DataMatrixGS1Generator.CompactionMode Property

Specifies whether textual information or a byte array should be used as the bar code’s data, as well as its encoding.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting.BarCode

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Printing.Core

Declaration

C#

[Browsable(false)]
public override DataMatrixCompactionMode CompactionMode { get; set; }

VB.NET

<Browsable(False)>
Public Overrides Property CompactionMode As DataMatrixCompactionMode

Property Value

Type	Description
DataMatrixCompactionMode	A DataMatrixCompactionMode enumeration value.

Available values:

Name	Description
ASCII	Data is encoded into text using the ASCII standard, which uses 4 bits (for double digits), 8 bits (for ASCII 0-127 symbols), or 16 bits (for ASCII 128-255 symbols).
C40	Data is encoded into text using the C40 standard, which uses 5.33 bits (for upper register characters and digits) or 10.66 bits (for lower register and special characters) per symbol.
Text	Data is encoded into text, which uses 5.33 bits (for upper register characters and digits) or 10.66 bits (for lower register and special characters) per symbol.
X12	Data is encoded into text using the X12 standard, which uses 5.33 bits (for upper register characters, digits and the three standard ANSI X12 terminator and separator characters) or 10.66 bits (for lower register and special characters) per symbol.
Edifact	Data is encoded into text using the EDIFACT standard, which uses 6 bits per symbol.
Binary	Data is encoded into a binary array, using 8 bits per symbol.

Remarks

If the CompactionMode is set to Binary, the bar code’s data is obtained from the XRBarCode.BinaryData property.

Otherwise, the bar code’s data is obtained from the XRBarCode.Text property, and textual information is encoded using the ISO 8859-1 character set.

For more information, see GS1- Data Matrix.