Native barcode generator for Crystal reports

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Hi all,

I have a requirement where in i have to design reports containing 2D barcodes…

I fount out that i need to buy a software called Native barcode generator for CR by IDautomation.

Now, b4 i purchase, I would like to know.

  1. Is there a way I can get do the 2D barcode for free (or) What are the other place where I can get similar software.

  2. If there is no chance of getting it done by free then is there any other site (Other than ID Automation) which offers the similar product for a lesser price? (IDautomation is charging 2700$ for the unlimited license version)…

If any one has any information, please do share it with me…Any help is greatyly appreciated…

Thanks,
Akkans

akkans (BOB member since 2010-06-17)

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I dont’ know much about barcodes and so this might not be the same thing but in in Crystal Reports 2008 you can natively convert fields into barcode formats. See the attached screenshot direct from CR 2008.
barcodes.GIF

chesl73 (BOB member since 2008-05-15)

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well, if the charges is your main concern, then I think you should try some barcode generator for CR from some relatively smaller companies, like BL, OB. And till now, I have not found any free versions, maybe you can go to

http://www.devasp.net

to see whether there are some articles offering sample C# or VB.NET codes.

If you find some free one, please let me know, thank you.

tonybrooks (BOB member since 2013-03-25)

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Depending on your needs you can use this font

kbrazell :us: (BOB member since 2003-08-19)

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Here is a sample code for creating QR Code in VB.NET:
Imports OnBarcode.Barcode

Dim barcode As QRCode = New QRCode

'QRCode Barcode Basic Settings

'QRCode Valid data char set:
'numeric data (digits 0 - 9);
'alphanumeric data (digits 0 - 9; upper case letters A -Z;
'nine other characters: space, $ % * + - . / : );
'byte data (default: ISO/IEC 8859-1);
'Kanji(characters)
barcode.Data = “112233445566”

barcode.DataMode = QRCodeDataMode.Auto
barcode.Version = QRCodeVersion.V1
barcode.ECL = QRCodeECL.L

'Set the ProcessTilde property to true,if you want use the tilde character “~”
'to specify special characters in the input data. Default is false.

'1) 1-byte character: ~0dd/~1dd/~2dd (character value from 000 ~ 255);
’ ASCII character ‘~’ is presented by ~126;
’ Strings from “~256” to “~299” are unused
’ modified to FS, GS, RS and US respectively.
'2) 2-byte character (Unicode): ~6ddddd (character value from 00000 ~ 65535)
’ Strings from “~665536” to “~699999” are unused
'3) for GS1 AI Code:
’ ~ai2: AI with 2 digits
’ ~ai3: AI with 3 digits
’ ~ai4: AI with 4 digits
’ ~ai5: AI with 5 digits
’ ~ai6: AI with 6 digits
’ ~ai7: AI with 7 digits
'4) ECI: ~7dddddd (valid value of dddddd from 000000 to 999999)
'5) SJIS: from ~9ddddd (Shift JIS 0x8140 ~ 0x9FFC and 0xE040 ~ 0xEBBF)
barcode.ProcessTilde = True

’ Barcode Size Related Settings
barcode.UOM = UnitOfMeasure.PIXEL
barcode.X = 3
barcode.LeftMargin = 0
barcode.RightMargin = 0
barcode.TopMargin = 0
barcode.BottomMargin = 0
barcode.Resolution = 96
barcode.Rotate = Rotate.Rotate0

’ Image format setting
barcode.ImageFormat = System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Gif()
barcode.drawBarcode(“c://qr-code.gif”)

bigmanye (BOB member since 2013-07-01)

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Thanks for sharing. Right now I am using a tool to create PDF417 barcode VB.NET from the site you suggested. But I have a question. I can not encode the data in my file into the barcode. Did I choose a wrong barcode type? Can you tell me what kind of data can PDF417 barcode encode? Thanks. I have read the barcode data encoding guide in VB.NET on the site. However, it did not solve my problem.

blackbird (BOB member since 2013-07-17)

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Thank you so much for recommending http://www.devasp.net , I find free source code for barcode generation using VB.NET

[b]http://www.devasp.net/net/articles/display/742.html[/b]

hongdida (BOB member since 2013-06-13)

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You’d better start a new topic for your problem if you want to receive a better solution. And it is not good to hijack the original post. :wink:

ronniepi (BOB member since 2013-04-12)

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Did you get any information about the free code for barcode generator? You seem to know a bit about barcode, could you guide me a direction on how to generate pdf417 barcode from vb.net ?

xiaoyuandlg (BOB member since 2014-07-01)

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I have a crystal report that I have to add a Bar Code to. I have downloaded some free and demo TrueType fonts pdf417, Code 128 and UPC from various sources. When I print out the report I can see the bar code but it will not scan with my scanner(the scanner works as I have tested it on multiple other bar codes). Do I need to use something special with Crystal Reports to create a bar code that a scanner can read?

bobbell (BOB member since 2015-02-27)