working group has released a TWAIN DS sample on GitHub. In this article, I will detail how to set up the development environment, as well as...

MRZ stands for machine readable zone. A passport has a machine-readable zone which contains the information about name, nationality, passport number, date of birth, sex, and expiration date of passport. This article introduces how to use Dynamsoft OCR SDK to recognize MRZ and parse the corresponding information. This article is...

Last week, I wrote a step-by-step tutorial sharing how to build a Flutter barcode SDK plugin with Dynamsoft Barcode Reader. The platform-specific code of Android is done. This week, I am going to focus on Windows desktop. Since the Flutter desktop plugin development is still on the early stage, there...

Qt Designer is a Qt tool for building cross-platform graphical user interfaces (GUIs) with Qt widgets. In this article, I will use the Qt designer to create an advanced GUI Python barcode and QR code reader with Dynamsoft Python Barcode SDK for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Raspberry Pi OS. The...

In my last article, I shared how to build WinRT component with Dynamsoft Barcode Reader C++ SDK. This article shows how to use the generated Dynamsoft.dll and Dynamsoft.winmd files in a Cordova plugin project for building Windows 10 apps. Installation Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK 6.4 Visual Studio 2017 Cordova My...

Java Native Interface (JNI) is the glue between Java and native code such as C, C++, and assembly. With JNI, Java applications are capable of supporting platform-specific features. JNI enables developers to call low-level APIs (e.g. SQL, OpenGL etc.) to make Java application more powerful with higher performance. For example, we can...

In this post, let’s take a glimpse of how to organize multiple Visual Studio .sln files under the same directory. Problem about Visual Studio .sln Files For some occassions,  you may want to organize the file hierarchy of your Visual Studio projects as belove: All the .sln files are sorted under...