Getting Started

System Requirements

For developing applications with Neodynamic Barcode Professional for WPF, you must have the following system and software specifications:

  • .NET Framework 3.5 or greater with its latest service pack.

What's in the box?

Barcode Professional for WPF features two main classes BarcodeBuilder and BarcodeProfessional.

BarcodeBuilder

BarcodeBuilder is a lightweight .NET class intended to be used in WPF applications for barcode generation. It does not provide design-time support in Microsoft Visual Studio as BarcodeProfessional class does.

BarcodeProfessional

BarcodeProfessional is a WPF FrameworkElement-derived class intended to be directly used in a WPF Window or Page. BarcodeProfessional provides full design-time support in Microsoft Visual Studio. Refer to Configuring Barcode Professional for WPF in Visual Studio

Both classes feature a rich object model for barcode generation including class methods for:

  • Getting the barcode as a WPF DrawingVisual object (useful for WPF native printing and XML Paper Specification-XPS integration)
  • Getting the barcode as a byte array (useful for DB storing as well as Web Service scenarios)
  • Getting the as a WPF ImageSource object (useful for displaying it in a WPF Image control)
  • Saving the generated barcode in raster image formats such as JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, and WMP supporting DPI setting, Monochrome, Compression Quality, etc.

Visual Studio Configuration

  • Launch Visual Studio
  • Create a new WPF Application project.
  • Open the Toolbox, right-click on it and select Choose Items
  • Select the .NET Framework Components tab. You will find the Neodynamic.WPF.BarcodeProfessional assembly listed.
    • If you cannot find it...
    • Click on Browse button, and navigate to the folder you installed it to.
    • Browse to the Bin folder.
    • Select Neodynamic.WPF.BarcodeProfessional.dll from that dialog, and click on Open.
    • Click on OK button.
  • Double-click on Barcode Professional assembly to select it, then click on OK.
  • The Barcode Professional control should now appear in the Toolbox.

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