ByteScout Barcode Reader SDK – C# – Decode EAN-14

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ByteScout Barcode Reader SDK – C# – Decode EAN-14

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How to decode EAN 14 in C# with ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK

How to code in C# to decode EAN 14 with this step-by-step tutorial

With this source code sample you may quickly learn how to decode EAN 14 in C#. ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK can decode EAN 14. It can be used from C#. ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK is the barcode decoder with support for code 39, code 128, QR Code, Datamatrix, GS1, PDF417 and all other popular barcodes. Can read barcodes from images, pdf, tiff documents and live web camera. Supports noisy and damaged documents, can split and merge pdf and tiff documents based on barcodes. Can export barcode decoder results to XML, JSON, CSV and into custom data structures.

This rich sample source code in C# for ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK includes the number of functions and options you should do calling the API to decode EAN 14. Just copy and paste the code into your C# application’s code and follow the instruction. This basic programming language sample code for C# will do the whole work for you to decode EAN 14.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.IO;
using Bytescout.BarCodeReader;

namespace ReadEAN14
{
    class Program
    {
        const string ImageFile = "EAN14.png";

        static void Main()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Reading barcode(s) from image {0}", Path.GetFullPath(ImageFile));

            Reader reader = new Reader();
            reader.RegistrationName = "demo";
			reader.RegistrationKey = "demo";

            // Set barcode type to find
            reader.BarcodeTypesToFind.Code128 = true; // "EAN-14" barcode type is the same as "Code 128"

            /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------
            NOTE: We can read barcodes from specific page to increase performance.
            For sample please refer to "Decoding barcodes from PDF by pages" program.
            ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */

            // Read barcodes
            FoundBarcode[] barcodes = reader.ReadFrom(ImageFile);

            foreach (FoundBarcode barcode in barcodes)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Found barcode with type '{0}' and value '{1}'", barcode.Type, barcode.Value);
            }

			// Cleanup
			reader.Dispose();
			
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit..");
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}