VB.NET UPC-A Reader & Scanner SDK
Online tutorial for reading & scanning UPC-A barcode images for C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET
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How to read, scan, decode UPC-A images in VB.NET class, ASP.NET Web & Windows applications
- Scan UPC-A barcode in VB.NET class, Console applications
- Read UPC-A barcode in VB.NET ASP.NET web projects
- Read, decode UPC-A images in Visual Studio VB.NET Windows Forms applications
- Detailed tutorials on read barcode in asp.net c#,
read barcode in c# windows application
- Easy and simple to integrate UPC-A reader component (single dll file) into your VB.NET project
- Complete developed in C# 2005, for .net framework 2.0 and later version
- Scanning, decoding UPC-A from multiple image formats, like BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF formats
- Scanning, reading UPC-A from multi-page TIFF documents
VB.NET UPC-A Reader Introduction

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Scan, Read UPC-A barcodes from images is one of the barcode reading functions in
.NET Barcode Reader SDK control. It is compatible for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET framework 2.0 and later version. VB.NET barcode scanner is a robust and mature .net barcode recognition component for VB.NET projects. You can easily scan and decode linear, 2d barcodes from image documents in your VB.NET class, console application, ASP.NET web projects, and VB.NET Windows software.
To help .net developers easiy integrate barcode reader control into your .net projects, we provide detailed online tutorial for
VB.NET Barcode Reader component supports scanning and reading 20+ linear, 2d barcodes, including
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Install VB.NET Barcode Reader Control to Your VB.NET Project

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- Copy OnBarcode.Barcode.BarcodeScanner.dll to your VB.NET project folder (do not copy dll file to your project bin folder).
- Add OnBarcode.BarcodeReader.dll to your VB.NET project reference.
Reading UPC-A in VB.NET Class

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Call BarcodeScanner.Scan() method in your VB.NET class, and pass your barcode image file, and UPC-A barcode type (BarcodeType.UPC-A) as method parameters.
Dim barcodes() As string = BarcodeScanner.Scan("upc-a-barcode-image.gif", BarcodeType.UPCA);
VB.NET Barcode Reading & Scanning Tutorials

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Common Asked Questions
UPC-A barcode usually encodes a GTIN-12 code, which is a 12 digits Global Trade Item Number. The 12 digits Global Trade Item Number includes 11 digits of data message,
and one digit of check digit. Using VB.NET Barcode Reader Library, you can quickly enable UPC-A barcode reading and scanning feature in your VB class, library, Windows Forms, WPF and
.NET Console applications.
What is the difference between EAN-13 and UPC-A?
UPC-A Format barcodes have traditionally been used in the North America (USA and Canada), whereas EAN-13 format barcodes have been used throughout the rest of the world.
VB.NET Barcode Reader SDK supports both UPC-A and EAN-13 barcode images scanning and reading in Visual Basic class.
What is the difference between UPC-A and UPC-E?
UPC-A is a 12-digit barcode, and UPC-E is a compressed UPC-A with 6 digits code.
Using VB.NET Barcode Scanner library, you can enable UPC-A and UPC-E reading and recognition functions with few lines of vb codes in WPF, Windows Forms applications.
How to check if an UPC code is correct?
When a barcode device or barcode scanner software scan and read the a UPC barcode data, it will use the last checksum digit to verify the UPC-A data.
OnBarcode VB.NET Barcode Reader library will automatically apply UPC-A checksum calculation rules to verify the scanned UPC-A data and the last checksum digit.