Read vCard from QR Code - VB.NET
BarCode Reader SDK sample in VB.NET demonstrating ‘Read vCard from QR Code’
Module1.vb
Imports System.IO
Imports Bytescout.BarCodeReader
Imports Thought.vCards
Module Module1
''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates reading of QR Code encoded vCard.
''' It uses vCard library by David Pinch:
'''
''' vCard Class Library for .NET (Version 0.4; LGPL license)
''' Copyright (c) 2007-2009 David Pinch
''' http://www.thoughtproject.com/Libraries/vCard/
''' </summary>
Sub Main()
' Create Bytescout.BarCodeReader.Reader instance
Using reader As New Reader
' Enable QR Code decoding
reader.BarcodeTypesToFind.QRCode = True
' -----------------------------------------------------------------------
' NOTE: We can read barcodes from specific page to increase performance .
' For sample please refer to "Decoding barcodes from PDF by pages" program.
' -----------------------------------------------------------------------
' Decode QR Code from image
Dim barcodes = reader.ReadFrom("sample_vcard.gif")
If barcodes.Length > 0 Then
Dim vcardBarcode = barcodes(0)
' Decode vCard information from barcode value
Dim stringReader As New StringReader(vcardBarcode.Value)
Dim vCard As New vCard(stringReader)
' Display some decoded info:
Console.WriteLine("GivenName: " + vCard.GivenName)
Console.WriteLine("FamilyName: " + vCard.FamilyName)
Console.WriteLine("Organization: " + vCard.Organization)
Console.WriteLine("Title: " + vCard.Title)
Console.WriteLine("Phone: " & vCard.Phones(0).FullNumber)
Console.WriteLine("EmailAddresses: " & vCard.EmailAddresses(0).Address)
Console.WriteLine("DeliveryAddress: " & vCard.DeliveryAddresses(0).Street & " " & vCard.DeliveryAddresses(0).City & " " & _
vCard.DeliveryAddresses(0).Region & " " & vCard.DeliveryAddresses(0).PostalCode & " " & vCard.DeliveryAddresses(0).Country)
End If
End Using
Console.WriteLine()
Console.WriteLine("Press any key...")
Console.ReadKey()
End Sub
End Module