ByteScout Barcode Reader SDK – VB.NET – Decode EAN-8

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ByteScout Barcode Reader SDK – VB.NET – Decode EAN-8

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How to decode EAN 8 in VB.NET with ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK

How to code in VB.NET to decode EAN 8 with this step-by-step tutorial

Source code documentation samples provide quick and easy way to add a required functionality into your application. 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 decode EAN 8 in VB.NET.

You will save a lot of time on writing and testing code as you may just take the VB.NET code from ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK for decode EAN 8 below and use it in your application. Follow the instructions from the scratch to work and copy the VB.NET code. Further enhancement of the code will make it more vigorous.

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Module1.vb

      Imports System.IO
Imports Bytescout.BarCodeReader

Module Module1

    Sub Main()

        Const imageFile As String = "EAN8.png"

        Console.WriteLine("Reading barcode(s) from image {0}", Path.GetFullPath(imageFile))

        Dim reader As 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
        Dim barcodes As FoundBarcode() = reader.ReadFrom(imageFile)

        For Each barcode As FoundBarcode In barcodes
            Console.WriteLine("Found barcode with type '{0}' and value '{1}'", barcode.Type, barcode.Value)
        Next

        ' Cleanup
        reader.Dispose()

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

    End Sub

End Module