C# Intelligent Mail Reader Library
C# Imaging - Decode Intelligent Mail in C#.NET

C#.NET Intelligent Mail Scanning Control

The barcode reader & scanner add-on from RasterEdge DocImage SDK for .NET is a compact library, designed specifically for .NET framework applications (Web Forms and Windows Forms). Using this C#.NET barcode detecting and decoding library, you can easily & accurately recognize Intelligent Mail barcode from several document types (PDF, Word, TIFF, Excel & PPT) and various raster image files.

This C#.NET barcode decoder & scanner library control can not only read & scan Intelligent Mail (a linear barcode symbology used by USPS, also known as OneCode), but recognize other commonly-used 1d barcode types, like Code 39, Code 128, EAN-13 and Codabar.

RasterEdge DocImage SDK for .NET can not only read & decode Intelligent Mail barcode from document image files using C# code but generate standard Intelligent Mail barcode using VB.NET code.

C#.NET Intelligent Mail Reader Features

Read Intelligent Mail from document image using .NET-compliant language C#

Integrate Intelligent Mail reading functionalities into C#.NET web & windows applications

Offer special functions to optimize Intelligent Mail reading in C#.NET imaging applications

Speed up Intelligent Mail barcode scanning rate by narrowing detecting area using C# code

Detect & decode Intelligent Mail barcodes from PDF, Word, TIFF, Excel or PPT document using C#.NET

Fast & accurate Intelligent Mail barcode recognition from raster image files using C# code

Support other linear barcode reading from document and images using C#.NET

Steps to Read/Scan Data Matrix from Image/PDF/TIFF/Office File

Load an image or a document(PDF, TIFF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Get a Bitmap or BasePage used to decode or read barcode.

Set the barcode reader settings.

Call the following static method in BarcodeReader.cs to read or scan barcode from Bitmap or BasePage.

  public static Barcode[] ReadBarcodes(ReaderSettings settings, BasePage page)

  public static Barcode[] ReadBarcodes(ReaderSettings settings, Bitmap image)

The barcode information will be saved in the array of Barcode object. While, if you read barcodes information from the BasePage failed, you can try as follows:

  Convert BasePage to Bitmap with higher resolution by Calling method ConvertToImage(int resolution) in the BasePage.cs:

            //Convert page to bitmap.
            //The default resolution is 96, if youo set the resolution higher, it will be better to read or scan barcode.
            Bitmap bmp = page.ConvertToImage(192);

            //  read all barcodes in the page
            Barcode[] barcodes = BarcodeReader.ReadBarcodes(settings, bmp);

            foreach (Barcode barcode in barcodes)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Data: " + barcode.DataString);
            }

If you want to have a try, please refer to the following demo codes.

Note: When you get the error "Could not load file or assembly 'RasterEdge.Imaging.Basic' or any other assembly or one of its dependencies. An attempt to load a program with an incorrect format", please check your configure as follows:

       If you are using x64 libraries/dlls, Right click the project -> Properties -> Build -> Platform target: x64.

       If using x86, the platform target should be x86.

Read Intelligent Mail Barcode from Image in C#

This barcode reader library SDK for .NET is a mature and advanced Intelligent Mail barcode detecting and reading dll, which can be easily integrated into C#.NET image processing applications. That is to say, you can easily decode Intelligent Mail barcode from .NET image objects and common image files using this barcode reading toolkit. Image file formats supported by this C#.NET barcode reader control are png, gif, bmp, tiff and jpeg.

The sample C# code below is used to decode and read all Intelligent Mail barcodes from target png files in .NET application.

Add necessary references to your C#.NET project. Right-click the project and select "Add Reference..." to locate and add the following DLLs as project references;

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Basic.dll

  RasterEdge.XImage.BarcodeScanner.dll

Use corresponding namespaces;

  using RasterEdge.XImage.BarcodeScanner;

            Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(inputDirectory + "Sample_Barcode.png");
            //  config reader setting
            ReaderSettings settings = new ReaderSettings();
            //  define the type of barcode to scan
            settings.AddTypesToRead(BarcodeType.IntelligentMail);

            //  read all barcodes in the document
            Barcode[] barcodes = BarcodeReader.ReadBarcodes(settings, bmp);

            foreach (Barcode barcode in barcodes)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Data: " + barcode.DataString);
            }

C#: DLLs for Intelligent Mail Scanning from Document(TIFF, PDF, Office)

In order to run the following demo codes reading Intelligent Mail from document, the steps as follows are necessary.

Add references:

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Basic.dll

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Basic.Codec.dll

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Processing.dll

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Font.dll

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Drawing.dll

  RasterEdge.XImage.BarcodeScanner.dll

  RasterEdge.XImage.Raster.Core.dll

  RasterEdge.XImage.Raster.dll

Use corresponding namespaces;

  using RasterEdge.XImage.BarcodeScanner;

  using RasterEdge.Imaging.Basic;

C#.NET Code to Decode Intelligent Mail from TIFF Image File

Following C# sample code allows users to read Intelligent Mail barcodes from TIFF image with RasterEdge .NET Barcode Reader.

