BarCode.Symbology Property

Gets or sets the bar code type (symbology).

Namespace: DevExpress.BarCodes

Assembly: DevExpress.Docs.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Document.Processor

Declaration

C#

public Symbology Symbology { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Symbology As Symbology

Property Value

Type	Description
Symbology	A Symbology enumeration member the specifies the current bar code type.

Available values:

Show 30 items

Name	Description	Example
Codabar	Codabar
Industrial2of5	Industrial 2 of 5
Interleaved2of5	Interleaved 2 of 5
Code39	Code 39 (USD-3)
Code39Extended	Code 39 Extended
Code93	Code 93
Code93Extended	Code 93 Extended
Code128	Code 128
Code11	Code 11 (USD-8)
CodeMSI	MSI - Plessey
PostNet	PostNet
EAN13	EAN 13
UPCA	UPC-A
EAN8	EAN 8
EAN128	EAN-128 (UCC)
UPCSupplemental2	UPC Supplemental 2
UPCSupplemental5	UPC Supplemental 5
UPCE0	UPC-E0
UPCE1	UPC-E1
Matrix2of5	Matrix 2 of 5
PDF417	PDF417
DataMatrix	Data Matrix (ECC200)
QRCode	QR Code
QRCodeGS1	GS1 - QR Code
QRCodeEPC	EPC QR Code
IntelligentMail	Intelligent Mail
DataMatrixGS1	GS1- Data Matrix
DataBar	GS1 DataBar
ITF14	GS1 DataBar
SSCC	Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC-18)

Remarks

Refer to the Bar Code Types document for a list of supported symbologies.

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

C#

using DevExpress.BarCodes;
//...

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", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.BarCodes
'...

Dim barCode As 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", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png)

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

asp-net-web-forms-grid-display-barcode-in-column/CS/ASPxGridViewBarCode/Default.aspx.cs#L25

BarCode barCode = new BarCode();
barCode.Symbology = Symbology.QRCode;
barCode.CodeText = parameter;

VB.NET

word-document-api-insert-inline-pictures/VB/InlinePictures/Program.vb#L40

Dim barCode As DevExpress.BarCodes.BarCode = New DevExpress.BarCodes.BarCode()
barCode.Symbology = DevExpress.BarCodes.Symbology.QRCode
barCode.CodeText = "http://www.devexpress.com"

asp-net-web-forms-grid-display-barcode-in-column/VB/ASPxGridViewBarCode/Default.aspx.vb#L28

Dim barCode As New BarCode()
barCode.Symbology = Symbology.QRCode
barCode.CodeText = parameter