Introduction of UPC-A Crystal Reports Barcode Generator
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UPC-A barcode generator for Crystal Report is one function of our mature .NET barcode component, which is completely built in C#.NET in .NET Framework environment to generate barcodes in Crystal Report with high quality.
OnBarcode.com provides not only UPC-A .NET Barcode SDK for Crystal Reports, but also other linear and 2D barcode generator for Crystal Report:
- .NET Crystal Reports Linear Barcodes: Code 39, Code 128, EAN-8, EAN-13, GS1 128, UPC-A, UPC-E, Interleaved 2 of 5, Identcode, ISBN, ISSN, ITF-14, Leitcode, MSI Plessey, OneCode, Planet, Postnet, RM4SCC, etc
- .NET Crystal Reports 2D Barcodes: including QR Code, Data Matrix, PDF-417
How to Generate UPC-A in .NET Crystal Reports Barcode SDK
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Firstly, please download .NET Crystal Report UPC-A Generator. Then, follow the steps below to accomplish UPC-A barcode generation on Crystal Report in Visual Studio:
- Open your Visual Studio; create a new .NET project with "Crystal Reports Application" as template;
- Create a new report with Crystal Report with the report wizard.
- In the "Data" form, expand "Create New Connection", double click "ADO.NET (XML)" and select "File Path" as "C:\Demo\CustomerDataSet.xsd" in your downloaded sample dataset package;
- "Customer Id" and "CustomerName" to "Fields to Display". Click "Finish".In "NewDataSet", double click "Table" and press "Next" button. Drag and drop "ID",
- In "CrystalReport1.rpt", drag and drop the "Barcode" in the "Field Explorer" to report Section 3. And add "OnBarcode.Barcode.winforms.dll" to your project reference in "Solution Explorer";
- Write VB.NET or C# code to "Form1.cs" and run the project.
Users may directly see the barcode generation tutorial for Crystal Report on page How to Generate Barcodes on .NET Crystal Reports.
.NET Crystal Reports Barcode Control Supported Barcode Types
TopBarcode Control for Crystal Report - Bar Code Type Generation
- Crystal Reports 1D / Linear Barcodes:
- Crystal Reports 2D / Matrix Barcodes: Data Matrix, PDF-417, QR Code
Common Asked Questions
What is a GTIN-12 UPC-A barcode?
GTIN-12 is a 12 digits Global Trade Item Number. It is usually encoded in UPC-A barcode. The 12 digits Global Trade Item Number includes 11 digits of data message,
and one digit of check sum digit.
Using .NET Crystal Reports Barcode Generation Library, you can input 12-digit GS1 numeric data or 13-digits data with checksum digit in report barcode item data source.
What is the difference between UPC-A and UPC-E?
Both of UPC-A and UPC-E are UPC barcode.
UPC-A is a 12-digit barcode, and UPC-E is a compressed UPC-A with 6 digits code. The UPC-E will be used in limited space for a barcode.
You can create both UPC-A and UPC-E images in Crystal reports in report designer and preview UPC barcode in report viewer using .NET Crystal Reports barcode library.
What is the difference between EAN-13 and UPC-A?
UPC-A Format barcodes have traditionally been used in the North America (USA and Canada),
whereas EAN-13 format barcodes have been used throughout the rest of the world.
.NET Crystal Reports Barcode Generator SDK supports both UPC and EAN with add-on symbol barcode generation in Crystal reports
in .NET C#/VB.NET class, ASP.NET Core, WinForms, WPF applications.
What is the minimum & maximum size for a UPC-A barcode?
- The Minimum X-dimension for the UPC-A barcode is 0.0104 inches.
- The Maximum X-dimension for the UPC-A barcode is 0.0260 inches
