ByteScout Barcode Reader SDK – VB.NET – General Barcode Reading Example

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ByteScout Barcode Reader SDK – VB.NET – General Barcode Reading Example

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general barcode reading example in VB.NET using ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK

Tutorial: how to do general barcode reading example in VB.NET

Source code documentation samples provide quick and easy way to add a required functionality into your application. General barcode reading example in VB.NET can be implemented with ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK. 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.

VB.NET code snippet like this for ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK works best when you need to quickly implement general barcode reading example in your VB.NET application. In order to implement this functionality, you should copy and paste code below into your app using code editor. Then compile and run your application. This basic programming language sample code for VB.NET will do the whole work for you in implementing general barcode reading example in your app.

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Module1.vb

      Imports System.IO

Imports Bytescout.BarCodeReader

Module Module1

    Sub Main()

        Const imageFile As String = "Barcode.jpg"

        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.All = True
        ' We recommend to use specific barcode types to avoid false positives, e.g.:
        ' reader.BarcodeTypesToFind.QRCode = True
        ' reader.BarcodeTypesToFind.Code39 = 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

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

    End Sub

End Module