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Download and Process file - VB.NET

BarCode Reader SDK sample in VB.NET demonstrating ‘Download and Process file’

Program.vb
Imports System.IO
Imports Bytescout.BarCodeReader

Class Program
    Friend Shared Sub Main(args As String())

        Dim reader As New Reader()
        reader.RegistrationName = "demo"
        reader.RegistrationKey = "demo"

        ' Limit search to 1-dimensional barcodes only (exclude 2D barcodes to speed up the processing).
        ' Change to barcodeReader.BarcodeTypesToFind.SetAll() to scan for all supported 1D and 2D barcode types
        ' or select specific type, e.g. barcodeReader.BarcodeTypesToFind.PDF417 = True
        reader.BarcodeTypesToFind.All1D = True

        Console.WriteLine("Reading barcodes from PDF document...")

        ' -----------------------------------------------------------------------
        ' NOTE: We can read barcodes from specific page to increase performance .
        ' For sample please refer to "Decoding barcodes from PDF by pages" program.
        ' ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 

        ' Input url of pdf document containing barcodes
        Dim inputUrl As String = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/barcode-reader/sample.pdf"

        ' Get memory stream from url
        Dim oStream As Stream = GetStreamFromUrl(inputUrl)

        ' Read from input stream
        reader.ReadFromStream(oStream)

        For Each barcode As FoundBarcode In reader.FoundBarcodes
            Console.WriteLine("Found barcode with type '{0}' and value '{1}' at page {2} at {3}", barcode.Type, barcode.Value, barcode.Page, barcode.Rect.ToString())
        Next

        ' Cleanup
        reader.Dispose()

        Console.WriteLine()
        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.")
        Console.ReadKey()
    End Sub

    ''' <summary>
    ''' Get stream from Url
    ''' </summary>
    Private Shared Function GetStreamFromUrl(ByVal url As String) As Stream

        Dim oData As Byte() = Nothing

        Using wc As New System.Net.WebClient()
            oData = wc.DownloadData(url)
        End Using

        Return New MemoryStream(oData)

    End Function

End Class

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