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Batch Read Barcodes To CSV - ASP.NET MVC C#

BarCode Reader SDK sample in ASP.NET MVC C# demonstrating ‘Batch Read Barcodes To CSV’

Global.asax.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Routing;

namespace ImagePdfBarcodeToCSV
{
    public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
    {
        protected void Application_Start()
        {
            AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
            RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
        }
    }
}

RouteConfig.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Routing;

namespace ImagePdfBarcodeToCSV
{
    public class RouteConfig
    {
        public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
        {
            routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

            routes.MapRoute(
                name: "Default",
                url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
            );
        }
    }
}

HomeController.cs
using Bytescout.BarCodeReader;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace ImagePdfBarcodeToCSV.Controllers
{
    /*
    IF YOU SEE TEMPORARY FOLDER ACCESS ERRORS: 

    Temporary folder access is required for web application when you use ByteScout SDK in it.
    If you are getting errors related to the access to temporary folder like "Access to the path 'C:\Windows\TEMP\... is denied" then you need to add permission for this temporary folder to make ByteScout SDK working on that machine and IIS configuration because ByteScout SDK requires access to temp folder to cache some of its data for more efficient work.

    SOLUTION:

    If your IIS Application Pool has "Load User Profile" option enabled the IIS provides access to user's temp folder. Check user's temporary folder

    If you are running Web Application under an impersonated account or IIS_IUSRS group, IIS may redirect all requests into separate temp folder like "c:\temp\".

    In this case
    - check the User or User Group your web application is running under
    - then add permissions for this User or User Group to read and write into that temp folder (c:\temp or c:\windows\temp\ folder)
    - restart your web application and try again

    */

    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        // GET: Home
        [HttpGet]
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Process uploaded file and try to read barcodes from it
        /// </summary>
        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult ProcessIndex()
        {
            //Read Barcode Process
            Reader reader = new Reader();
            reader.RegistrationKey = "demo";
            reader.RegistrationName = "demo";

            // Set Barcode type to find
            reader.BarcodeTypesToFind.All = true;

            // Output list
            List<CSVOutputFormat> lstCSVOutput = new List<CSVOutputFormat>();

            // Get all files in folder, and iterate through each file
            var files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(Request.MapPath("~/BarcodeFiles"));
            foreach (var fileName in files)
            {
                // Read barcodes
                FoundBarcode[] barcodes = reader.ReadFrom(fileName);

                foreach (FoundBarcode code in barcodes)
                {
                    lstCSVOutput.Add(new CSVOutputFormat { barcodeValue = code.Value, barcodeType = code.Type.ToString(), scanDateTime = DateTime.Now.ToString(), fileName = fileName });
                }
            }

            // Export to CSV
            ExportToCsv(lstCSVOutput);

            var retSummary = string.Format("Total {0} barcode found in {1} file.", lstCSVOutput.Count, files.Length);

            return Content(retSummary);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Exports to CSV
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="lstCSVOutput"></param>
        private void ExportToCsv(List<CSVOutputFormat> lstCSVOutput)
        {
            System.Text.StringBuilder csvOutputContent = new System.Text.StringBuilder(string.Empty);

            csvOutputContent.Append("Barcode Value,Barcode Type,Scan DateTime,File Name");

            foreach (var item in lstCSVOutput)
            {
                csvOutputContent.AppendFormat("\r\n{0},{1},{2},{3}", item.barcodeValue, item.barcodeType, item.scanDateTime, item.fileName);
            }

            var response = HttpContext.Response;

            // Perform download of file
            response.Clear();
            response.ClearHeaders();

            response.AppendHeader("Content-Length", csvOutputContent.Length.ToString());
            response.ContentType = "text/csv";
            response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=\"output.csv\"");

            response.Write(csvOutputContent.ToString());
            response.End();
        }
    }


    class CSVOutputFormat
    {
        public string barcodeValue { get; set; }
        public string barcodeType { get; set; }
        public string scanDateTime { get; set; }
        public string fileName { get; set; }
    }

}

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