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PDFReadingMode

PDFReadingMode is a parameter to control how to read barcodes from PDF files.

Candidate Mode List

PDFRM_AUTO
PDFRM_VECTOR
PDFRM_RASTER

PDFRM_AUTO

Lets the library choose a mode automatically.

PDFRM_VECTOR

Detects barcode from vector data in PDF file.

PDFRM_RASTER

Converts the PDF file to image(s) first, then detects barcode.

Setting Methods

As `PublicRuntimeSettings` Member

PDFReadingMode can be set dynamically during runtime as a member of PublicRuntimeSettings struct, it is one of the PDFReadingMode Enumeration items.

Code Snippet in C++

//...other codes
PublicRuntimeSettings* pSettings = new PublicRuntimeSettings;
int errorCode = reader->GetRuntimeSettings(pSettings);
pSettings->pdfReadingMode = PDFRM_VECTOR;
reader->UpdateRuntimeSettings(pSettings);
delete pSettings;
//...other codes

See Also

PublicRuntimeSettings: JavaScript | C | C++ | .NET | Python | Java | Java-Android | Objective-C & Swift
PDFReadingMode Enumeration

As JSON Parameter

PDFReadingMode as a JSON parameter is a string value defined as below.

Key Name	Key Value
PDFReadingMode	Any one in PDFReadingMode Enumeration as string

JSON Parameter Example

{
    "PDFReadingMode": "PDFRM_VECTOR" 
}

Impacts on Performance

Speed

Setting PDFReadingMode to PDFRM_VECTOR or PDFRM_RASTER when barcode type (image or vector) in PDF file is certain may speed up the process.

Read Rate

Setting PDFReadingMode to PDFRM_AUTO when barcode type (image or vector) in PDF file is uncertain may improve the Read Rate.

Accuracy

PDFReadingMode has no influence on the Accuracy.

How to set DBR parameters