Getting Started

System Requirements

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

  • .NET Framework 2.0+
  • .NET Core 3.1+

Visual Studio Configuration

  • Launch Visual Studio
  • Create a new Windows Forms Application project.
  • Open the Toolbox, right-click on it and select Choose Items
  • Select the .NET Framework Components tab. You will find the Neodynamic.WinControls.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\For .NET or Bin\For .NET Core folder.
    • Select Neodynamic.WinControls.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.

First Steps with Barcode Professional for Windows Forms

Barcode Professional for Windows Forms can be used in Visual Studio IDE for adding high quality barcode generation and printing support to your .NET Application. Basically, when you need barcode features in an application, you must to know what Barcode Symbology you need to generate as well as what data will be encoded into the barcode. Both information needs to be specified to Barcode Professional through the Symbology and Code properties respectively.

Barcode Application Sample

Suppose you need to encode a Code 128 barcode based on the data entered by a user into a TextBox.

Follows these steps:

  • Open Visual Studio and create a new Windows Forms project using your preferred .NET language VB or C#.

  • Drag a TextBox, a Button and a BarcodeProfessional control from VS toolbox onto the Form.

Step 1

  • Setting up the Barcode Symbology. Select the barcode control onto the Form and then look for Symbology property. Pick the Code128 barcode from the list.

Step 2

  • Specifying the value to encode. Double-click on the Button control and add this code inside Click event.
Me.BarcodeProfessional1.Code = Me.TextBox1.Text

this.BarcodeProfessional1.Code = this.TextBox1.Text;
  • That's it. Just hit F5 to run your app. Then enter any text and clicking on the button, the barcode will be generated for such specified data.

Step 3

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