[dba-VB] Windows Phone 7.5 Mango is here...

Salakhetdinov Shamil mcp2004 at mail.ru
Tue Dec 20 03:24:56 CST 2011


Hi Gustav at all --

Have a look I have made a "micro research" on bar- and QR- code reading programs for WP7:

http://smsconsulting.spb.ru/stest/BarCodeReaders.htm

Yes, i-nigma is surely a "favorite toy" now but I didn't get setup a few programs mentioned in my research because they are not available on Russian market.

The above page is a copy and paste from MS Excel worksheet.
If you're interested in the published info please make a copy of it as I'm planning to remove this web page in a few days and probably publish a short note with this info on a Russian web site

Thank you.

-- Shamil


20 декабря 2011, 11:57 от "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>:
> Hi Shamil
> 
> Thanks, i-nigma looks promising indeed. I'll check it out.
> Another reason to get hold on a bottle of wine ...
> 
> /gustav
> 
> >>> Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru> 19-12-2011 14:05 >>>
> Hi Gustav --
> 
> Additional note:
> 
> - LeadTools didn't work for me or I used it improperly,
> - Pic2Shop didn't work also but
> - i-nigma - http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/828c4e78-1d2b-4fd2-ad22-fde9c553e263 - worked well for flat surface printed barcodes and it even read bar code from a bottle of wine label...
> 
> So I plan to remove LedTools and Pic2Shop and use i-nigma for technology demonstration purposes.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> -- Shamil
> 
> 19 декабря 2011, 16:10 от "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>:
> > Hi Shamil
> >
> > No, I picked the Leadtools app because its description sounded trustworthy and it was free. As it proved to work clever and reliable, I haven't looked further.
> > You click a code, a voice tells you if the app can read it, and next you are offered to search for the code if a barcode was found, or - if a QR-code - it just looks up the URL.
> >
> > Later research showed that they label themselves as "The World Leader in Imaging SDKs" which may not be false. I don't know, but the app works fine and, of course, uses their SDK for QR/barcode scanning.
> >
> > The SDK for Windows Phone is described here:
> > http://www.leadtools.com/sdk/silverlight/windows-phone.htm
> >
> > Quite comprehensive and at a price ... cheapest package seems to be listed at USD 995 - well beyond my budget.
> >
> > For your purpose, custom programming is probably needed. I've seen some open-source projects for reading QR-codes and I guess you can find one as well for barcodes, but I haven't looked for such.
> >
> > /gustav
> >
> > >>> Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru> 19-12-2011 12:40 >>>
> > Hi Gustav --
> >
> > Thank you for your reply.
> >
> > ? Did you try
> >
> > http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/search?q=Barcode%20Reader
> >
> > it returns a set of available programs
> >
> > Microsoft® Tag Reader Ratings: 564 Free	
> > Pic2shop Ratings: 98 Free	
> > QuickMark Ratings: 79 Free	
> > Butterkiss QR Scanner Ratings: 22 Free
> > PSA barcode scanner Ratings: 66 $1.99	
> > Barcode Reader Ratings: 12 Free	
> > Quick Reader Ratings: 78 Free	
> > NeoReader Ratings: 19Free
> > QRCode ReaderRatings: 12 $0.99	
> > Fun2D_QR_Code_ReaderRatings: 12 Free	
> > Barcode Scanner Ratings: 6 Free	
> > i-nigma Ratings: 6 Free
> > QuickBarcodeReader No ratings Free
> >
> > Let's try to evaluate them although I must note I have not that much experience with working with barcodes and QR code.
> >
> > I'd be interested to find and purchase a program which will reliably and quickly read barcodes (and QR codes) , will send them to a web service (which can be defined in program settings) and gets back (maybe in another program which will run on WP7 in parallel) some information about a product/services, which barcode was scanned/shot by camera
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > -- Shamil
> >
> > 19 декабря 2011, 13:55 от "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>:
> > > Hi Shamil
> > >
> > > Yes, I found one (free) which reads common barcodes as EAN/UPC, PDF417, Datamatrix, as well as QR-codes:
> > >
> > > Leadtools Barcode Demo
> > >
> > > It works very well and is intended to demonstrate a SDK offered by Leadtools.
> > >
> > > /gustav
> > >
> > > >>> Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru> 19-12-2011 09:13 >>>
> > > Hi Gustav --
> > >
> > > Yes, "Lots of apps to browse for a potential waste of time".
> > > And do you know about a WP7 app for bar codes reading?
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > > -- Shamil
> >
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