ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – General example reading barcodes with barcode reader sdk

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general example reading barcodes with barcode reader sdk in C# with ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

general example reading barcodes with barcode reader sdk in C#

This page explains the steps and algorithm of implementing general example reading barcodes with barcode reader sdk and how to make it work in your application. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite was made to help with general example reading barcodes with barcode reader sdk in C#. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite is the set that includes 3 SDK products for data extraction from PDF, scans, images and from spreadsheets: PDF Extractor SDK, Data Extraction SDK, Barcode Reader SDK.

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Program.cs

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

namespace CommonExample
{
	class Program
	{
		const string ImageFile = "Barcode.jpg";

		static void Main()
		{
			Console.WriteLine("Reading barcode(s) from image {0}", Path.GetFullPath(ImageFile));

			Reader reader = new Reader();
			reader.RegistrationName = "demo";
			reader.RegistrationKey = "demo";

			// Set barcode type to find
			reader.BarcodeTypesToFind.All = true;
			// We recommend to use specific barcode types to avoid false positives, e.g.:
			// reader.BarcodeTypesToFind.QRCode = true;
			// reader.BarcodeTypesToFind.Code39 = 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
			FoundBarcode[] barcodes = reader.ReadFrom(ImageFile);

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

			// Cleanup
			reader.Dispose();
			
			Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit..");
			Console.ReadKey();
		}
	}
}