BarCodeControl.Symbology Property

Gets or sets the symbology (code type) for the bar code and the text.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[DXCategory("Behavior")]
[DefaultValue(BarCodeSymbology.Code128)]
[SmartTagProperty("Symbology", "", SmartTagActionType.RefreshBoundsAfterExecute)]
public BarCodeGeneratorBase Symbology { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DXCategory("Behavior")>
<DefaultValue(BarCodeSymbology.Code128)>
<SmartTagProperty("Symbology", "", SmartTagActionType.RefreshBoundsAfterExecute)>
Public Property Symbology As BarCodeGeneratorBase

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
BarCodeGeneratorBase	**Code128**	A BarCodeGeneratorBase class descendant that defines the symbology for the current BarCodeControl control.

Remarks

The symbology determines the bar code type including the set of allowed characters. Available bar code types are listed below.

1D Bar Codes

• Codabar
• Code 11 (USD-8)
• Code 39 (USD-3)
• Code 39 Extended
• Code 93
• Code 93 Extended
• Code 128
• EAN 8
• EAN 13
• GS1-128 - EAN-128 (UCC)
• GS1 - DataBar
• Industrial 2 of 5
• Intelligent Mail Package
• Interleaved 2 of 5
• Matrix 2 of 5
• MSI - Plessey
• PostNet
• UPC Shipping Container Symbol (ITF-14)
• UPC Supplemental 2
• UPC Supplemental 5
• UPC-A
• UPC-E0
• UPC-E1

2D Bar Codes

• ECC200 - Data Matrix
• GS1- Data Matrix
• Intelligent Mail
• PDF417
• QR Code

Example

This example illustrates how to use BarCodeControl to display a QR code.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraPrinting.BarCode;
using DevExpress.XtraEditors;

BarCodeControl barCodeControl1 = new BarCodeControl();
barCodeControl1.Parent = this;
barCodeControl1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(150, 150);
barCodeControl1.AutoModule = true;
barCodeControl1.Text = "1234567890";
QRCodeGenerator symb = new QRCodeGenerator();
barCodeControl1.Symbology = symb;

// Adjust the QR barcode's specific properties.
symb.CompactionMode = QRCodeCompactionMode.AlphaNumeric;
symb.ErrorCorrectionLevel = QRCodeErrorCorrectionLevel.H;
symb.Version = QRCodeVersion.AutoVersion;

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting.BarCode
Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors

Dim barCodeControl1 As BarCodeControl = New BarCodeControl()
barCodeControl1.Parent = Me
barCodeControl1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(150, 150)
barCodeControl1.AutoModule = True
barCodeControl1.Text = "1234567890"
Dim symb As QRCodeGenerator = New QRCodeGenerator()
barCodeControl1.Symbology = symb

' Adjust the QR barcode's specific properties.
symb.CompactionMode = QRCodeCompactionMode.AlphaNumeric
symb.ErrorCorrectionLevel = QRCodeErrorCorrectionLevel.H
symb.Version = QRCodeVersion.AutoVersion

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the Symbology property.

Note

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C#

how-to-get-all-barcodes-at-runtime-e4293/CS/BarCode/Form1.cs#L30

private void radioGroup1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    barCodeControl1.Symbology = BarCodeGeneratorFactory.Create((BarCodeSymbology)radioGroup1.EditValue);
}

Reporting_how-to-generate-a-report-with-a-dynamic-watermark-dependable-on-the-processed-page-t178332/CS/XtraReport1.cs#L43

DevExpress.XtraPrinting.BarCode.Code93ExtendedGenerator symb = new DevExpress.XtraPrinting.BarCode.Code93ExtendedGenerator();
bcc.Symbology = symb;

VB.NET

how-to-get-all-barcodes-at-runtime-e4293/VB/BarCode/Form1.vb#L32

Private Sub radioGroup1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles radioGroup1.SelectedIndexChanged
    barCodeControl1.Symbology = BarCodeGeneratorFactory.Create(CType(radioGroup1.EditValue, BarCodeSymbology))
End Sub

Reporting_how-to-generate-a-report-with-a-dynamic-watermark-dependable-on-the-processed-page-t178332/VB/XtraReport1.vb#L38

Dim symb As New DevExpress.XtraPrinting.BarCode.Code93ExtendedGenerator()
bcc.Symbology = symb