.NET Barcode EAN-128 / GS1-128 Generator for .NET, ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET

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.NET EAN 128/GS1 128 Generator - Barcode Introduction

GS1-128 is an application standard of the GS1 implementation using the Code 128 barcode specification. The former correct name was UCC/EAN-128. Other no longer used names have included UCC-128 and EAN-128. GS1-128 uses a series of Application Identifiers to include additional data such as best before dates, batch numbers, quantities, weights and many other attributes needed by the user.

 

.NET EAN 128/GS1 128 Generator - Valid Data Scope

.NET EAN 128/GS1 128 Generator supports:



 

How to generate barcode in .NET class?

In C#

        Linear barcode = new Linear();
        barcode.Type = BarcodeType.CODE39;
        barcode.Data = "0123456789";
        barcode.drawBarcode("C://code39.gif");


In VB.NET

        Dim barcode As OnBarcode.Barcode.Linear
        barcode = New OnBarcode.Barcode.Linear()
        barcode.Type = OnBarcode.Barcode.BarcodeType.CODE39
        barcode.Data = "0123456789"
        barcode.drawBarcode("C://code39-in-vbnet.gif")


 

How to create barcode image in ASP.NET aspx or html pages without ASP.NET Barcode Controller?

 

How to print barcode into image file?

In C#

        Linear barcode = new Linear();
        barcode.Type = BarcodeType.CODE39;
        barcode.Data = "0123456789";
        barcode.drawBarcode("C://code39.gif");


In VB.NET

        Dim barcode As OnBarcode.Barcode.Linear
        barcode = New OnBarcode.Barcode.Linear()
        barcode.Type = OnBarcode.Barcode.BarcodeType.CODE39
        barcode.Data = "0123456789"
        barcode.drawBarcode("C://code39-in-vbnet.gif")
 

In Visual Studio C# and VB.NET, how to draw barcode to the memory?

Using C#, please call one of the following methods to draw barcode in the memory

        public void drawBarcode(Graphics graphics);

        public void drawBarcode(string filename);

        public Bitmap drawBarcode();

        public void drawBarcode(Stream fileStream);


Using VB.NET, please call one of the following methods to draw barcode in the memory

        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)

 

How to draw barcode using .NET Barcode WinForms Controller?

  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.
 

How to draw barcode using ASP.NET Barcode Web Form Controller?

  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.


 

.NET EAN 128/GS1 128 Generator - Barcode Properties


Category Class Properties WebStream Properties Default Comments
Basic Data DATA "12345" value to encode
Type TYPE BarcodeType.CODE128 (7) linear barcode type, default is Code128.
EAN-128 type value is BarcodeType.EAN128 (11).
AddCheckSum ADD-CHECK-SUM true AddCheckSum property is not applied. .NET Barcode Library will automatically add a check sum in the end.
 
EAN 128
Special
processTilde ProcessTilde false Set the processTilde property to true, if you want use the tilde character "~" to specify special characters in the input data. Default is false.
~NNN: is used to represent the ASCII character with the value of NNN. NNN is from 000 - 255.
 
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);
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.



All .NET Barcode Generator Supporting Bar Code Types

2D Barcodes

Data Matrix   |    PDF-417   |    Macro PDF417   |    QR-Code


GS1 DataBar

DataBar (coming soon)


1D / Linear Barcodes

Codabar   |    Code-11   |    Code-39   |    Extended Code 39
Code-93   |    Code-128   |    UCC/EAN128 (GS1 128)   |    Interleaved 2 of 5
Code 2 of 5 (Industrial 2 of 5)   |    ITF-14   |    UPC-A   |    UPC-E
EAN-8   |    EAN-13   |    ISBN   |    ISSN
MSI Plessey   |    POSTNET   |    PLANET   |    Intelligent Mail Barcode OneCode
Identcode   |    Leitcode   |    RM4SCC