.NET EAN-13 Scanner Library

Let's firstly have a look at what can pqScan Barcode Recognition Software for .NET can do for you.

• Support reading EAN-13 barcodes from common raster image files (Bmp, Jpg/Jpeg, Png, Tif/Tiff, Gif)
• Image source files can be in the forms of local file path, stream and Bitmap
• Image source files can be from your mobile phone, webcam and camera photo, and the database
• Rotated EAN-13 barcode on image source with 180 degree can also be recognizable
• Able to define barcode type as EAN-13 and read them only at fast speed
• Quick to return the array of encoded data information including digits from 0 to 9

By the way, if you do not specify EAN-13 in your Visual Studio .NET barcode reading project, then, our barcode reading library control can also return all the decoded barcode types (see detailed APIs below). Furthermore, 1d and 2d barcodes recognition from PDF file can be achieved by using this scanner component together with .NET PDF to Image Converter Library.

To better meet customer's needs, we developed two types of APIs for .NET EAN-13 barcode reading and decoding. You see the following two situations. Please note that your image file can be loaded as bitmap, string or stream in .NET class programming.

Situation 1: Only Need to Recognize EAN-13 in .NET

In Visual Studio .NET project, you know the barcode on your image is EAN-13 symbol and you only need to read this bar code type. Then, use the following three APIs. And the return value will include encoded barcode data, as well as barcode type information. In this way, you can save the time of .NET barcode reading because our .NET barcode decoder DLL will be controlled to read EAN-13 barcode(s) only, instead of scanning the whole image source.

public static BarcodeResult[] Scan(Bitmap bitmap, BarCodeType barType);
public static BarcodeResult[] Scan(Stream stream, BarCodeType barType);
public static BarcodeResult[] Scan(strng filename, BarCodeType barType);

Situation 2: Need to Recognize All Barcodes in .NET (EAN-13 Included)

This is suitable if you are involved in a .NET barcode scanning program and have the need of reading all barcodes including EAN-13 font from your images. By implementing following APIs, the whole image source will be scanned and all barcodes on it will be detected and recognized. Within seconds, all barcodes information including encoded data (digits) and barcode types will be returned.

public static BarcodeResult[] Scan(Bitmap bitmap);
public static BarcodeResult[] Scan(Stream stream);
public static BarcodeResult[] Scan(string filename);

Situation 3: Only Have One EAN-13 Barcode on Image

To improve EAN-13 barcode recognition accuracy, we provide the APIs for one barcode recognition. It is suitable when there's only one EAN-13 barcode on your image.

public static BarcodeResult ScanSingle(Bitmap bitmap);
public static BarcodeResult ScanSingle(Stream stream);
public static BarcodeResult ScanSingle(string filename);

EAN-13 is a superset of UPC-A (the original 12-digit Universal Product Code (UPC) system developed in the United States). And UPC-A barcode reading in .NET application is also similar to .NET EAN-13 reading. You may click to see details.

You can also go to Read EAN-13 Using C# & VB.NET Demos, Read Barcode in C# Programming and Read Barcode in VB.NET Programming.