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How to read barcode from live video cam (simplified) in VB.NET with ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK

This tutorial will show how to read barcode from live video cam (simplified) in VB.NET

ByteScout tutorials are designed to explain the code for both VB.NET beginners and advanced programmers. ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK: the SDK for barcode decoding. Can read all popular types from Code 128, GS1, UPC and Code 39 to QR Code, Datamatrix, PDF417. Images, pdf, TIF images and live web camera are supported as input. Designed to handle documents with noise and defects. Includes optional splitter and merger for pdf and tiff based on barcodes. Batch mode is optimized for high performance with multiple threads. Decoded values can be exported to XML, JSON, CSV or into custom data format. It can read barcode from live video cam (simplified) in VB.NET.

VB.NET code samples for VB.NET developers help to speed up coding of your application when using ByteScout BarCode Reader SDK. Just copy and paste the code into your VB.NET application’s code and follow the instruction. Code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly with your data.

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Program.vb
      
Imports System.Windows.Forms NotInheritable Class Program Private Sub New() End Sub ''' <summary> ''' The main entry point for the application. ''' </summary> <MTAThread> _ Friend Shared Sub Main() Application.EnableVisualStyles() Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(False) ' Show barcode decoder dialog and get decoded barcode value Dim decodedBarcodeValue As String = WebCamBarcodeDecoder.DecodeBarcode() If decodedBarcodeValue IsNot Nothing Then MessageBox.Show("Found barcode: " & decodedBarcodeValue) Else MessageBox.Show("Decoding cancelled") End If End Sub End Class

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WebCamBarcodeDecoder.Designer.vb
      
Partial Class WebCamBarcodeDecoder ''' <summary> ''' Required designer variable. ''' </summary> Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer = Nothing ''' <summary> ''' Clean up any resources being used. ''' </summary> ''' <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param> Protected Overrides Sub Dispose(disposing As Boolean) If disposing AndAlso (components IsNot Nothing) Then components.Dispose() End If MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Sub #Region "Windows Form Designer generated code" ''' <summary> ''' Required method for Designer support - do not modify ''' the contents of this method with the code editor. ''' </summary> Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.pictureVideoPreview = New System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox() Me.btnCancel = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() CType(Me.pictureVideoPreview, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).BeginInit() Me.SuspendLayout() ' 'pictureVideoPreview ' Me.pictureVideoPreview.Anchor = CType((((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom) _ Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) _ Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right), System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles) Me.pictureVideoPreview.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.White Me.pictureVideoPreview.BorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle.Fixed3D Me.pictureVideoPreview.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(12, 12) Me.pictureVideoPreview.Name = "pictureVideoPreview" Me.pictureVideoPreview.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(640, 480) Me.pictureVideoPreview.SizeMode = System.Windows.Forms.PictureBoxSizeMode.CenterImage Me.pictureVideoPreview.TabIndex = 8 Me.pictureVideoPreview.TabStop = False ' 'btnCancel ' Me.btnCancel.Anchor = CType((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right), System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles) Me.btnCancel.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel Me.btnCancel.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 8.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(204, Byte)) Me.btnCancel.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(562, 497) Me.btnCancel.Name = "btnCancel" Me.btnCancel.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(90, 26) Me.btnCancel.TabIndex = 4 Me.btnCancel.Text = "Cancel" Me.btnCancel.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True ' 'WebCamBarcodeDecoder ' Me.AutoScaleDimensions = New System.Drawing.SizeF(6.0!, 13.0!) Me.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font Me.CancelButton = Me.btnCancel Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(664, 536) Me.Controls.Add(Me.btnCancel) Me.Controls.Add(Me.pictureVideoPreview) Me.MaximizeBox = False Me.Name = "WebCamBarcodeDecoder" Me.ShowIcon = False Me.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen Me.Text = "QR Code decoder" CType(Me.pictureVideoPreview, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).EndInit() Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub #End Region Private pictureVideoPreview As System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox Private WithEvents btnCancel As System.Windows.Forms.Button End Class

