Bar Code, OCR and Mark Detection windows context-sensitive menu

Bar Code, OCR & Mark Detection windows context-sensitive menu

When you right-click on an image in the Bar Code window , OCR window or Mark Detection window a context-sensitive menu will be displayed. If no bar code or OCR zones are selected, a more limited menu will be displayed. When a bar code, OCR or mark detection zone is selected, the menu includes more options.

Following are descriptions of each menu option:

Cut - removes the selected bar code, OCR or mark detection zone to paste into another image. For more information, click hereIt is not necessary to cut and paste a bar code zone or OCR zone to another location on the same image; just left-click on the zone and drag it to the new location..

Copy - copies the selected bar code, OCR or mark detection zone. For more information, click hereCopy is also useful when several bar code/OCR zones of the exact same properties (except for location) are required. After defining the first zone, use the Paste option to duplicate it.

After creating each duplicate zone, move it by left-clicking on the zone and dragging it to its proper location. .

Paste - pastes a copied or cut bar code, OCR or mark detection zone into the current image. The Paste option appears on this menu only if you have copied an image or text string into the clipboard. For more information, click hereWhen pasting a bar code zone or OCR zone, the zone coordinates from the saved zone are used in determining the location of the zone. If the pasted zone is in the wrong location, you can left-click on the zone and move it to its proper location.

Paste is useful in conjunction with Copy when copying bar code zone properties to another image containing bar codes in the job..

Rename Image - prompts you to rename the currently displayed image. For more information, click hereWhen naming or renaming an image, choose an image name that is unique to the software. A file extension is not required.

Special characters such as : “ ? * . < > \ / are not allowed in the image name..

Delete Image - removes the current image from the job. For more information, click hereBefore your image is deleted, a confirmation box will be displayed to verify your choice. If other images remain in the image list, then the image preceding the deleted image will be displayed in its place.

Bar code zone and OCR zone definitions are not affected when you delete an image so long as you have other images on the image list. However, if the image to be deleted is the last image in the image list, the following message will be displayed:

This is the last image. Deleting this image also deletes all bar code and OCR zones. Do you want to delete this image?

If you click Yes, all your bar code zone and OCR zone definitions for the job will also be deleted. Remember, an image must exist in the image list in order to define bar code zones and OCR zones. If you delete the last image, you also delete all the bar code zones and OCR zones..

Delete Zone - deletes the selected bar code, OCR or mark detection zone. A warning will be displayed.

Delete All Zones - deletes all the bar code, OCR and mark detection zones that you defined for this job. A confirmation box will be displayed before the zones are deleted.

Test Zone - attempts to read the selected bar code, OCR or mark detection zone for a value. The Bar Code, OCR and Mark Detection Values dialog box will be displayed.

Test All Zones - attempts to read all the bar code, OCR or mark detection zones for a value. The Bar Code and OCR Values dialog box will be displayed.

Zone Properties - allows you to define the properties for the currently selected bar code, OCR or mark detection zone. The Bar Code Zone Setup dialog box, OCR Zone Setup dialog box or Mark Detection Zone Setup dialog box will be displayed.

General Properties - allows you define properties that will apply to all bar code, OCR or mark detection zones. The General Bar Code and OCR Properties dialog box will be displayed.