Add references(Extra):

  RasterEdge.XDoc.TIFF.dll

Use corresponding namespaces(Extra):

  using RasterEdge.XDoc.TIFF;

            // load TIFF document
            TIFFDocument doc = new TIFFDocument(inputDirectory + "Sample_Barcode.tif");

            // get the page you want to scan
            BasePage page = doc.GetPage(0);

            // set reader setting
            ReaderSettings setting = new ReaderSettings();

            // set type to read
            setting.AddTypesToRead(BarcodeType.IntelligentMail);

            // read barcode from tiff page
            Barcode[] barcodes = BarcodeReader.ReadBarcodes(setting, page);

            foreach (Barcode barcode in barcodes)
            {
                // print the loaction of barcode on image
                Console.WriteLine(barcode.BoundingRectangle.X + "  " + barcode.BoundingRectangle.Y);

                // output barcode data onto screen 
                Console.WriteLine(barcode.DataString);
            }

Recognize Intelligent Mail Barcode from PDF

Apart from reading Intelligent Mail barcode from image files, you can also use this C#.NET barcode scanner control to scan Intelligent Mail barcode from PDF document. Remarkably, this barcode reader allows developers to customize Intelligent Mail barcode scanning rate based on different applications.

Add references(Extra):

  RasterEdge.XDoc.PDF.dll

Use corresponding namespaces(Extra):

  using RasterEdge.XDoc.PDF;

            // load PDF document
            PDFDocument doc = new PDFDocument(inputDirectory + "Sample_Barcode.pdf");

            // get the page you want to scan
            BasePage page = doc.GetPage(0);

            // set reader setting
            ReaderSettings setting = new ReaderSettings();

            // set type to read
            setting.AddTypesToRead(BarcodeType.IntelligentMail);

            // read barcode from PDF page
            Barcode[] barcodes = BarcodeReader.ReadBarcodes(setting, page);

            foreach (Barcode barcode in barcodes)
            {
                // print the loaction of barcode on image
                Console.WriteLine(barcode.BoundingRectangle.X + "  " + barcode.BoundingRectangle.Y);

                // output barcode data onto screen 
                Console.WriteLine(barcode.DataString);
            }

Detect Intelligent Mail Barcode from Word in C#

All the Intelligent Mail barcode reading features used in C#.NET raster image and PDF processing applications can be easily added to Word document manipulating applications. To put it in another way, you can detect all Intelligent Mail barcodes from a whole page or certain part of Word document using a few lines of C# code.

Add references(Extra):

  RasterEdge.XDoc.Word.dll

  RasterEdge.XDoc.Office.Inner.Common.dll

  RasterEdge.XDoc.Office.Inner.Office03.dll

Use corresponding namespaces(Extra):

  using RasterEdge.XDoc.Word;

            // load Word document
            DOCXDocument doc = new DOCXDocument(inputDirectory + "Sample_Barcode.docx");

            // get the page you want to scan
            BasePage page = doc.GetPage(0);

            // set reader setting
            ReaderSettings setting = new ReaderSettings();

            // set type to read
            setting.AddTypesToRead(BarcodeType.IntelligentMail);

            // read barcode from Word page
            Barcode[] barcodes = BarcodeReader.ReadBarcodes(setting, page);

            foreach (Barcode barcode in barcodes)
            {
                // print the loaction of barcode on image
                Console.WriteLine(barcode.BoundingRectangle.X + "  " + barcode.BoundingRectangle.Y);

                // output barcode data onto screen 
                Console.WriteLine(barcode.DataString);
            }

Read Linear Intelligent Mail Barcode from Excel Document

Decoding and reading Intelligent Mail barcode from Excel document, users need to transform the whole Excel document or just a specific page with barcode into RasterEdge-defined REImage fisrt, and then you can apply our .NET Imaging Barcode Reader to scan Intelligent Mail from the rendered REImage.

Add references(Extra):

  RasterEdge.XDoc.Excel.dll

  RasterEdge.XDoc.Office.Inner.Common.dll

  RasterEdge.XDoc.Office.Inner.Office03.dll

Use corresponding namespaces(Extra):

  using RasterEdge.XDoc.Excel;

            // load Excel document
            XLSXDocument doc = new XLSXDocument(inputDirectory + "Sample_Barcode.xlsx");

            // get the page you want to scan
            BasePage page = doc.GetPage(0);

            // set reader setting
            ReaderSettings setting = new ReaderSettings();

            // set type to read
            setting.AddTypesToRead(BarcodeType.IntelligentMail);

            // read barcode from Excel page
            Barcode[] barcodes = BarcodeReader.ReadBarcodes(setting, page);

            foreach (Barcode barcode in barcodes)
            {
                // print the loaction of barcode on image
                Console.WriteLine(barcode.BoundingRectangle.X + "  " + barcode.BoundingRectangle.Y);

                // output barcode data onto screen 
                Console.WriteLine(barcode.DataString);
            }

C# Code to Scan Intelligent Mail on PPT Document

Following C# example code is prepared to guide users to read and decode Intelligent Mail barcode from PowerPoint document within C#.NET project. And we offer users with the barcode location handling methods to shorten the barcode scanning time.

Add references(Extra):

  RasterEdge.XDoc.PowerPoint.dll

  RasterEdge.XDoc.Office.Inner.Common.dll

  RasterEdge.XDoc.Office.Inner.Office03.dll

Use corresponding namespaces(Extra):

  using RasterEdge.XDoc.PowerPoint;

            // load PowerPoint document
            PPTXDocument doc = new PPTXDocument(inputDirectory + "Sample_Barcode.pptx");

            // get the page you want to scan
            BasePage page = doc.GetPage(0);

            // set reader setting
            ReaderSettings setting = new ReaderSettings();

            // set type to read
            setting.AddTypesToRead(BarcodeType.IntelligentMail);

            // read barcode from PowerPoint page
            Barcode[] barcodes = BarcodeReader.ReadBarcodes(setting, page);

            foreach (Barcode barcode in barcodes)
            {
                // print the loaction of barcode on image
                Console.WriteLine(barcode.BoundingRectangle.X + "  " + barcode.BoundingRectangle.Y);

                // output barcode data onto screen 
                Console.WriteLine(barcode.DataString);
            }