yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
Hi,

Under the options, enable the "enhanced mode", decoding might take a bit longer but it'll try harder.

The standard mode is enough only if the source barcode is very high quality, correctly centered and with a lot of contrast.

Under the same options, you can define the type of codes to decode. Ensure that the barcode format you read is enabled.

Normally you can try going on www.barcodezilla.net do a keyword based search and scan directly the screen. Screen scannings are providing quite good results at least on HTC Touch HD.

For real barcode do this with enough light in order not to get an image with few contrast or blurry image.

Try to center the barcode to the center of the picture and remain parallel, this can only help. For optimal result make the barcode fit 80% of the picture width, with a bit experience i'm now nearly catching the barcode at first attempt every time :)

Only the QR Codes are quite hard to get correctly shooted, they are very sensible.

As soon as the barcode is decoded, you'll be prompted to download the information from the barcodezilla server.

hope this helps...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sean D.:
Works!

Thanks for the info. I got it working. Well... sorta. I got it working by going to your site and snapping a pic of a barcode there.

So yeah... it works! Thanks, sweet app! :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielsen:
nothing happend :(

my way: i strart barzilla then i press the "webcam" button and the camera gui is starting - then i take a picture, after that i got "saving" and after 10seconds i come back to the start gui but without any changes ...

thanks for helping
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
Did this create a file named temp.jpg

in \Program Files\BarcodeZilla\Temp folder ?

Normally the camera wizard should create this file and barcodezilla automatically close the camera once the file exists and display it ?

As every manufacturer are his own "custom" interface for camera, some might not exactly work as expected. When it displays "saving" do you have an idea where the file is being saved ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielsen:
the temp folder is empty ... but all pictures are saved in My Documents\Eigene Bilder\Kamera\100XPRIA\
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] <insertwittyusernamehere>:
I have this problem as well. Is there any fix?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] yogeesharma:
Barcode Reader

Can you modify the program so as we can read barcode and get it stored in csv or text file format
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
There was an option to export to xml which can be easily re-enabled if you want. it's just hidden in current builds...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
This is normally the way to launch the camera wizard dialog. do you have htc camera on your kaiser ?

which applications using camera are working on your device ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
What's the name of files generated in this folder?

I think i'll have to re-enable the Live mode between this issue and those having the cameralauncher issue...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielsen:
the name of the pictures (created by barcodezilla) are DSC_0001, DSC_0002 ...., they have the same name as "normal" pictures
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Abednego:
A variation of the camera problem also occurs on my touch HD (custom ROM with new manila). On switching to webcam mode, I get dropped to the camera application but nothing happens after recording the image. No file in temp. On a side note, Palringo (the send-a-photo feature) shows the same symptoms. Anything I can do to help diagnose the problem?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
Please give a try to 0.9.2, enable Live Mode under the options.

The resolutions options should also work in Live Mode, by default you might have very low resolution.

Then press Camera button once to start Capture, 2nd time to Capture (3.5 sec delay due to auto-focus on HTC).

The possibility to export scanned codes to XML has also been re-integrated.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] segadc:
Got everything installed and working. Is there any settings that can help my XV6800 take a good shot since it does not have autofocus?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Abednego:
The camera is working now - as is the whole application. Mighty cool stuff! Thanks!

*hops away, barcodelogging his home*
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] furrypotato:
Got the Lite version working nicely on my Touch HD, thanks.

My question to you is about looking the products up on amazon website.

I live in the UK so need the amazon.co.uk But it varies between giving me amazon.fr and amazon.com

Is there a way of changing/setting country to be UK all the time ?

Cheers

Dylan
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
This feature is the "non-Lite" version, if you select United Kingdom then it'll first check on Amazon UK.

I'll try to keep this feature for Lite version as well in the future...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
Probably good light and finding the optimal distance for your phone but even with AutoFocus it's not always easy...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] furrypotato:
Ah ok thanks. I've installed the full version then and it works fine too (once I installed the sql update)

Working well, Thanks. Great app.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thuber:
Not Working on Treo Pro

I'm using an OOTB unlocked Treo Pro on AT&T Mobility. It starts up okay, but then I'm not seeing the camera icon. It shows a grey box on the left side of the screen that takes us most of the vertical screen and a blue arrow circle icon on the upper.

Treo Pro is a 320x320 square display. Not supported yet?

Regards,

Timothy
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] aladdin1001:
Does not work on Omnia
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
The button is more on the bottom of the interface for being easily reachable on most device with a single hand however i could easily duplicate the command into a menu for the next versions...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
Any error message or something ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thuber:
That's be cool, because the button apparently doesn't appear on a square screen.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] RaptorRVL:
When I use it on my Omnia the preview is really slow. Also, in darker lighting conditions the camera doesn't seem to adjust very well.

