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Writing Barcodes
  1. Start Visual Studio .NET.
  2. Start with the project that you created in Reading Bar Codes Tutorial
  3. Drag and drop two button in Form1. Change the following properties: Property Value: Name: btnWriteBarCode Text: Write BarCode
  4. Add the following code for the btnWriteBarCode control’s click procedure:

    Visual Basic

    
Private Sub btnWriteBarCode_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnWriteBarCode.Click
   Dim data(1) As String
   data(0) = "012345678901"
   Dim barWPDF As BarcodeWritePdf = New BarcodeWritePdf()
   Dim barWDM As BarcodeWriteDatamatrix = New BarcodeWriteDatamatrix()
   Dim barWQR As BarcodeWriteQr = New BarcodeWriteQr()
   Dim barColor As BarcodeColor = New BarcodeColor()
   Dim barData As BarcodeData = New BarcodeData()
   barData.Unit = BarcodeUnit.ScanlinesPerPixels
   barData.Location = New Rectangle(100, 100, 250, 150)
   barData.Data = BarcodeData.ConvertFromStringArray(data)
   Dim bar1d As Barcode1d = New Barcode1d()
   bar1d.ErrorCheck = True
   bar1d.OutShowText = True

   Try
      _barEngine.Write(_image, _
                       barData, _
                       barColor, _
                       BarcodeWriteFlags.None, _
                       bar1d, _
                       barWPDF, _
                       barWDM, _
                       barWQR, _
                       Rectangle.Empty)
      MessageBox.Show(Me, "Barcode is written")
   Catch ex As Exception
      MessageBox.Show(Me, ex.Message)
   End Try
End Sub

    C#

    
private void btnWriteBarCode_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   string [] barcodeData = new string[1];
   barcodeData[0] = "012345678901";
   BarcodeWritePdf barWPDF = new BarcodeWritePdf();
   BarcodeWriteDatamatrix barWDM = new BarcodeWriteDatamatrix();
   BarcodeWriteQr barWQR = new BarcodeWriteQr();
   BarcodeColor barColor = new BarcodeColor();
   BarcodeData barData = new BarcodeData();
   barData.Unit = BarcodeUnit.ScanlinesPerPixels;
   barData.Location = new Rectangle(100, 100, 250, 150);
   barData.Data = BarcodeData.ConvertFromStringArray(barcodeData);
   Barcode1d bar1d = new Barcode1d();
   bar1d.ErrorCheck = true;
   bar1d.OutShowText = true;

   try
   {
      _barEngine.Write(_image,
                       barData,
                       barColor,
                       BarcodeWriteFlags.None,
                       bar1d,
                       barWPDF,
                       barWDM,
                       barWQR,
                       Rectangle.Empty);
      MessageBox.Show(this, "Barcode is written");
   }
   catch (Exception ex)
   {
      MessageBox.Show(this, ex.Message);
   }
}