Generating Barcode PDF-417 in .NET is one of the functions in OnBarcode's .NET Barcode Generators, which supports creating & printing PDF-417 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 PDF-417 Generator - Barcode PDF-417 Introduction

PDF 417 is a stacked linear bar code symbol used in a variety of applications, primarily transport, identification cards, and inventory management. PDF stands for Portable Data File. The PDF417 symbology was invented by Dr. Ynjiun P. Wang at Symbol Technologies in 1991.

 

.NET PDF-417 Generation - PDF-417 Valid Data Scope

.NET PDF 417 Generator encodes:

• all 128 characters of ASCII
  
  
• values 128-255 in accordance with ISO 8859-1. There are referred to as extended ASCII.

 

Generating barcode PDF-417 in C# Class example (C# Source Code to Create PDF-417 barcodes)

	        PDF417 pdf417 = new PDF417();
	        pdf417.Data = "0123456789";
	        pdf417.RowCount = 3;
	        pdf417.ColumnCount = 5;
	        pdf417.X = 3;
	        pdf417.XtoYRatio = 0.3333333f;
	        
	        // Generate PDF-417 and encode barcode to gif format
	        pdf417.Format = ImageFormat.Gif;
	        pdf417.drawBarcode("c#-pdf417.gif");
	        
	        // Print PDF-417 to C# Bitmap object
	        Bitmap pdf417Bitmap = pdf417.drawBarcode();

Generating barcode PDF-417 in VB.NET Class example

	        Dim pdf417 As OnBarcode.Barcode.PDF417
	        pdf417 = New OnBarcode.Barcode.PDF417()
	        pdf417.Data = "0123456789"
	        pdf417.RowCount = 3
	        pdf417.ColumnCount = 5
	        pdf417.X = 3
	        pdf417.XtoYRatio = 0.3333333f
	        
	        // Generate PDF-417 and encode barcode to png format
	        pdf417.Format = ImageFormat.Png
	        pdf417.drawBarcode("vbnet-pdf417.png")
	        
	        // Print PDF-417 to vb.net Bitmap object
	        Dim pdf417Bitmap As Bitmap
	        pdf417Bitmap = pdf417.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/pdf417.aspx?DATA=0123456789
  
  
• To create barcode PDF-417 image in html or aspx pages, you can insert a image tag (img) into your page.
  For example, <img src="http://YourDomain:Port/barcode/pdf417.aspx?DATA=0123456789" />
  
  

 

Creating PDF-417 images in C# Class example

	        PDF417 pdf417 = new PDF417();
	        pdf417.Data = "0123456789";
	        pdf417.RowCount = 3;
	        pdf417.ColumnCount = 5;
	        
	        // Create PDF-417 and encode barcode to Jpeg format
	        pdf417.Format = ImageFormat.Jpeg;
	        pdf417.drawBarcode("C://csharp-pdf417.jpg");

Creating PDF-417 images in VB.NET Class example

	        Dim barcode As OnBarcode.Barcode.PDF417
	        barcode = New OnBarcode.Barcode.PDF417()
	        barcode.Data = "0123456789"
	        pdf417.RowCount = 3
	        pdf417.ColumnCount = 5
	        
	        // Create PDF-417 and encode barcode to Jpeg format
	        pdf417.Format = ImageFormat.Jpeg
	        pdf417.drawBarcode("C://vbnet-pdf417.jpg")

 

To draw & print barcode PDF-417 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 PDF-417 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	"PDF417"	value to encode
PDF 417 Special	ProcessTilde	PROCESS-TILDE	true	Set the processTilde property to true, if you want use the tilde character "~" to specify special characters in the input data. Default is true. ~NNN: is used to represent the ASCII character with the value of NNN. NNN is from 000 - 255.
	DataMode	DATA-MODE	PDF417DataMode.Text (1)	valid values: PDF417DataMode.Auto (0), PDF417DataMode.Text (1), PDF417DataMode.Byte (2), PDF417DataMode.Numeric (3), PDF417DataMode.Customer (4)
	ECL	ECL	PDF417ECL.Level_2 (2)	Error correction level, values are from PDF417ECL.Level_0 to PDF417ECL.Level_8, default is PDF417ECL.Level_2.
	RowCount	ROW-COUNT	3	The number of rows for PDF417. The value range is from 3 to 90. The default is 3.
	ColumnCount	COLUMN-COUNT	5	Number of columns. The value range is from 1 to 30. The default is 5. Increase this value, if your data size is large.
	Truncated	TRUNCATED	false	truncated PDF417 may be used where space considerations are a primary concern and symbol damage is unlikely.
	Macro	MACRO	false	Set isMacro property to true, then Macro PDF417 is enabled.
	MacroSegmentIndex	MACRO-SEGMENT-INDEX	0	the position of current symbol in the secuence (Start with 0).
	MacroSegmentCount	MACRO-SEGMENT-COUNT	0	the number of total symbols which make the sequence.
	MacroFileIndex	MACRO-FILE-INDEX	0	be identified to the same file
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	3	barcode module width and height, default is 3 pixel
	XtoYRatio	X-Y-RATIO	0.3333333f	bar width vs bar height ratio
	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)
In WebStream query string, please use int value for Enums, "true" and "false" for bool.