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How to enable SoftScan to read Data Matrix codes in Socket Mobile ScanApi

This is my first question on StackOverflow, so please forgive me if I have not laid out my question correctly!

I am writing an iOS app in Objective-C (Which is derived from the SingleEntry example provided by Socket Mobile on GitHub) using the Scan Api by Socket Mobile, but I am having an issue setting the symbology of the SoftScan feature to read Data Matrix codes. The error returned is -15L, which from the documentation translates to ESKT_NOTSUPPORTED. I am using this from the ScanApi Helper to set the symbology, where deviceInfo is a DeviceInfo object:

[ScanApi postSetSymbologyInfo:deviceInfo SymbologyId:kSktScanSymbologyDataMatrix Status:TRUE Target:self Response:@selector(onSetSymbology:)];

The onSetSymbology method (this returns the error -15L):

-(void)onSetSymbology:(ISktScanObject*)scanObj{
SKTRESULT result=[[scanObj Msg]Result];
if(!SKTSUCCESS(result)){
    // display an error message saying a symbology cannot be set
    NSLog(@"Symbology can not be set, error %ld", result);
}

}

I have looked around the documentation and the internet extensively and cannot find any information related to this issue.

So my question is:

  • Can Data Matrix codes be scanned/recognised by the SoftScan?
  • If so, how do you enable it?

Thanks in advance!

Solution

  • After exchanging some emails with the developers at Socket Mobile, they have kindly added support for Data Matrix barcodes in the latest version of their Scan API SDK (10.3.83).