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Read Code 39 To Excel - VBScript

BarCode Reader SDK sample in VBScript demonstrating ‘Read Code 39 To Excel’

Code39BarcodeToExcel.vbs
if WScript.Arguments.Count < 1 Then
 MsgBox "Run with the folder path as the argument" & vbCRLF & vbCRLF & "Code39BarcodeToExcel.vbs <InputFolder>"
 WScript.Quit 0
End If

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

' define allowed input images extensions
inputImagesExtensions = "JPG,JPEG,PNG,BMP,PDF,TIF"

Set reader = CreateObject("Bytescout.BarCodeReader.Reader")

' Set Code39 barcode types for searching
reader.BarcodeTypesToFind.Code39 = True

' Set excel document
Set document = CreateObject("Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Spreadsheet")

' Set document keys
document.RegistrationName = "demo"
document.RegistrationKey = "demo"

 ' Add new worksheet
Set worksheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets.Add("Code39")

' Set cell index value
Dim CellIndex
CellIndex = 0

' Set Initial Value
CellIndex = (CellIndex + 1) 
Set cell_value = worksheet.Cell_2("A" + Cstr(CellIndex))
Set cell_filename = worksheet.Cell_2("B" + Cstr(CellIndex))
cell_value.Value = "Barcode Value"
cell_filename.Value = "File Name"

Set objInputFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(WScript.Arguments(0))
Call ProcessFolder(objInputFolder)

' delete output file if exists already
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If (fso.FileExists("output.xls")) Then fso.DeleteFile("output.xls")
Set fso = nothing

' save document
document.SaveAs "output.xls"
WScript.Echo "successfully created 'output.xls' file!"

' close Spreadsheet
Set document = Nothing

WScript.Quit 0

Sub ProcessFolder(folder)

    Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(folder.Path)
    Set colFiles = objFolder.Files
    
    For Each objFile in colFiles

        ' Check the file type
        If inStr(inputImagesExtensions, UCase(objFSO.GetExtensionName(objFile.Name))) > 0 Then
			reader.ReadFromFile objFile.Path

			For i = 0 To reader.FoundCount - 1
				' Get cell value
				CellIndex = (CellIndex + 1) 
				Set cell_value = worksheet.Cell_2("A" + Cstr(CellIndex))
				Set cell_filename = worksheet.Cell_2("B" + Cstr(CellIndex))

				' set cell value
				cell_value.Value = reader.GetFoundBarcodeValue(i)
				cell_filename.Value = objFile.Name
				
				' Write to console
				WScript.Echo "Extracted barcode '" & reader.GetFoundBarcodeValue(i) & "' from '"& objFile.Name &"' file"
			Next
        End If
    Next

    For Each subFolder in folder.SubFolders
        ProcessFolder subFolder
    Next
End Sub


run.bat
REM running from the command line
cscript.exe Code39BarcodeToExcel.vbs "InputFiles"
pause

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