As it is now, I'd much rather use my own camera application to make a picture and then feed that to BarcodeZilla. Because qualitywise there is a huge (huuuuuge) difference between what I see in BarcodeZilla than the Omnia camera app. At the moment it near impossible to get a good shot of a barcode using BarcodeZilla, while using the standard camera it's very easy. With very very good quality as well, would be perfect for BarcodeZilla to use...

(Not sure if that's possible already? I'm using the lite version atm, haven't tried the other one yet).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] <insertwittyusernamehere>:
I am using Nadavi's latest HTC Camera for the Kaiser (without the fix). It is cooked into my ROM. No other applications are working with the camera.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
You have this using both modes Live and non-Live mode ? In the options modifying the quality / resolution prior to taking the picture has no effect ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] danielsen:
the live mode is working on my xperia BUT when i close the program the hardware of the camera makes strange noise (clicking noise - seems to me not healthy) - the only way to stop it is a soft reset ... i am afraid of a hardware damage :/

Any solution?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] furrypotato:
Am now using full version, and although I've set the country to UK, when I click to open the book on Amazon in browser, it still opens amazon.com not amazon.co.uk.Any advice ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] yogeesharma:
Request

Can i have it enabled please..

Can i use it to read barcodes on books and catalogue it...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] RaptorRVL:
I re-flashed my Omnia and now when I disable the live preview mode I get the default camera app.

So it does work! Perhaps something was up with the other ROM build or I did something wrong :/.

But it seems to work nicely now, thank you! And sorry for wasting your time :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] trice1921:
Im using a Touch HD and can not get this app to work :(

I have Compact Framework 3.5, and installed the sqlce.wce5.armv4i.CAB but get an error message:

To run this application, you must first install one of the following versions of .NET Compact Framework: v3.5.7282"

I can only find one version of .NET Compact Framework 3.5 from microsoft. Has any one else had this error?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] harddisk_wp:
Hi,

i run wm6.0 on mitac mio a702... and the cam area simply stays gray. also, no webcam streaming apps, barcode scanners etc. work, only this MS reader which used the Camera app.

any idea what is missing for all those apps and how it can be constructed from the driver files?

marco
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] moesfeld:
Same for me on LG KS20
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] yogeesharma:
Please do the needful

Please do the needful, i want to use this program to read barcodes from the book and store it in
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rjmjr69:
Nice can not wait to try this out
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fokus:
Hi, thanks for your work!!!

This link does not work :-(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jedi_bouncer:
Thanks.

Hi,

I have HTC Touch HD, and it seems to work fine.

The only thing I found it was slow trying to decode, and I also had to install 'NETCFv35.Messages.EN.wm.cab'

I just tested it with a few items for now, will do a big test over the next couple of days with my book and dvd collection.

Just one other thing how do i put the UPC database data in to the SQL database on my Phone.

Regards

Sanj
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Adam B.:
This app works great!

Is there any way for the program to use the default browser instead of using PocketIE every time. IE is kinda useless, and I'd rather use Opera or skyfire instead.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SB_Prime:
Hi,

Nice job! Tested on Asus P750 works great.

Tested version:

0.8.9 / 0.9.0 : BarcodeZilla.CAB

Some sugestions:

1. [CRASH] Disable live scan, activate camera, click <BACK> in camera dialog.

Exception in Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Forms.CameraCaptureDialog.ShowDialog() in BarcodeZilla.BackgroundDialoger.BackgroundCameraDialog()

2. [BUG/BLOCK] Disable live scan, activate camera, make photo. Starts decoding image. The camera dialog is hiden, but active. Cant capture new image untill camera dialog closed manualy

3. [CRASH] Disable live scan, activate camera, manualy close camera window.

Exception in Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Forms.CameraCaptureDialog.ShowDialog() in BarcodeZilla.BackgroundDialoger.BackgroundCameraDialog()

4. [ERROR?] On all code types I get a message in console:

unkonwn reader... : com.google.zxing.qrcode.QRCodeReader
unkonwn reader... : com.google.zxing.datamatrix.DataMatrixReader
unkonwn reader... : com.google.zxing.oned.MultiFormatOneDReader

5. [TWEAK] Save options on change not on exit
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fokus:
Hi,

i installed BZ on my Touch HD (German).

Scanning of barcodes works fine but when i try to download information i get an error message:

"Error while uploading: There was no endpoint listening at http://barcodezilla.net:8734/barcodezilla.wcf that could accept the message..."

