ByteScout Premium 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 with ByteScout Premium Suite

Learn to code in VB.NET 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 VB.NET ByteScout Premium Suite can export results to xml, csv, txt with barcode reader sdk. It can be applied from VB.NET. ByteScout Premium Suite is the set that includes 12 SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording.

The following code snippet for ByteScout Premium Suite works best when you need to quickly export results to xml, csv, txt with barcode reader sdk in your VB.NET application. Follow the instructions from scratch to work and copy the VB.NET code. Want to see how it works with your data then code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly.

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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