Process Entire Folder of Images

[jpooley-hearst]

Hi, thanks for creating this tool. Could you please add the ability to process an entire folder of images as a batch? I have hundreds of images that may or may not contain a barcode and I would like a text file at the end with all of the barcodes. Thanks again!!

[jpooley-hearst]

Hey thanks for the quick reply! CSV or XML seems like the best option but I'll take any of those options.

I have 1600 items in the current batch

[MarkHopper24]

Sorry about that- accidentally replied from the wrong account so I'm pasting my original response here:

Hi @jpooley-hearst, thanks for sharing your feedback. This is definitely something I'd like to do but never landed on a good format to return the decoded content for multiple files at a time. You mentioned a text file with all the barcodes- are you suggesting one text file for multiple decoded barcodes? If so, wouldn't that be difficult to parse through (and know what image it was referencing?)

Few potential options I've been thinking through:

One text file per image (maybe with the same file name as the image it decoded?)

Exporting decoded barcode content in .csv format, potentially in the format of 'decoded image file name, decoded text content, detected barcode type:

qr123.png, decoded text content, QR_Code
upc1.png, decoded text content, UPC_A

Display a data table in-app in a similar format to the above example and give the user the option to export to .csv or text from there.
Let me know your thoughts on the approaches and if any are preferable, thanks!

EDIT: Would also be good to know how many you usually decode at a time (roughly). Is 100 a good max limit, or do you find yourself needing to run through more per-batch?

Noted- thanks! Will add this to the backlog and include it in v1.4 or v1.5.

[MarkHopper24]

Hi @jpooley-hearst, just sharing a progress update on this feature. Have this working in a dev build and should be able to include it in the next update. Just ironing out some minor issues.

[MarkHopper24]

Hi @jpooley-hearst, this feature has been included with v1.4. You can see it in action here: https://github.com/MarkHopper24/barcodrod.io/blob/public/barcodrod.io.gif

Updated source is now live, and I'd expect the v1.4 package to be available on the Microsoft Store within the next day or so.

Closing this item out for now, but please do let me if you encounter any issues once you're able to try it out.

[jpooley-hearst]

Thanks! 1.4 via the Microsoft Store is not opening the Folder browser when I click the button. It just sits there and greys the button out.

[MarkHopper24]

I saw this on a Windows 10 device yesterday but seems to work consistently on Windows 11. Can you confirm you tried on a Windows 10 device, and if so, share the build number?

[jpooley-hearst]

Windows 10 22H2 build 19045.2728

[MarkHopper24]

Thanks for confirming @jpooley-hearst. Tracking this issue here: #14

Will try to get this patched hopefully within the next few days and ship with 1.4.1.0. I noticed a few icon display issues when it's running on W10 as well.