Hmmm... what could that be??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] schwillyd530:
US Prices & updates on Verizon Touch Pro

I am using this in the USA on a Verizon Touch Pro and it only seems to decode if i do not use the "live" mode. Also it always comes up with "No price information for switzerland". Is there a way to change this to look for prices in the US only?

Also when i go to type in new information about a product i cannot find where to update the full page screen shot of the item.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sputnik:
Go to advanced | user settings, then you can change your country to USA. I also have the "unable to decode" problem when I use it in live mode - except for scanning from the web site, which is kinda weird, since I'd think the moire lines introduced by the differing scan rates would cause an issue...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dexstar:
anyone had any luck geting it to run on there omnia? because i haven't :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xhozt:
no dice here on my lg-incite either ,,, ideas ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xhozt:
no dice on lg-incite either ;-( ideas ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cleverguy:
Camera doesn't work on Samsung i780 :-(

Absolutely no picture - just white square.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thx1200:
I agree! Please implement this!

It's actually very easy to do in the .Net Framework. To open a URL, you do not need to specify a browser's exe and pass an argument. You don't need to because the shell can handle URL associations, just like how it can handle file extension associations.

A well-structured valid URL will be parsed by the shell and the default browser will open. Just make sure you set "UseShellExecute" to true. :-)

Some VB.Net sample:

Dim p As New Process

p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = True

p.StartInfo.FileName = "http://www.amazon.com/"

p.Start()
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wolfnumba1:
can somebody please post the SQL Compact 3.5 SP1 files, for some reason the MS website will not let me download anything from it on any of my computers, thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zharptitza:
No camera on Blackjack, display is wrong.

The light version seems to have a number of problems on a Blackjack 2 running Windows Mobile Smartphone 6.1. The display is drawn oddly, only showing a grey square where I assume the camera should display and then blank space next to that. The camera doesn't work and the display looks nothing like the screenshot on the first page. I didn't see anything in a quick look saying non-touchscreen QVGA wasn't supported, but I'm guessing this is why the display is odd.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] toddr:
It is posted in the original message.

Here you go.

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=185295&d=1242290822
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] irus:
i get nothing but unable to decode. I am using the htc fuze any solutions
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cleverguy:
Toshiba Portege G500 also does not work

Same problem as I have with Samsung i780 - no picture from camera at all :-(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
Wow, there's a lot of feedback :eek:

even if unfortunately seems to have a lot of issues too...

For all those having issues regarding the camera capture despending the kind of device. Do you have this in all cases whenever you enable or disable the live mode from the options ?

The live mode can be a bit long to start (few seconds) afer pressing the button especially the first time after starting the application.

Some devices doesn't appreciate Live mode and some others have limitation with the regular camera wizard so it's important to test both. Beside this option i don't know which other alternative could work. Please report what other applications using Camera you have successfully tested, it might help.

For the .NET 3.5 issues it's normally included in the ROM but some custom roms might have incomplete versions of the framework. For Touch HD and Omnia it's sure that there are working configurations as several are using those devices. It's also sure that it works on Windows Mobile 6.5 as it's what i'm using actually (and it's even faster than my previous rom for processing / decoding).

I'll modify the application so it uses the Default browser instead of forcing IE because it seems to makes sens for most users.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fokus:
As i mentioned a few posts above, the camera works fine on my HD - even in live-mode. I only have trouble to connect to the internet (Errormessage)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] toddr:
Great ap, works well with my fuze. I have found that it has a hard time reading codes on cylindrical objects, but honestly that makes sense. The one bug I have found is that each time the ap starts it reverts back to Switzerland and I need to set it to USA, which of cource I forget each time.

Thanks for all of your hard work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jro2020:
exports

If you could please, could there be an option so I can define where i want the xml exported to?

I would really like to have the program installed to my phone but then have the xml files automatically exported to my sdcard.

Also I know you seem happy to just export to xml, but is it at all possible some time in the far future, that the barcodezilla could export directly to an excel spreadsheet. I mean we are using windows mobile afterall.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zharptitza:
For the blackjack II I tried lots of settings and never got the camera stuff to show up, both live and not, waited for a while. That doesn't even cover it not displaying properly on the QVGA screen though.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
Updated to 0.9.4 and fulfilled most requests:

- Using the default browser instead of forcing Internet Explorer

- Possibility to use external search and provide a custom url

- Export also done in CSV for being imported easily in Excel

- Possibility to define the path to export XML / CSV

- Re-Introduction of XML Data Export of Scanned codes

- Capture function available in the menu for 320x320 devices
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
This should only occur on each re-installation (switzerland being the default) but not after every use...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fokus:
Hi,

now i can search products vis google :)

But when i scan QR codes (Smartcodes) it would be great if

the found URLs could be called directley.

