ByteScout Barcode Reader SDK – C# – Decode EAN-8

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ByteScout Barcode Reader SDK – C# – Decode EAN-8

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How to decode EAN 8 in C# with ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK

The tutorial below will demonstrate how to decode EAN 8 in C#

The sample shows steps and algorithm of how to decode EAN 8 and how to make it work in your C# application. ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK: 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. It can decode EAN 8 in C#.

C# code samples for C# developers help to speed up coding of your application when using ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK. Follow the instructions from the scratch to work and copy the C# code. Code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly with your data.

Trial version of ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK can be downloaded for free from our website. It also includes source code samples for C# and other programming languages.

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Program.cs

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

namespace ReadEAN8
{
    class Program
    {
        const string ImageFile = "EAN8.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.EAN8 = true;

            /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------
            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();
        }
    }
}