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WebCamBarcodeDecoder.vb
      
Imports System Imports System.ComponentModel Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports System.Threading Imports Bytescout.BarCodeReader Imports TouchlessLib Partial Public Class WebCamBarcodeDecoder Inherits Form ' Touchless API library manager (to use it you should have TouchlessLib.dll referenced and WebCamLib.dll copied to the output directory). Private _touchlessLibManager As TouchlessMgr ' Background barcode decoding thread. Private ReadOnly _backgroundWorker As New BackgroundWorker() ' Array with all latest barcodes from the last scanning session. Public FoundBarcode As String = Nothing ' Form initialization. Public Sub New() InitializeComponent() ' Setup background working thread _backgroundWorker.WorkerSupportsCancellation = True AddHandler _backgroundWorker.DoWork, New DoWorkEventHandler(AddressOf BackgroundWorker_DoWork) AddHandler _backgroundWorker.RunWorkerCompleted, New RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(AddressOf BackgroundWorker_RunWorkerCompleted) End Sub ' On form loading. Private Sub VideoScanForm_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load ' Initialize camera and cancel if no camera avalaible If InitCamera() = False Then DialogResult = New DialogResult() Close() End If StartDecoding() End Sub ' Camera initialization. Private Function InitCamera() As Boolean ' Create Touchless API library manager to work with web camera _touchlessLibManager = New TouchlessMgr() If _touchlessLibManager.Cameras.Count = 0 Then MessageBox.Show("No camera devices available.") Return False End If ' Get first available web camera Dim camera As Camera = _touchlessLibManager.Cameras(0) ' ... and set it as the current device _touchlessLibManager.CurrentCamera = camera ' Set camera image dimensions acquired from camera camera.CaptureWidth = 640 camera.CaptureHeight = 480 ' Handle camera's OnImageCaptured event AddHandler camera.OnImageCaptured, New EventHandler(Of CameraEventArgs)(AddressOf CurrentCamera_OnImageCaptured) Return True End Function Public Sub StartDecoding() ' Start the background decoding thread _backgroundWorker.RunWorkerAsync() End Sub Private Sub StopDecoding() ' Signal the background thread to stop _backgroundWorker.CancelAsync() End Sub Private Sub DeinitCamera() If _touchlessLibManager IsNot Nothing Then If _touchlessLibManager.CurrentCamera IsNot Nothing Then RemoveHandler _touchlessLibManager.CurrentCamera.OnImageCaptured, AddressOf CurrentCamera_OnImageCaptured _touchlessLibManager.CurrentCamera = Nothing End If End If _touchlessLibManager.Dispose() _touchlessLibManager = Nothing End Sub ' Barcode decoding procedure executing in the background thread. Private Sub BackgroundWorker_DoWork(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DoWorkEventArgs) Dim worker As BackgroundWorker = TryCast(sender, BackgroundWorker) ' Create barcode reader instance Dim reader As New Reader() reader.RegistrationName = "demo" reader.RegistrationKey = "demo" ' Enable QR Code decoding reader.BarcodeTypesToFind.QRCode = True Try ' Get image from camera every 1.5s and try to find a barcode on it While True ' If the decoding is canceled then exit If (worker.CancellationPending = True) Then e.Cancel = True Return Else ' get current frame bitmap from camera using Touchless lib Dim bitmap As Bitmap = _touchlessLibManager.CurrentCamera.GetCurrentImage() If bitmap IsNot Nothing Then ' ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ' NOTE: We can read barcodes from specific page to increase performance . ' For sample please refer to "Decoding barcodes from PDF by pages" program. ' ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ' Search barcodes Dim result As FoundBarcode() = reader.ReadFrom(bitmap) If result IsNot Nothing And result.Length > 0 Then ' return value of the first found barcode e.Result = result(0).Value Return End If End If ' Pause the loop for 1.5s Thread.Sleep(1500) End If End While Finally reader.Dispose() End Try End Sub ' Background thread procedure is finished Private Sub BackgroundWorker_RunWorkerCompleted(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs) ' If decoding is not canceled then get the decoding result from background thread and close the form If Not e.Cancelled Then ' Get barcode value for background thread result FoundBarcode = DirectCast(e.Result, String) ' Close form with OK result DialogResult = DialogResult.OK Close() End If End Sub ' Update picture box with the last captured frame from web camera. Private Sub CurrentCamera_OnImageCaptured(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CameraEventArgs) pictureVideoPreview.Image = _touchlessLibManager.CurrentCamera.GetCurrentImage() End Sub ' Cancel button click. Private Sub btnCancel_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles btnCancel.Click DialogResult = DialogResult.Cancel Close() End Sub ' On form closing. Private Sub VideoScanForm_FormClosing(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles MyBase.FormClosing StopDecoding() DeinitCamera() End Sub ' Shared (static) function for convenient use. ' It creates the form and returns the decoded barcode value as string. ' Returns Nothing if the decoding is canceled. Public Shared Function DecodeBarcode() As String Dim form As New WebCamBarcodeDecoder() If form.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then Return form.FoundBarcode End If Return Nothing End Function End Class

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