In the moment Google searches a Produkt with that URL ;)

I am still not able to connect to the BZ server :-( (German)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
Does this happen over ActiveSync and Wifi or only with ActiveSync?

For QR Codes i've just started to implement some basic things like Geo Location (downloads the google map image) but didn't implement most other features. For the url it's the same format than the Zxing generator located here ?

http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/

Actually it hasn't been requested but if it can be of interest it shouldn't be too complicated to implement.

The contact info / calendar info might be interesting too but i have never looked how to add new contact infos / calendar info in Windows Mobile. ..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fokus:
Hi,

it happens always AS/Wifi/3G :(

Yes the QR-Generator is cool!

http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=350x350&chl=http://www.fokus.net
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
This is very strange, i have just tested again both version (Lite / Normal) to ensure it was ok but had no trouble.

Do you have an example of the barcode scan ? Maybe it happens with specific barcodes ??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fokus:
This code was decoded fast without problems - found at google produkt search

Trying to connect to the server reports:

"Error while uploading: There was no endpoint listening at http://barcodezilla.net:8734/barcodezilla.wcf that could accept the message..."
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
Strange, the endpoint seems to work just fine at this address.

We'll see if other users seems to have the same. Maybe port 8734 is somehow disabled on your rom ??

I could try to setup another endpoint but it'll require that i rebuild the application or put the endpoint this into a setting.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fokus:
I think best would be to make it possibele to change suck settings in the registry!?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] toddr:
The new version fixed my problem. The capture function is also much more accurate and much easier to use.

Thank you
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
I didn't change anything regarding capture between 0.9.2 and 0.9.4 excepted the capture command which is now duplicated in the menu for devices that cannot display the whole UI but it's good if it solved something for you...

There is the barcodezilla.exe.config file that contains all the settings so in case it was required i would put it there (i don't like registry too much on wm) however i would appreciate to understand the reason why it doesn't work for you. For sure it's not related to the Touch HD as it's also the device i use. Probably also not related to your operator as it happens over Wifi and Active Sync so excepted to the ROM or another installed application i don't see where this could come from...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] toddr:
When I push the camera icon it now pulls up a full screen photo viewer and allows me to use the center button to capture the image, where before I had to line up the barcode in the little window on the upper left and push the icon again.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jro2020:
You are a prince, a freaking prince!

Still haven't gotten a live scan to take but the decoding a captured image works everytime.

One bug I noticed though, changing the resolution option, does not seem to work without restarting the proggy.

Still, this is nearly perfect. I won't push my luck by asking for more features (this time), and will just leave it at this program is freaking sweet.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
small update:

0.9.5 :

Browse to the url if you scan a QR Code / DataMatrix containing an url

Added AppToDate support
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zharptitza:
The new version seems to fix the Blackjack II to some extent. I can now see the capture, though the rest of the display is still missing. The quality is still pretty poor, so I haven't gotten it to work. One of the times it crashed out, though I forgot to get the message.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fokus:
Cool! Will try it later when I am home!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fokus:
Yep - works fine!!!

THX.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fokus:
Hello to Switzerland :-)

Decoding works fantastic, nearly 100% hit!

Also QR - web - connecting works fine.

But unfortunateley - as you know -connecting to the BZ-server fails at my device. Whould it be possible to add a setting to make search by web (google) as default insted of BZ-search?

That would make me happy:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] CraigMc:
App works great on my Diamond after a bit of practise getting the photo right so that the barcode will decode :)

Is there a possibility of having the product information exported as well as the barcode? This would be useful to compile an inventory of books, cds, dvd's etc easily without having to manually search for each barcode and copy/paste info from web page.

Alternatively I've tried reading the barcodezilla.sdf file after copying it to my PC using SQLCE Viewer but i get an access violation when trying to run a select against the tables. Is the database file encrypted or password protected in some way? I would love to be able to use this application to assist in creating an inventory of my posessions.

Keep up the great work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] w3t:
The database is not encrypted or protected on device.

You should easily be able to read it using SQL Server Management Studio 2008 Express but you have to install SQL Compact 3.5 SP1 for desktop .

I'll look forward to export product info in future releases.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] CraigMc:
Thanks, I'll give that a go :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] schwede76:
unable to decode!

I'm using BarcodeZilla.Lite on my HTC Touch HD and I have never got any results. What can be wrong? :confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SyedKashif:
i need help with Barcodezilla

i managed to install and run the barcodezilla full version. however it has ver been able to successfully decode any bar code. i tried so many times to different bar codes but each time it says unable to decode.

am i missing something? i will appritiate if someone cam help me plz