Generating Barcode EAN-13 in .NET is one of the functions in OnBarcode's .NET Barcode Generators, which supports creating & printing EAN-13 and 30+ other linear & 2D bar codes for C#, VB.NET & ASP.NET applications.

OnBarcode develops several .NET Barcode Generation components for different .NET development environments:

Barcode Generation in ASP.NET - Creating barcodes in ASP.NET Web applications
Barcode Generation in Windows Forms - Printing barcodes in C#, VB.NET Windows Forms applications
Barcode Generation in Reporting Service - Drawing barcodes in Microsoft Reporting Service 2005 & 2008

 

.NET EAN-13 Generator - Barcode EAN-13 Introduction

EAN-13 barcode (originally European Article Number) is a barcoding standard which is a superset of the original 12-digit Universal Product Code (UPC) system developed in the United States. The EAN-13 barcode is defined by the standards organisation GS1. The numbers encoded in EAN-13 bar codes are product identification numbers which are called Japanese Article Number (JAN) in Japan. All the numbers encoded in UPC and EAN barcodes are known as Global Trade Item Numbers (GTIN), and they can be encoded in other GS1 barcodes.

 

.NET EAN-13 Generation - EAN-13 Valid Data Scope

.NET EAN 13 Generator encodes:

• 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

 

Generating barcode EAN-13 in C# Class example (C# Source Code to Create EAN-13 barcodes)

	        Linear ean13 = new Linear();
	        ean13.Type = BarcodeType.EAN13;
	        ean13.Data = "012345678912";
	        ean13.X = 1;
	        ean13.Y = 60;
	        
	        // Generate EAN-13 and encode barcode to gif format
	        ean13.Format = ImageFormat.Gif;
	        ean13.drawBarcode("c#-ean13.gif");
	        
	        // Print EAN-13 to C# Bitmap object
	        Bitmap ean13Bitmap = ean13.drawBarcode();

Generating barcode EAN-8 in VB.NET Class example

	        Dim ean13 As OnBarcode.Barcode.Linear
	        ean13 = New OnBarcode.Barcode.Linear()
	        ean13.Type = OnBarcode.Barcode.BarcodeType.EAN13
	        ean13.Data = "012345678912"
	        ean13.X = 1
	        ean13.Y = 60
	        
	        // Generate EAN-13 and encode barcode to png format
	        ean13.Format = ImageFormat.Png
	        ean13.drawBarcode("vbnet-ean13.png")
	        
	        // Print EAN-13 to vb.net Bitmap object
	        Dim ean13Bitmap As Bitmap
	        ean13Bitmap = ean13.drawBarcode();

 

• Under demo package, copy barcode folder and its contents to your IIS, and create a new virtual directory.
  
  
• Restart IIS, navigate to http://YourDomain:Port/barcode/linear.aspx?DATA=012345678912&TYPE=15
  
  
• To create barcode EAN-13 image in html or aspx pages, you can insert a image tag (img) into your page.
  For example, <img src="http://YourDomain:Port/barcode/linear.aspx?DATA=012345678912&TYPE=15" />
  
  

 

Creating barcode EAN-13 images in C# Class example

	        Linear ean13 = new Linear();
	        ean13.Type = BarcodeType.EAN13;
	        ean13.Data = "012345678912";
	        ean13.X = 1;
	        ean13.Y = 60;
	        
	        // Create EAN-13 and encode barcode to Jpeg format
	        ean13.Format = ImageFormat.Jpeg;
	        ean13.drawBarcode("C://csharp-ean13.jpg");

Creating barcode EAN-13 images in VB.NET Class example

	        Dim ean13 As OnBarcode.Barcode.Linear
	        ean13 = New OnBarcode.Barcode.Linear()
	        ean13.Type = OnBarcode.Barcode.BarcodeType.EAN13
	        ean13.Data = "012345678912"
	        ean13.X = 1
	        ean13.Y = 60
	        
	        // Create EAN-13 and encode barcode to Jpeg format
	        ean13.Format = ImageFormat.Jpeg
	        ean13.drawBarcode("C://vbnet-ean13.jpg")

 

