ByteScout Barcode Suite – VB.NET – 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 VB.NET using ByteScout Barcode Suite

If you want to learn more then this tutorial will show how to export results to xml, csv, txt with barcode reader sdk in VB.NET

The sample source code below will teach you how to export results to xml, csv, txt with barcode reader sdk in VB.NET. ByteScout Barcode Suite is the set that includes three different SDK products to generate barcodes, read barcodes and read and write spreadsheets: Barcode SDK, Barcode Reader SDK and Spreadsheet SDK and you can use it to export results to xml, csv, txt with barcode reader sdk with VB.NET.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do export results to xml, csv, txt with barcode reader sdk in VB.NET with the help of ByteScout Barcode Suite. This VB.NET 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! Check VB.NET sample code samples to see if they respond to your needs and requirements for the project.

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Module1.vb

      Imports System.IO
Imports Bytescout.BarCodeReader
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Xml

Module Module1

    Sub Main()

        Dim reader As 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
        Dim xmlDocument As XmlDocument = reader.ExportFoundBarcodesToXMLDocument()

        ' 1b. Get found barcodes as XML string
        Dim xmlString = reader.ExportFoundBarcodesToXML()

        ' 2a. Get found barcodes as string in CSV format with default delimiter and quotation
        Dim csv As String = reader.ExportFoundBarcodesToCSV()

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

        ' 3. Get found barcodes as string in plain text format
        Dim txt As String = reader.ExportFoundBarcodesToTXT()

        ' 4. Get found barcodes as string in JSON format
        Dim jsonString = reader.ExportFoundBarcodesToJSON()


        'Cleanup
        reader.Dispose()

    End Sub

End Module