reading barcode from scanned images

[CVMichael]

coolcurrent4u,

I could have made a sample for you if you would have given me what I asked you: A sample scanned picture !

The picture that I have in my post in the other thread is too "perfect" because it was generated by the computer, I need a picture that is actually scanned by you, that is imperfect.

Second, the approach to read the BMP directly is not good. Instead load the picture into a picturebox, and THEN read the image into a byte array. This way you are not limited to only BMP, you can also read jpg, and other formats that VB6 supports. But the byte array will always be in BMP byte array regardless of the input format.

You can use the code here to get the byte array of the picture:
http://www.vbforums.com/showpost.php...5&postcount=14

Copy that code into a module