ByteScout Barcode Suite – VB.NET – Decode gs1-128 barcode with barcode reader sdk

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How to decode gs1 128 barcode with barcode reader sdk in VB.NET with ByteScout Barcode Suite

Learn to code in VB.NET to decode gs1 128 barcode with barcode reader sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

The sample shows instructions and algorithm of how to decode gs1 128 barcode with barcode reader sdk and how to make it run in your VB.NET application. 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 decode gs1 128 barcode with barcode reader sdk in your VB.NET application.

Want to quickly learn? This fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout Barcode Suite for VB.NET plus the guidelines and the code below will help you quickly learn how to decode gs1 128 barcode with barcode reader sdk. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for VB.NET below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Further improvement of the code will make it more robust.

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Module1.vb

      Imports System.IO
Imports Bytescout.BarCodeReader

Module Module1

    Sub Main()

        Const imageFile As String = "GS1_128.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.GS1 = True ' "GS1-128" barcode type is subset of "Code 128"

        ' -----------------------------------------------------------------------
        ' 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