Getting started in Visual Basic .NET and Bytescout.BarCode Reader SDK for .NET 2.00 or higher

The following sample demonstrates how to read barcode from photo image (BarcodeImage.jpg file) in Visual Basic.NET using Bytescout BarCode Reader SDK for .NET

Sample input image for barcode recognition:

Running sample barcode reading application:

Imports System.IO

Imports Bytescout.BarCodeReader

Module Module1

Sub Main()
Dim pat As String = "..\..\BarcodePhoto.jpg"
Console.WriteLine("Reading barcode(s) from image {0}", Path.GetFullPath(pat))

Dim bc As New Reader()
Dim barcodes As FoundBarcode() = bc.ReadFrom(pat)

Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To barcodes.Length - 1
Console.WriteLine("Found barcode with type '{0}' and value '{1}'", barcodes(i).Type, barcodes(i).Value)
Next

Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit..")
Console.ReadKey()
End Sub

End Module