Sax Barcodes - Render EAN13 barcodes that follow industry standard specifications in C# and VB.NET using VIsual Studio 2005 and 2008

100% Standards Compliant

CommStudio provides a 100% accurate implementation of industry-standard barcode specifications.

Bar codes generated by CommStudio are completely device independent and can work in any resolution on a wide variety of printers. CommStudio supports all popular linear and 2D barcode encodings:

PDF 417	DataMatrix	Codabar	Code 39 and 93	Code 128
EAN 8 and 13	Interleaved 2 of 5	MSI Plessey	PostNet	UPC A and E

EAN 13 Barcodes

EAN-13 is mainly used in the European retail industry. EAN is an acronym for European Article Number.

It has one digit more than UPC-A, which is used mainly in the United States. EAN-13 allows the encoding of 12 digits with one check digit.

C# Sample Code

void DrawEan13(string text, Graphics g, Rectangle rect)
{
  Barcode bc = new CommStudio.Barcodes.Barcode(BarcodeStyle.Ean13);
  bc.DisplayCaption = true;
  bc.Render(text, g, rect);   
}

VB.NET Sample Code

Sub DrawEan13(text As String, g As Graphics, rect As Rectangle)
  Dim bc As New CommStudio.Barcodes.Barcode(BarcodeStyle.Ean13)
  bc.DisplayCaption = True
  bc.Render(text, g, rect)
End Sub