ByteScout Barcode Suite – C# – Batch read from files with barcode reader sdk

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How to batch read from files with barcode reader sdk in C# and ByteScout Barcode Suite

If you want to learn more then this tutorial will show how to batch read from files with barcode reader sdk in C#

The code displayed below will guide you to install an C# app to batch read from files with barcode reader sdk. What is ByteScout Barcode Suite? It is the bundle that privides 3 SDK products to generate barcodes (Barcode SDK), read barcodes (Barcode Reaer SDK) and read and write spreadsheets (Spreadsheet SDK). It can help you to batch read from files with barcode reader sdk in your C# application.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do batch read from files with barcode reader sdk in C# with the help of ByteScout Barcode Suite. This C# sample code is all you need for your app. Just copy and paste the code, add references (if needs to) and you are all set! Use of ByteScout Barcode Suite in C# is also described in the documentation included along with the product.

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Program.cs

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

namespace BatchProcessing
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            // Get all JPG files from the current folder
            string[] filesToScan = Directory.GetFiles(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "*.jpg");

            // Open file to export results
            StreamWriter resultsCsvFile = File.CreateText("results.csv");

            // Create barcode reader instance
            Reader reader = new Reader();
            reader.RegistrationName = "demo";
            reader.RegistrationKey = "demo";

            // Set barcode types for searching
            reader.BarcodeTypesToFind.EAN13 = true;
            
            // Iterate over images and read barcodes
            foreach (string file in filesToScan)
            {
                Console.WriteLine();
                Console.WriteLine("Reading barcodes from image \"{0}\"...", file);

                /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                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 from image
                FoundBarcode[] barcodes = reader.ReadFrom(file);

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

                // Write results to file in CSV format. Note, you can also export to TXT and XML.
                string csv = reader.ExportFoundBarcodesToCSV();
                resultsCsvFile.Write(csv);
            }

			// Cleanup
            reader.Dispose();
            resultsCsvFile.Dispose();


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