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The current version of BarcodeOCR is available at the download area. Here you will find older versions as well as the current version. Enter your serial number on the download page,  to download the latest version available for your license Installation T...

Activate with an internet connection Activation with an internet connection is the quickest and easiest way to get your copy of BarcodeOCR up and running. Start the application, click the menu entry "License" and choose "Activate license on this PC" In th...

To access and process files on network folders, it is necessary to grant the BarcodeOCR service the necessary rights for the affected folder. Read and write access is required.  The service requires the credentials of an account with read and write access to ...

If you have an active maintenance subscription, you warranted for the latest updates and can download the latest updates from the BarcodeOCR website. Preparation Check the release notes of the new version for any instructions during the update Backup yo...

If you would like to use BarcodeOCR on a different computer, you must first deactivate the license on the old PC. Export your settings It is possible to migrate your configurations and settings to a new system. Open the "Import/Export" menu and select the "...

Create a new configuration Inside the right side of the user interface, the configurations are listed with which the BarcodeOCR service monitors folders and processes files. Create your first configuration by pressing "New". Change A configuration can b...

Service control When a configuration is saved, the BarcodeOCR service is automatically restarted. If, for example, folders are not available or the service account is incorrect, the service may not be able to start. You will see a red BarcodeOCR logo on the...

For new configurations you can define the type of the configuration once. Search for barcodes and separate documents This option unlocks all configuration options and is intended for incoming documents have barcodes, after which the output documents are to...

In the first step of the wizard you define general settings for your new configuration. Name The name helps you to distinguish the work instructions from each other. In the list of configurations on the main page the configurations are displayed sorted by ...

BarcodeOCR monitors a single or multiple folders per configuration for incoming files. Those folders are so called "input folders". It is usually the output folder of a scanner or other folders, where documents are being regularly stored at. Specify an inpu...

BarcodeOCR recognizes a variety of different barcode types. In this step, you specify the type of barcodes you wish BarcodeOCR to search for in a processed document. Each selected barcode type requires additional time during processing. Hence only select ba...

You can filter barcodes recognized in the document by certain criteria. This way you can ensure that only required barcodes are taken into consideration for separation and renaming. External barcodes (e.g. from suppliers) will then not be considered.  You c...

Select the direction in which BarcodeOCR is to look for barcodes in the document. The scan direction corresponds to the alignment of the barcode. Selecting the way the barcodes are arranged, speeds up the processing time as well as decreasing the fault rate. ...

The whole page is always checked for barcodes. Filtering for ranges is a time-consuming filter option and should only be used if the barcodes cannot be filtered with the other options. Additional filtering apart from barcode type, contents and orientation can...

A essential function of BarcodeOCR apart from recognizing barcodes, is the ability to split huge document stacks and create separate smaller documents. Recognized barcodes are used as marks to split the document stack. This step will determine how BarcodeOCR...

Specify the convention for naming documents. Selection of the filename Renaming options Description Typical example Use original file name The document is only divided up and not renamed on the basis of the barcode Output files...

In this step you can have your PDF documents improved by text recognition or other options. Perform text recognition If this option is enabled, scanned image pages are searched for text and the text is placed invisibly over the image - the page is thus sea...

Starting a PowerShell script There are sample files in the folder "Script Samples" in the BarcodeOCR installation folder showing how to customize BarcodeOCR to your needs Before or after each processed file, a PowerShell script is started, which receives a...

What is a barcode? A barcode is an image containing information that is encrypted by means of a special algorithm. This information may be a character string or specially formatted information (address card, internet address, …). Different barcodes exist: 1 ...

How can I activate an old version of BarcodeOCR (version 4.17.1.1 and older)? Online activation of these versions is technically no longer possible. We offer a new license file and installation instructions on this website to activate the license on Windows 8...