BarcodeSettings.DetectEncoding

BarcodeSettings.DetectEncoding property

The flag which force engine to detect codetext encoding for Unicode codesets. Default value is true.

public bool DetectEncoding { get; set; }

Property Value

The flag which force engine to detect codetext encoding for Unicode codesets

Examples

This sample shows how to detect text encoding on the fly if DetectEncoding is enabled

[C#]
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
    using (BarcodeGenerator generator = new BarcodeGenerator(EncodeTypes.QR, "Слово"))
    {
        generator.Parameters.Barcode.QR.CodeTextEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;
        generator.Save(ms, BarCodeImageFormat.Png);
    }
    //detects encoding for Unicode codesets is enabled
    ms.Position = 0;
    using (BarCodeReader reader = new BarCodeReader(ms, DecodeType.QR))
    {
        reader.BarcodeSettings.DetectEncoding = true;
        foreach (BarCodeResult result in reader.ReadBarCodes())
            Console.WriteLine("BarCode CodeText: " + result.CodeText);
    }
    //detect encoding is disabled
    ms.Position = 0;
    using (BarCodeReader reader = new BarCodeReader(ms, DecodeType.QR))
    {
        reader.BarcodeSettings.DetectEncoding = false;
        foreach (BarCodeResult result in reader.ReadBarCodes())
            Console.WriteLine("BarCode CodeText: " + result.CodeText);
    }
}
[VB.NET]
Using ms As New MemoryStream
    Using generator As New BarcodeGenerator(EncodeTypes.QR, "Слово")
        generator.Parameters.Barcode.QR.CodeTextEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8
        generator.Save(ms, BarCodeImageFormat.Png)
    End Using
    'detects encoding for Unicode codesets is enabled
    ms.Position = 0
    Using reader As New BarCodeReader("c:\test.png", DecodeType.Code39Standard, DecodeType.Code128)
        reader.BarcodeSettings.DetectEncoding = True
        For Each result As BarCodeResult In reader.ReadBarCodes()
            Console.WriteLine("BarCode CodeText: " + result.CodeText)
        Next
    End Using
    'detect encoding is disabled
    ms.Position = 0
    Using reader As New BarCodeReader("c:\test.png", DecodeType.Code39Standard, DecodeType.Code128)
        reader.BarcodeSettings.DetectEncoding = False
        For Each result As BarCodeResult In reader.ReadBarCodes()
            Console.WriteLine("BarCode CodeText: " + result.CodeText)
        Next
    End Using
End Using

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