• Easily encode data information in Codabar symbol with Visual Basic in your .NET projects
  • Apply to encode data for Codabar with Visual Basic in .NET 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0
  • Three measurements support in pixel, inch, cm for Codabar barcode symbol
  • Codabar symbol margins can be adjusted, including top, bottom, left, and right margins
  • Complete adjustable wide bar to narrow bar ratio for Codabar barcode
  • Efficiently Codabar creating with X, Y dimension and barcode width& height configured
  • Reliable Codabar barcode drawing dll with royalty-free and perpetual developer license
VB.NET Codabar Encoder Integration
  1. Download the VB.NET barcode component from BusinessRefinery.com
  2. Unzip the VB.NET barcode component package
  3. Integrate BusinessRefinery.Barcode.Win.dll or BusinessRefinery.Barcode.Web.dll to your .NET project reference
  4. Add .NET Barcode Encoder .NET Windows Control Library to Visual Studio Toolbox
  • Right click your Visual Studio Toolbox, and select menu Choose Items...
  • In "Choose Toolbox Items" form, click button "Browse..."
  • Select BusinessRefinery.Barcode.Win.dll or BusinessRefinery.Barcode.Web.dll
Encoding Valid Characters for Codabar in VB.NET
Codabar is also known as Codeabar, Ames Code, NW-7, Monarch, Code 2 of 7, Rationalized Codabar, ANSI/AIM BC3-1995 or USD-4. It is a linear barcode symbology designed for accurately decoding in case of being printed on dot-matrix printers. Codabar is still used in libraries, blood banks, and many other information processing applications.

Codabar is an alpha-numeric barcode symbol with variable data length encoded. It is capable of encoding numeric 0 to 9, and some special characters like: -, $, :, /, ., +..


(a) Codabar Valid Character Set

Numeric digits: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0
Special Characters: -, $, :, /, ., +
Pairs start/stop characters: A or T, B or N, C or *, D or E

(b) Encoding data for Codabar in Visual Basic .NET

Dim barcode As BusinessRefinery.Barcode.Linear barcode
= New BusinessRefinery.Barcode.Linear()
barcode.Symbology = BusinessRefinery.Barcode.Symbology.Codabar
barcode.Code = "0123456789"
barcode.drawBarcode2ImageFile("C://Codabar.gif")





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