Generating Barcode EAN-8 in .NET is one of the functions in OnBarcode's
.NET Barcode Generators, which supports creating & printing EAN-8 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:
.NET EAN 8 Generator encodes:
- 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Category |
Properties |
Value |
Comments |
Basic
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Property: Data
URL: DATA
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Type: string
Default: "12345"
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Barcode value to encode
EAN 8 Valid Data Char Set:
- 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (Digits)
EAN 8 Valid data length:
- 7 digits only, excluding the last checksum digit.
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Property: Type
URL: TYPE
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Type: BarcodeType
Default: CODE128 (7)
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Linear barcode symbology type.
Set the value to BarcodeType.EAN8 or BarcodeType.EAN8_2 or BarcodeType.EAN8_5.
EAN 8 type values are BarcodeType.EAN8 (12), BarcodeType.EAN8_2 (13), BarcodeType.EAN8_5 (14).
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Property: AddCheckSum
URL: ADD-CHECK-SUM
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Type: bool
Default: false
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AddCheckSum property is not applied here. .NET Barcode will always add a check character in the last digit (modulo 10). |
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EAN-8 Related |
Property: SupData
URL: SUP-DATA
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Type: string
Default: ""
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Set the supplement data to encode. Valid values are 2 or 5 digits |
Property: SupHeight
URL: SUP-HEIGHT
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Type: float
Default: 0.8f
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This is a multiplicator of the height of the bar module; The default is 0.8 (80% of Y - bar module height). |
Property: SupSpace
URL: SUP-SPACE
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Type: float
Default: 15
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The separation between the barcode and the supplement. Default is 15 pixel. |
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Barcode Size Related |
Property: AutoResize
URL: AUTO-RESIZE
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Type: bool
Default: false
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Auto resize the generated barcode image
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Property: BarAlignment
URL: BAR-ALIGNMENT
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Type: int
Default: 1 (center)
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Barcode horizontal alignment inside the image. 0: left, 1: center, 2: right. |
Property: UOM
URL: UOM
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Type: UnitOfMeasure
Default: PIXEL (0)
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Unit of meature for all size related settings in the library.
Valid values:
- UnitOfMeasure.PIXEL (0)
- UnitOfMeasure.CM (1)
- UnitOfMeasure.INCH (2)
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Property: X
URL: X
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Type: float
Default: 1
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Width of barcode bar module (narrow bar), default is 1 pixel |
Property: Y
URL: Y
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Type: float
Default: 60
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Height of barcode bar module, default is 60 pixel |
Property: BarcodeWidth
URL: BARCODE-WIDTH
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Type: float
Default: 0
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Barcode image width.
If barcodeWidth setting is smaller than the barcode required minimum width, the library will automatically reset to barcode minimum width. |
Property: BarcodeHeight
URL: BARCODE-HEIGHT
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Type: float
Default: 0
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Barcode image height.
If barcodeHeight setting is smaller than the barcode required minimum height, the library will automatically reset to barcode minimum height. |
Property: LeftMargin
URL: LEFT-MARGIN
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Type: float
Default: 0
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Barcode image left margin size. |
Property: RightMargin
URL: RIGHT-MARGIN
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Type: float
Default: 0
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Barcode image right margin size. |
Property: TopMargin
URL: TOP-MARGIN
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Type: float
Default: 0
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Barcode image top margin size. |
Property: BottomMargin
URL: BOTTOM-MARGIN
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Type: float
Default: 0
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Barcode image bottom margin size. |
Property: Resolution
URL: RESOLUTION
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Type: int
Default: 72
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Barcode image resolution in DPI (Dots per inch). |
Property: Rotate
URL: ROTATE
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Type: Rotate
Default: Rotate0 (0)
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Valid values:
- Rotate.Rotate0 (0)
- Rotate.Rotate90 (1)
- Rotate.Rotate180 (2)
- Rotate.Rotate270 (3)
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Barcode Colors |
Property: BackColor
URL: BACK-COLOR
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Type: Color
Default: white
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Barcode image background color |
Property: ForeColor
URL: FORE-COLOR
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Type: Color
Default: black
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Barcode image foreground color
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Font Style |
Property: ShowText
URL: SHOW-TEXT
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Type: bool
Default: true
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If true, display barcode data text under the barcode, otherwise do not display. |
Property: TextFont
URL: TEXT-FONT
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Type: Font
Default: new Font("Arial", 9f, FontStyle.Regular)
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Barcode text font style.
In ASP.NET web streaming, using the url paramter in the following format:
&TEXT-FONT=Arial|9|regular
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Property: TextMargin
URL: TEXT-MARGIN
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Type: float
Default: 6
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Space between barcode and barcode data text, default is 6 pixel |
Property: TextColor
URL: TEXT-COLOR
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Type: Color
Default: black
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Barcode text color
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Image Format |
Property: Format
URL: FORMAT
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Type: ImageFormat
Default: Png
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Barcode image encoding type. |
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Methods |
// generate barcode and encode to image file
public void drawBarcode(string filename)
// generate barcode and paint on Graphics object
public void drawBarcode(Graphics graphics)
// generate barcode and paint on Bitmap object
public Bitmap drawBarcode()
// generate barcode and paint on Stream object
public void drawBarcode(Stream fileStream)
// generate barcode and paint on byte[] object
public byte[] drawBarcodeAsBytes()
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In WebStream query string, please use int value for Enums, "true" and "false" for bool.
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