UPC Shipping Container Symbol (ITF-14)

• Aug 01, 2018
• 2 minutes to read

Short Description

The UPC Shipping Container Symbol (ITF-14) bar code is used to mark packaging materials that contain products labeled with a UPC or EAN product identification number.

This bar code provides a GS1 implementation of an Interleaved 2 of 5 bar code for encoding a Global Trade Item Number (an identifier for trade items developed by GS1). This bar code always uses a total of 14 digits.

The thick black border around the symbol (the Bearer Bar) is intended to improve bar code reading reliability.

Bar Code Properties

The type of a bar code control’s Symbology property is ITF14Generator.

The following properties are specific to the ITF14Generator type.

• ITF14Generator.WideNarrowRatio

  Gets or sets the density of bars.

• BarCodeGeneratorBase.CalcCheckSum

  Specifies whether or not to calculate a checksum for the bar code.

Examples

The following code creates a UPC Shipping Container Symbol (ITF-14) bar code and specifies its main properties.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-add-a-bar-code-to-a-report-e167.

Form1.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting.BarCode;
using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
// ...
public XRBarCode CreateITF14BarCode(string BarCodeText) {
    // Create a bar code control.
    XRBarCode barCode = new XRBarCode();

    // Set the barcode's type to ITF-14.  
    barCode.Symbology = new ITF14Generator();

    // Adjust the bar code's main properties.
    barCode.Text = BarCodeText;
    barCode.Width = 350;
    barCode.Height = 100;

    // Adjust the properties specific to the bar code type.
    ((ITF14Generator)barCode.Symbology).CalcCheckSum = false;
    ((ITF14Generator)barCode.Symbology).WideNarrowRatio = 2.5f;

    return barCode;
}

Form1.vb

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Drawing.Printing
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting.BarCode
Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
' ...
Public Function CreateITF14BarCode(ByVal BarCodeText As String) As XRBarCode
    ' Create a bar code control.
    Dim barCode As New XRBarCode()

    ' Set the barcode's type to ITF-14.  
    barCode.Symbology = New ITF14Generator()

    ' Adjust the bar code's main properties.
    barCode.Text = BarCodeText
    barCode.Width = 350
    barCode.Height = 100

    ' Adjust the properties specific to the bar code type.
    CType(barCode.Symbology, ITF14Generator).CalcCheckSum = False
    CType(barCode.Symbology, ITF14Generator).WideNarrowRatio = 2.5F

    Return barCode
End Function

To add the XRBarCode to a report band, handle the report’s XRControl.BeforePrint event.

C#

using System.Drawing.Printing;
// ...

private void XtraReport1_BeforePrint(object sender, PrintEventArgs e) {
    this.Detail.Controls.Add(CreateITF14BarCode("012345678"));
}

VB.NET

Imports System.Drawing.Printing
' ...

Private Sub XtraReport1_BeforePrint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As PrintEventArgs)
    Me.Detail.Controls.Add(CreateITF14BarCode("012345678"))
End Sub