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BarCode.Save(String, DXImageFormat) Method

Saves the barcode image to a file in the specified format.

Namespace: DevExpress.BarCodes

Assembly: DevExpress.Docs.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Document.Processor

#Declaration

public void Save(
    string fileName,
    DXImageFormat format
)

#Parameters

Name Type Description
fileName String

The file name to which to save the image.

format DXImageFormat

Ab enumeration member that indicates the image format.

#Remarks

Use the Save method overloads to export a barcode to an image file. Static properties of the DXImageFormat class allow you to specify an output image format. To save a barcode as a vector image, pass the ImageFormat.Emf parameter to the method.

The example below shows how to create a QR code and save it as an image.

using DevExpress.BarCodes;
using DevExpress.Drawing;
//...

BarCode barCode = new BarCode();
barCode.Symbology = Symbology.QRCode;
barCode.CodeText = "https://www.devexpress.com/";
barCode.BackColor = Color.White;
barCode.ForeColor = Color.Black;
barCode.RotationAngle = 0;
barCode.CodeBinaryData = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(barCode.CodeText);
barCode.Options.QRCode.CompactionMode = QRCodeCompactionMode.Byte;
barCode.Options.QRCode.ErrorLevel = QRCodeErrorLevel.Q;
barCode.Options.QRCode.ShowCodeText = false;
barCode.DpiX = 72;
barCode.DpiY = 72;
barCode.Module = 2f;

barCode.Save("BarCodeImage.png", DXImageFormat.Png);
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