ByteScout Premium 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 Premium 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 C#

The documentation is designed for a specific purpose to help you to apply the features on your side. ByteScout Premium Suite can export results to xml, csv, txt with barcode reader sdk. It can be applied from C#. ByteScout Premium Suite is the set that includes 12 SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording.

These C# code samples for C# guide developers to speed up coding of the application when using ByteScout Premium 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! 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();
        }
    }
}