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Planet Barcode Generator for ASP.NET Web Applications

Add USPS Planet barcodes in ASP.NET Applications using Barcode ASP.NET Server Control

ASP.NET Barcode Generator is easy to integrate into your ASP.NET applications to generate PLANET images.

  • Integrate in Web Applications in C#.NET, VB.NET, managed C++, and Borland Delphi for .NET;

  • Support Barcode image generation and streaming in Microsoft IIS using URL;

  • Add option ShortTallRatio to set the proportion of the short bar to the tall one in PLANET

  • Show human readable text with customizable Font, Color, and Margin Settings;

  • Equipped with more than 50 generation features on barcode size settings and color settings;

  • Reusable component in .NET Framework

PLANET Barcode Symbology Specification


  • Multiple Fixed Length


  • 11 or 13 digits encodable


  • 12 or 14 digits in total (with 1 auto check digit)


  • