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How to batch read barcodes to CSV in ASP.NET VB and ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK

Step-by-step tutorial on how to batch read barcodes to CSV in ASP.NET VB

The coding instructions are formulated to help you to try-out the features without the requirement to write your own code. ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK is the SDK for reading of barcodes from PDF, images and live camera or video. Almost every common type like Code 39, Code 128, GS1, UPC, QR Code, Datamatrix, PDF417 and many others are supported. Supports noisy and defective images and docs. Includes optional documents splitter and merger for pdf and tiff based on found barcodess. Batch mode is supported for superior performance using multiple threads. Decoded values are easily exported to JSON, CSV, XML and to custom format. It can batch read barcodes to CSV in ASP.NET VB.

Want to save time? You will save a lot of time on writing and testing code as you may just take the ASP.NET VB code from ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK for batch read barcodes to CSV below and use it in your application. This ASP.NET VB sample code is all you need for your app. Just copy and paste the code, add references (if needs to) and you are all set! If you want to use these ASP.NET VB sample examples in one or many applications then they can be used easily.

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Default.aspx
      
<%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="SimpleWebTestVB._Default" %> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head runat="server"> <title>Scan Image/PDF files for barcode and generate CSV (VB)</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <label> This project demonstrates scanning of folder, and processing each image/PDF file for barcode.<br /> It'll then generates CSV file containing barcodes and downloads it. </label> <br /> <br /> <div> <asp:Button ID="btnImagePDFBarcodeToCSV" Text="Scan for Barcode and Generate CSV" runat="server" /> <br /> <br /> <asp:Label ID="lblInfo" runat="server" Text=""></asp:Label> </div> </form> </body> </html>

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Default.aspx.designer.vb
      
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' <auto-generated> ' This code was generated by a tool. ' ' Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if ' the code is regenerated. ' </auto-generated> '------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option Strict On Option Explicit On Partial Public Class _Default '''<summary> '''form1 control. '''</summary> '''<remarks> '''Auto-generated field. '''To modify move field declaration from designer file to code-behind file. '''</remarks> Protected WithEvents form1 As Global.System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm '''<summary> '''btnImagePDFBarcodeToCSV control. '''</summary> '''<remarks> '''Auto-generated field. '''To modify move field declaration from designer file to code-behind file. '''</remarks> Protected WithEvents btnImagePDFBarcodeToCSV As Global.System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button '''<summary> '''lblInfo control. '''</summary> '''<remarks> '''Auto-generated field. '''To modify move field declaration from designer file to code-behind file. '''</remarks> Protected WithEvents lblInfo As Global.System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label End Class

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Default.aspx.vb
      
Imports Bytescout.BarCodeReader Partial Public Class _Default Inherits Page ' IF YOU SEE TEMPORARY FOLDER ACCESS ERRORS: ' Temporary folder access is required for web application when you use ByteScout SDK in it. ' If you are getting errors related to the access to temporary folder like "Access to the path 'C:\Windows\TEMP\... is denied" then you need to add permission for this temporary folder to make ByteScout SDK working on that machine and IIS configuration because ByteScout SDK requires access to temp folder to cache some of its data for more efficient work. ' SOLUTION: ' If your IIS Application Pool has "Load User Profile" option enabled the IIS provides access to user's temp folder. Check user's temporary folder ' If you are running Web Application under an impersonated account or IIS_IUSRS group, IIS may redirect all requests into separate temp folder like "c:\temp\". ' In this case ' - check the User or User Group your web application is running under ' - then add permissions for this User or User Group to read and write into that temp folder (c:\temp or c:\windows\temp\ folder) ' - restart your web application and try again Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load End Sub Protected Sub btnImagePDFBarcodeToCSV_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnImagePDFBarcodeToCSV.Click ' Read Barcode Process Dim reader As Reader = New Reader() reader.RegistrationKey = "demo" reader.RegistrationName = "demo" ' Set Barcode type to find reader.BarcodeTypesToFind.All = True ' Output list Dim lstCSVOutput As List(Of CSVOutputFormat) = New List(Of CSVOutputFormat)() Dim files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(Request.MapPath("~/BarcodeFiles")) ' Get all files in folder, And iterate through each file For Each fileName As String In files ' Read barcodes Dim barcodes As FoundBarcode() = reader.ReadFrom(fileName) For Each code As FoundBarcode In barcodes lstCSVOutput.Add(New CSVOutputFormat With { .barcodeValue = code.Value, .barcodeType = code.Type.ToString(), .scanDateTime = DateTime.Now.ToString(), .fileName = fileName }) Next Next ' Set info text lblInfo.Text = String.Format("Total {0} barcode found in {1} file.", lstCSVOutput.Count, files.Length) ' Export to CSV ExportToCsv(lstCSVOutput, Response) End Sub ''' <summary> ''' Exports to CSV ''' </summary> Private Shared Sub ExportToCsv(ByVal lstCSVOutput As List(Of CSVOutputFormat), ByVal response As HttpResponse) Dim csvOutputContent As System.Text.StringBuilder = New System.Text.StringBuilder(String.Empty) csvOutputContent.Append("Barcode Value,Barcode Type,Scan DateTime,File Name") For Each item As CSVOutputFormat In lstCSVOutput csvOutputContent.AppendFormat(vbCrLf & "{0},{1},{2},{3}", item.barcodeValue, item.barcodeType, item.scanDateTime, item.fileName) Next ' Perform download of file response.Clear() response.ClearHeaders() response.AppendHeader("Content-Length", csvOutputContent.Length.ToString()) response.ContentType = "text/csv" response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=""output.csv""") response.Write(csvOutputContent.ToString()) response.End() End Sub End Class Class CSVOutputFormat Public Property barcodeValue As String Public Property barcodeType As String Public Property scanDateTime As String Public Property fileName As String End Class

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Web.config
      
<?xml version="1.0"?> <configuration> <appSettings/> <connectionStrings/> <system.web> <!-- Set compilation debug="true" to insert debugging symbols into the compiled page. Because this affects performance, set this value to true only during development. Visual Basic options: Set strict="true" to disallow all data type conversions where data loss can occur. Set explicit="true" to force declaration of all variables. --> <compilation debug="true" strict="false" explicit="true" /> <pages> <namespaces> <clear /> <add namespace="System" /> <add namespace="System.Collections" /> <add namespace="System.Collections.Specialized" /> <add namespace="System.Configuration" /> <add namespace="System.Text" /> <add namespace="System.Text.RegularExpressions" /> <add namespace="System.Web" /> <add namespace="System.Web.Caching" /> <add namespace="System.Web.SessionState" /> <add namespace="System.Web.Security" /> <add namespace="System.Web.Profile" /> <add namespace="System.Web.UI" /> <add namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls" /> <add namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts" /> <add namespace="System.Web.UI.HtmlControls" /> </namespaces> </pages> <!-- The <authentication> section enables configuration of the security authentication mode used by ASP.NET to identify an incoming user. --> <authentication mode="Windows" /> <!-- The <customErrors> section enables configuration of what to do if/when an unhandled error occurs during the execution of a request. Specifically, it enables developers to configure html error pages to be displayed in place of a error stack trace. <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="GenericErrorPage.htm"> <error statusCode="403" redirect="NoAccess.htm" /> <error statusCode="404" redirect="FileNotFound.htm" /> </customErrors> --> </system.web> </configuration>

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