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QRCodeSymbology.CompactionMode Property

Gets or sets whether numeric, alphanumeric or byte mode should be used to encode the barcode’s data.

Namespace: DevExpress.WinUI.Controls

Assembly: DevExpress.WinUI.BarCode.v22.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.WinUI

Declaration

[DP(QRCodeCompactionMode.AlphaNumeric, Handler = "CompactionModePropertyChanged")]
[TypeConverter(typeof(XamlEnumTypeConverter<QRCodeCompactionMode>))]
public QRCodeCompactionMode CompactionMode { get; set; }

Property Value

Type Description
DevExpress.WinUI.Controls.Internal.QRCodeCompactionMode

Specifies whether to use to encode the barcode’s data: text or binary.

Remarks

Available values:

Name Description
Numeric Numeric data is encoded. Max. 7,089 characters.
AlphaNumeric A combination of alphabetic and numeric characters is encoded. Max. 4,296 characters.
Byte Binary data is encoded. Max. 2,953 bytes.

If the data encoded in text mode contains invalid characters for QRCode, switch to byte mode to interpret the data as a sequence of bytes and use this sequence to encode the barcode.

Set the barcode’s CompactionMode property to Byte to enable byte mode.

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