.NET Barcode for (.NET Barcode Generator supports Linear, PDF417, Data Matrix and QR-Code)

.NET Barcode Generator in C# > C#.NET Windows Control Library Project Template Barcode Generation > Generate Codabar using Windows Control Library Project Template in C#

.NET Barcode Generator, create Codabar in C#.NET

Create Codabar images using C# Windows Control Library Project Template

Windows Control Library Project Template

Provide multiple functionality integration besides Codabar generation functionality in custom control
Quick and easy to be downloaded, unzipped, and installed in Visual Studio 2005 or higher
Create Extended Control to print Codabar
Author Composite Control to Generate Codabar
Compatible with ISO / IEC 18004 (2nd edition 2006-09-01)
Flexible control properties to set by modifying default value

Project Template called Windows Control Library is provided to developers in Visual Studio. Windows Control Library is brought in by Microsoft to implement Control Customization.

Extended Control to print Codabar

If most of the functionality required in your task is already identical to .NET Codabar Generator Control, you can simply create your own control that prints Codabar by extending Onbarcode .NET Codabar Generator Control. The new control created by you is called Extended Control, and .NET Codabar Generator Control is the base control of the extended Control.

The Extended Control encapsulates the functionality of .NET Codabar Generator Control. You could make your own choice on whether to change the graphical user interface of the base control according to your task requirement. You can make your own user interface design and modification as your want.

The Extended Control retains the High Quality Codabar Generation from .NET Codabar Generator Control.

Composite Control to Generate Codabar

If you want to combine the functionality of multiple Windows Forms controls including .NET Codabar Generator into a single control, you'd better create a Composite Control by encapsulating the collection of controls.

The common container is known as user control while these controls with target functionality are called constituent controls.

The composite Control inherits the High Quality Codabar Generation from .NET Codabar Generator Control, while it could also inherit functionality from other existing controls shipped by Visual Studio or installed on .NET framework.

Codabar

Codabar Background information

Codabar is a barcode symbology which is linear. It was invented in 1972 by Pitney Bowes Corp. Codabar also has other well-known names such as Code 2 of 7, Ames Code, Codeabar, Monarch, NW-7, Rationalized Codabar, ANSI/AIM BC3-1995 and USD-4. Till now, Codabar has not officially been signed up for American trademark status, yet Code-a-bar which is its variant is a widely recognized trademark.

Codabar History

Originally, it was designed to be read precisely even when printed on dot-matrix printers for various forms that have blood bank and FedEx airbills forms. There is even a possibility of printing Codabar codes by using impact printers, which are typewriters-like. Despite the fact that newly updated symbologies include more information in a fairly smaller space, Codabar has a huge installed base in libraries. Besides, it can help create plenty of codes with subsequent numbers, in which process no digital equipment has to be used. For instance, in mechanical mile counters, the printer's stamp is automatically moved on to the next number when each code is done being printed.

Codabar Encoding

That the body of a Codabar string may only encode the numerals 0 through 9 depends on the special criterion. The symbols such as dollar, dash, plus sign, colon, slash, and dot are also allowed by some variants. As Codabar is self-checking, a check digit is not defined by most standards. Nevertheless, a particular check digit is required by the variants of Codabar when they are used in public and in commercials.

Codabar Specifications

In many specifications, some alphabet characters like A, M, N, T, are usually used in matching pairs so that they can represent the beginning and the end of the barcode. However, this phenomenon can never be seen in the body of a Codabar string.