Scanning and indexing of bar coded documents using separator sheets, patch codes, PDF417, QR Code, Code 39 and other common barcode types.
Turn On Replacement Characters for Barcodes
Tuesday, 08 December 2020
by Alex Stewart
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Bar Code Recognition reference. With OCR processing certain characters will read incorrectly in some cases, such as an I reading as a 1 and an O reading as a 0. If this is expected to happen you can set the OCR to use the character replacement feature to replace all
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Regular Expression (RegEx) – Syntax or Type
Monday, 29 July 2019
by Simple Software
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Regular Expressions reference. SimpleIndex uses the .NET regular expressions library. .NET uses the JavaScript/ECMAScript regular expression syntax format. For more information see the Regular Expressions Wiki Page.
Autonumber Increment Value
Monday, 29 July 2019
by Simple Software
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Autonumber reference. If you want to change the value of how much the Autonumber Increments each time from 1 to any number that you want then do the following: 1. Right click on the configuration file and “Open With” any text editor, such as Notepad.2. Search for the following:AUTONUMBER_COUNT3. Change
What are some other terms for Bar Code Scanning Software?
Monday, 29 July 2019
by aaron
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Bar Code Recognition reference. People searching for software to read bar codes from scanned documents, or create document separator sheets for batch scanning operations, can use a variety of terms to find what they are looking for. This page helps you find Bar Code Scanning Software on our website. Related
Can SimpleIndex read bar codes from existing PDF files?
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Bar Code Recognition reference. There are 2 types of PDF files. PDFs created by scanning applications use images, while PDF files created by software or printer drivers use text. SimpleIndex can read bar codes from either type of document. With image PDFs, SimpleIndex will use normal image barcode
- Published in Bar Codes, Import, Office PDF Text Processing
I cannot recognize PDF417 or QR Code bar codes. What does “Advanced “Only” mean?
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Bar Code Recognition reference. This error applies to versions of SimpleIndex prior to version 7. All current versions of SimpleIndex include 2D barcode recognition. The Barcode and Professional licenses include the faster and more accurate Accusoft bar code recognition engine. In order to enable the Accusoft engine with
- Published in Bar Codes, Licensing & Installation
Can I split TIFF or PDF files based on barcodes as a separator and also name the file with the barcode value?
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Bar Code Recognition reference. Yes you can split TIFF and PDF files using barcodes as well as name files using the values from barcodes. To do this simply create a barcode field and check the “Filename” and “Forward” options for that field on the Index tab. The “Filename”
- Published in Bar Codes, SimpleCoversheet
Will SimpleIndex read multiple barcodes on a page and save the value to the appropriate index field?
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
by dwilder
it can. By default barcodes on any page are read left to right and top to bottom. The first barcode read on the page will be filled into the first barcode field set up in SimpleIndex and so on. You can also narrow down results by matching against
- Published in Bar Codes
Is there a way to just use part of a bar code or OCR value? For example, extract “50” from the value “124450”
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Bar Code Recognition reference. To do this example, create a barcode field (Field 1 for example) and a 2nd field with type “Fixed”. In the template for the 2nd field, enter %FIELD1[5,2]% to get “50” from “124450”. %FIELD1% would get the entire value for Field #1, the barcode
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How can I delete the barcode or blank page cover/separator sheet that I don’t need to save?
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Bar Code Recognition reference. To delete any barcode page go into ‘Options’, to the ‘Barcode’ Tab and click the ‘Delete barcode page’ check box. Blank page deletion is done through the minimum file size threshold located in ‘Options’ in the ‘Batch’ Tab. The option is called ‘Min. File
- Published in Bar Codes, SimpleCoversheet
Some pages in my documents have unwanted barcodes that are being read. How can I exclude these from recognition?
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Barcode Options reference. There are several methods for doing this. The fastest, most effective method is to enter a Template for your barcodes to ensure only barcodes that match a specific pattern will be used for that field. Unfortunately it is not always possible to define a template
- Published in Bar Codes
How can I use barcodes or blank pages as Document Separators.
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
by dwilder
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Why are my barcodes not being recognized properly?
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
by dwilder
Several factors can affect barcode recognition. -Scan in Black & White instead of color. Barcode recognition must convert color to B&W which can decrease quality. -Print barcodes with a laser printer. Dot-matrix barcodes are very difficult to read accurately. -Check your Zone settings. If there are zone coordinates defined for any barcode fields, only barcodes
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