To draw & print barcode EAN-13 to C# objects:

	        public void drawBarcode(Graphics graphics);
	
	        public void drawBarcode(string filename);
	
	        public Bitmap drawBarcode();
	
	        public void drawBarcode(Stream fileStream);

To draw & print barcode EAN-13 to VB.NET objects:

	        Public Sub drawBarcode(ByRef graphics As Graphics)
	
	        Public Sub drawBarcode(ByVal filename As String)
	
	        Public Function drawBarcode() As Bitmap
	
	        Public Sub drawBarcode(ByRef fileStream As Stream)

 

1. Add OnBarcode.Barcode.WinForms.dll to .net project reference
   
   
2. Add .NET Barcode to .NET Visual Studio Toolbox
   
   
   1. Right click .NET Visual Studio Toolbox, select menu Choose Items...
      
      
   2. In "Choose Toolbox Items" form, click button "Browse...", and select dll OnBarcode.Barcode.WinForms.dll
      
      
   3. After selection, you will find four items under "Components" section: LinearWinForm, DataMatrixWinForm, PDF417WinForm, and QRCodeWinForm.

 

1. Add OnBarcode.Barcode.ASPNET.dll to asp.net project reference
   
   
2. Add .NET Barcode to .NET Visual Studio Toolbox
   
   
   1. Right click .NET Visual Studio Toolbox, select menu Choose Items...
      
      
   2. In "Choose Toolbox Items" form, click button "Browse...", and select dll OnBarcode.Barcode.ASPNET.dll
      
      
   3. After selection, you will find four items under "Components" section: LinearWebForm, DataMatrixWebForm, PDF417WebForm, and QRCodeWebForm.

 

Category	Class Properties	WebStream Properties	Default	Comments
Basic	Data	DATA	"12345"	value to encode. valid data is 12 digits
	Type	TYPE	BarcodeType.CODE128 (7)	linear barcode type, default is Code128. EAN-13 type values are: BarcodeType.EAN13 (15), BarcodeType.EAN13_2 (16), BarcodeType.EAN13_5 (17).
	AddCheckSum	ADD-CHECK-SUM	true	AddCheckSum property is not applied here. .NET Barcode will always add a check character in the last digit (modulo 10).
UPC/EAN Related	SupData	SUP-DATA	""	Set the sData property with the supplementary data to encode. Valid values are 2 or 5 digits
	SupHeight	SUP-HEIGHT	0.8	This is a multiplicator of the height of the code; The default is 0.8 (80%).
	SupSpace	SUP-SPACE	15	The separation between the barcode and the supplement. Default is 15 pixel.
Size Related	UOM	UOM	UnitOfMeasure.PIXEL (0)	Unit of meature for all size related setting in the library. Valid values: UnitOfMeasure.PIXEL (0), UnitOfMeasure.CM (1), UnitOfMeasure.INCH (2)
	X	X	1	width of barcode module (narrow bar), default is 1 pixel
	Y	Y	60	barcode module height, default is 60 pixel
	BarcodeWidth	BARCODE-WIDTH	0	barcode image width
	BarcodeHeight	BARCODE-HEIGHT	0	barcode image height
	LeftMargin	LEFT-MARGIN	0	image left margin
	RightMargin	RIGHT-MARGIN	0	image right margin
	TopMargin	TOP-MARGIN	0	image top margin
	BottomMargin	BOTTOM-MARGIN	0	image bottom margin
	Resolution	RESOLUTION	72	in DPI
	Rotate	ROTATE	Rotate.Rotate0 (0)	valid values: Rotate.Rotate0 (0), Rotate.Rotate90 (1), Rotate.Rotate180 (2), Rotate.Rotate270 (3)
Text & Color	ShowText	SHOW-TEXT	true	If true, display barcode data text, otherwise do not display.
	ShowCheckSumChar	SHOW-CHECK-SUM-CHAR	true	If true, display the check sum character in the end of data, if there is a check sum.
	TextFont	TEXT-FONT	Arial, Plain, 11	Barcode text font style. default is: new Font("Arial", 9f, FontStyle.Regular); Using website, using: &TEXT-FONT=Arial|9|regular
	TextMargin	TEXT-MARGIN	6	Space between barcode and barcode data text, default is 6 pixel
In WebStream query string, please use int value for Enums, "true" and "false" for bool.