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c#visual-studio-2013barcodebarcode-printingean-13

How to draw an EAN-13 barcode in Visual C#

What's the most basic way of drawing EAN-13 barcodes in C# (using Visual Studio 2013) for printing?

I would prefer to include a namespace providing me with the tools to create and output the barcode.

Solution

  • The easiest library to use IMHO is Aspose BarCode.NET. You can find examples here

    The library does cost money, but works well enough that for us, it was worth it. 

    // Create an instance of BarCodeBuilder
BarCodeBuilder builder = new BarCodeBuilder();

// Set the symbology type
builder.SymbologyType = Symbology.EAN13;

// Set the codetext
builder.CodeText = "test-123";

// Get the barcode image
Image img = builder.BarCodeImage;

    Now you can do whatever you want with the image, like save it to a file, or write to a memory stream, etc.:

    img.Save("path", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Bmp);