NOTICE

This article is for versions 7.0b through version 9.0d. With version 7.0b a new barcoding library has been released: Atalasoft.dotImage.Barcoding.dll. This library provides access to our new engine. It differs from the style of the old engine to allow additional functionality.

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Beginning in DotImage 10.0, Atalasoft.dotImage.Barcoding.dll was replaced with Atalasoft.dotImage.Barcoding.Reading.dll ... updating the namespace to Atalasoft.dotImage.Barcoding.Reading will allow for the same code below to work.

Here is a basic method that reads the barcodes datastring:

C#

BarCode[] bars;
using (BarCodeReader reader = new BarCodeReader(imageViewer1.Image, true))
{
    ReadOpts opts = new ReadOpts();
    opts.Symbology = Symbologies.All;
    bars = reader.ReadBars(opts);
}
foreach (BarCode bar in bars)
{
     MessageBox.Show(bar.DataString);
}
if (bars.Length == 0)
     MessageBox.Show("No Barcodes Found");

VB.NET

Dim bars As BarCode()
Using reader As New BarCodeReader(imageViewer1.Image, True)
    Dim opts As New ReadOpts()
    opts.Symbology = Symbologies.All
    bars = reader.ReadBars(opts)
End Using
For Each bar As BarCode In bars
    MessageBox.Show(bar.DataString)
Next
If bars.Length = 0 Then
    MessageBox.Show("No Barcodes Found")
End If

This new engine no longer supports the MicroQr, Planet, AustraliaPost, Code11, IntelligentMail,Itf14, Rss14, RssLimited, Telepen or Rm4scc symbologies.