Browse our Products

Aspose.BarCode for Python via Java 25.8

This page contains release notes information for Aspose.BarCode for Python via Java 25.8.

All Changes

Key	Summary	Category
BARCODENET-39204	Allow generating text in PDF as paths as in SVG (optional)	Enhancement
BARCODENET-39244	Return tests after Aspose.Drawing bug will be fixed	Quality issue
BARCODENET-39311	Unable to recognize Code39 barcode	Bug
BARCODENET-39321	Improve MBaseProcessor recognition performance on mobile devices	Enhancement
BARCODENET-39347	Improve Interleaved2of5 recognition performance on mobile devices	Enhancement
BARCODENET-39349	Refine list of MostCommonTypes and set as default	Enhancement
BARCODENET-39351	Barcode recognition performance slowdown between 23.9 and 25.5	Quality issue

Public API changes and backwards compatibility

PDF file format

Added ability to save text as a graphic path when exporting to PDF format. This allows barcode text to be rendered as vector shapes, which improves compatibility with systems that do not embed fonts.

generator = Generation.BarcodeGenerator(Generation.EncodeTypes.QR, "Aspose")
generator.getParameters().getImage().getPdf().setTextAsPath(True)
generator.getParameters().getBarcode().getCodeTextParameters().setLocation(Generation.CodeLocation.BELOW)
generator.getParameters().getBarcode().getCodeTextParameters().setColor(ImageColor.getrgb("green"))
generator.save(os.path.join(self.__class__.folder, "barcode-python.pdf"), Generation.BarCodeImageFormat.PDF)

Code39 recognition quality

Recognition quality for Code39 barcodes has been enhanced, especially on low-quality or degraded images.

reader = Recognition.BarCodeReader(os.path.join(self.__class__.folder, "code39.png"),None,Recognition.DecodeType.CODE_39_FULL_ASCII)
for result in reader.readBarCodes():
    print("CodeType: " + result.getCodeTypeName())
    print("CodeText: " + result.getCodeText(None))

Default recognition types for BarCodeReader

The default recognition types for BarCodeReader have been updated from DecodeType.AllSupportedTypes to DecodeType.MostCommonTypes. This change improves performance for typical recognition scenarios by reducing the number of barcode types scanned by default.

# Explicitly use MostCommonTypes
reader = Recognition.BarCodeReader(os.path.join(self.__class__.folder, "barcode.png"),None,Recognition.DecodeType.MOST_COMMON_TYPES)
for result in reader.readBarCodes():
    print("CodeType: " + result.getCodeTypeName())
    print("CodeText: " + result.getCodeText(None))

# Fallback to AllSupportedTypes (slower scan)
reader = Recognition.BarCodeReader(os.path.join(self.__class__.folder, "barcode.png"),None,Recognition.DecodeType.ALL_SUPPORTED_TYPES)
for result in reader.readBarCodes():
    print("CodeType: " + result.getCodeTypeName())
    print("CodeText: " + result.getCodeText(None))

1D barcodes recognition speed

Recognition speed for most 1D barcode types has been increased when working with high-quality images. This enhancement is especially beneficial for barcode recognition from web pages or generated images, where input quality is typically high and distortion minimal.

# Generate a high-quality 1D barcode
gen = Generation.BarcodeGenerator(Generation.EncodeTypes.CODE_128, "Aspose")
gen.getParameters().getBarcode().getXDimension().setPixels(2)
gen.getParameters().getBarcode().getBarHeight().setPixels(150)
gen.save(ReleaseNotes.folder + "barcode_code_128.png", Generation.BarCodeImageFormat.PNG)
reader = Recognition.BarCodeReader(
    os.path.join(self.__class__.folder, "barcode_code_128.png"),
    None,
    [
        Recognition.DecodeType.CODE_11,
        Recognition.DecodeType.IATA_2_OF_5,
        Recognition.DecodeType.EAN_13,
        Recognition.DecodeType.EAN_8,
        Recognition.DecodeType.INTERLEAVED_2_OF_5,
        Recognition.DecodeType.STANDARD_2_OF_5,
        Recognition.DecodeType.UPCA,
        Recognition.DecodeType.DATA_LOGIC_2_OF_5,
        Recognition.DecodeType.DATABAR_OMNI_DIRECTIONAL,
        Recognition.DecodeType.DATABAR_EXPANDED,
        Recognition.DecodeType.CODE_128,
        Recognition.DecodeType.CODE_93,
        Recognition.DecodeType.MATRIX_2_OF_5,
        Recognition.DecodeType.UPCE,
        Recognition.DecodeType.DATABAR_LIMITED,
        Recognition.DecodeType.CODE_39,
        Recognition.DecodeType.MSI
    ]
)
for result in reader.readBarCodes():
    print("CodeType: " + result.getCodeTypeName())
    print("CodeText: " + result.getCodeText(None))