ByteScout Barcode Suite – C# – Export results to xml, csv, txt with barcode reader sdk

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How to export results to xml, csv, txt with barcode reader sdk in C# using ByteScout Barcode Suite

How to write a robust code in C# to export results to xml, csv, txt with barcode reader sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

An easy to understand sample source code to learn how to export results to xml, csv, txt with barcode reader sdk in C# ByteScout Barcode Suite 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 be applied to export results to xml, csv, txt with barcode reader sdk using C#.

The following code snippet for ByteScout Barcode Suite works best when you need to quickly export results to xml, csv, txt with barcode reader sdk in your C# application. Follow the instructions from scratch to work and copy the C# code. Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample C# codes.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using Bytescout.BarCodeReader;

namespace ExportResults
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            Reader reader = new Reader();
            reader.RegistrationName = "demo";
			reader.RegistrationKey = "demo";

            // Set barcode type to find
            reader.BarcodeTypesToFind.All1D = 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
            reader.ReadFromFile("barcodes.pdf");


            // Export to files:
            // ================

            // 1. Export found barcodes to XML
            reader.ExportFoundBarcodesToXML("barcodes.xml");

            // 2a. Export found barcodes to CSV with default delimiter, quotation and character encoding
            reader.ExportFoundBarcodesToCSV("barcodes.csv");

            // 2b. Export found barcodes to CSV with custom delimiter, quotation and character encoding
            reader.ExportFoundBarcodesToCSV("barcodes2.csv", "|", "'", Encoding.UTF8);

            // 3a. Export found barcodes to plain text file in default character encoding
            reader.ExportFoundBarcodesToTXT("barcodes.txt");

            // 3b. Export only values of found barcodes to plain text file in custom character encoding
            reader.ExportFoundBarcodesToTXT("barcodes2.txt", true, Encoding.ASCII);


            // Get formatted result to a variable for further processing
            // =========================================================

            // 1a. Get found barcodes as XmlDocument
            XmlDocument xmlDocument = reader.ExportFoundBarcodesToXMLDocument();

            // 1b. Get found barcodes as XML string
            string xmlString = reader.ExportFoundBarcodesToXML();

            // 2a. Get found barcodes as string in CSV format with default delimiter and quotation
            string csv = reader.ExportFoundBarcodesToCSV();

            // 2b. Get found barcodes as string in CSV format with custom delimiter and quotation
            string csv2 = reader.ExportFoundBarcodesToCSV("|", "'");

            // 3. Get found barcodes as string in plain text format
            string txt = reader.ExportFoundBarcodesToTXT();

            // 4. Get found barcodes as string in JSON format
            string jsonString = reader.ExportFoundBarcodesToJSON();
			
			// Cleanup
			reader.Dispose();
        }
    }
}