PostNet
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PostNet was developed by the United States Postal Service (USPS) for faster mail sorting and routing. Unlike most other bar codes where data is encoded in the width of the bars and spaces, PostNet encodes data in the height of the bars. PostNet bars have the same width but different heights.
Refer to the following topic for more details: Postnet.
Add the Bar Code to a Report
Drag the XRBarCode item from the DX.24.2: Report Controls tab and drop it onto the report.
Set the XRBarCode control’s Symbology property to PostNet (an object of the PostNetGenerator type).
Specify common barcode properties.
Runtime Example
The following code creates the PostNet barcode and specifies its properties.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting.BarCode;
using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
// ...
public XRBarCode CreatePostNetBarCode(string BarCodeText) {
// Create a barcode control.
XRBarCode barCode = new XRBarCode();
// Set the barcode's type to PostNet.
barCode.Symbology = new PostNetGenerator();
// Adjust the barcode's main properties.
barCode.Text = BarCodeText;
barCode.Width = 400;
barCode.Height = 100;
return barCode;
}
The code example below shows how to create a report with the PostNet barcode: