Aspose.BarCode for .NET is a robust and reliable barcode generation and recognition component, written in managed C#, it allows developers to quickly and easily add barcode generation and recognition functionality to their Microsoft .NET applications (WinForms, WPF and .NET Core).
Aspose.BarCode for .NET supports most established barcode standards and barcode specifications. It has the ability to export to multiple image formats including: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, EMF and SVG.
Aspose.BarCode for .NET doesn't just create or recognize barcodes but it provides a complete framework to control almost everything about barcodes. Developers can customize the barcode's appearance like bar height, colors, margins, borders, row/columns count and interpolation modes, as well as barcode generation properties like symbol mode encodings, error correction modes, ECI modes or special barcode metadata. While scanning for barcodes, developers can specify the area/areas where a barcode can be found. Moreover, scanning engine can be optimized for better barcode reading quality or speed with variety of options, which allows to recognize strongly corrupted barcodes.
Encoding and decoding non-English characters in 2D types
Customizing recognition engine variables
Saving to or loading from a stream or a file
Label printing
Working with complex barcodes (e.g. Swiss QR Code)
Barcode Recognition Features
Class BarCodeReader: reading 1D and 2D barcodes at any angle from an image
Supporting popular image formats: JPEG, TIFF, PNG, BMP, and GIF
Reading images with resolution from 75 to 600 dpi
Reading highly blurred or noised images
Specifying image areas to scan barcodes
Predefining target barcode types
Managing recognition engine variables to reach the best trade-off between reading speed and quality (both manually and through embedded presets). For example, the following cases can be allowed for recognition: color barcodes on color background, dashed industrial Datamatrix barcodes, decreased images, damaged barcodes with incorrect text, damaged QR Codes, and others
Detecting and then reading all barcodes presented in the scanned region
Reading barcodes of different 1D types from a single scanned region
Defining the angle and region information for all barcodes recognized in an image (using points, quadrangle, or rectangle to specify a bounding barcode region)
Performing checksum validation for 1D and postal barcodes
Increasing the barcode detection speed through multi-threading
Scanning from multi-page TIFF through System.Drawing
Class BarcodeGenerator: generating barcode labels according to required settings
Providing a wide range of options to customize barcode image appearance (size, resolution, height, background color, bar color, rotation angle, X-dimension, image quality, captions, wide-to-narrow-ratio, and others)
Saving barcode labels in various image formats: JPEG, TIFF, PNG, BMP, GIF, EMF, and SVG
Customizing the barcode encoding type and parameters
Supporting checksum addition (for 1D barcodes) and supplement data
Supporting X- and Y-dimensions for 2D barcodes
Customizing a wide-to-narrow ratio for the supported symbologies to improve recognition precision
Setting an encoding type for 2D barcodes: Error Checking and Correcting (ECC) or Extended Channel Interpretation (ECI)
Providing visual components for barcode generation in WinForms and WPF (e.g. supporting WYSIWYG editing through GUI-based controls)
Encoding DataMatrix barcodes through X12, EDIFACT, and Base 256
Customizing barcode image borders, border color, style, margins, and width
Customizing barcode image color, background color, and bar color
Customizing bar height
Customizing barcode caption and its font, background/foreground colors, alignment, and location
Rotating barcode images to any degree
Setting the required quality and resolution setting for barcode images to be generated
Anti-aliasing for barcode images
Selecting size units (inches or millimeters)
Auto-sizing of barcode images
Rendering barcode images on any device
Supported Symbologies for Barcode Generation & Recognition
Linear barcode types, or 1D barcodes, correspond to the first generation of one-dimensional barcodes (1D) that are used to represent information by varying the widths and spacings of parallel lines. Some 1D symbologies allow encoding only numbers, while others permit encoding also letters.
DataBar barcodes (former RSS-14) are 1D and 1D staked barcodes, which were developed to efficiently encode GS1 Application Identifier data.
Matrix barcodes, also known as 2D barcodes, have been introduced as a two-dimensional way to encode information. Two-dimensional (2D) barcodes are generated using various symbols and shapes. This barcode type is considered to be more efficient, as such barcodes contain more data per unit area, and most of them are self-correctable.
Postal barcodes are specific symbologies used by postal services in different countries.
HIBC barcodes encode data in special format which is used in Health Industry. As transport, the barcodes use other 1D and 2D barcodes and encode data as Alpha-Numeric.
The barcode library supports any 32-bit or 64-bit operating system with the installed .NET framework 2.0 or later / .Net Core 3.1 or later with with Aspose.Drawing.Common (.Net 8 included).
Operating System
Compatible Versions
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows 10 or later: x64 / x86
Microsoft Windows Server
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and later: x64 / x86
Linux
Any Linux x64 or x86 with installed .Net (Mono, .Net Core)
MacOS
Any MacOS x64 or x86 with installed .Net (Mono, .Net Core)
Aspose.BarCode for .NET can be used to create any type of x86 or x64 (32-bit or 64-bit) .NET application. Supported .NET frameworks are outlined below.
Are you ready to give Aspose.BarCode for .NET a try? Simply add Aspose.BarCode to your project references as Nuget package. If you have some difficulties with this, our examples help you to manage with this.
Generate a Barcode Label with Code128
Try the following snippet to see how Aspose.BarCode API performs in your environment or check the GitHub Repository for other common usage scenarios.
// instantiate object and set different barcode properties
BarcodeGenerator generator = new BarcodeGenerator(EncodeTypes.Code128, "1234567");
generator.Parameters.Barcode.XDimension.Millimeters = 1f;
// save the image to your system and set its image format to Png
generator.Save(dir + "output.png", BarCodeImageFormat.Png);
Hide Barcode Text from the PNG Label via C# Code
Aspose.BarCode for .NET allows you to customize various properties of barcodes, such as borders, color, type, bar height as well as barcode text. The following example shows, how simple it is to hide the barcode text using C#.
string codeText = "This text is hidden.\n" + "This text is hidden.\n";;
// instantiate barcode object and set CodeText, Symbology , and CodeLocation
BarcodeGenerator generator = new BarcodeGenerator(EncodeTypes.DataMatrix, codeText);
generator.Parameters.Barcode.CodeTextParameters.Location = CodeLocation.None;
generator.Save(dir + "output.png", BarCodeImageFormat.Png);
Recognize Barcode from File via C# Code
The following example demonstrates how to scan a picture of a barcode image using Aspose.BarCode
// Read file from directory with DecodeType.EAN13
using (BarCodeReader reader = new BarCodeReader(dataDir + "Scan.jpg", DecodeType.EAN13))
{
foreach (BarCodeResult result in reader.ReadBarCodes())
{
// Read symbology type and code text
Console.WriteLine("Symbology Type: " + result.CodeType);
Console.WriteLine("CodeText: " + result.CodeText);
}
}
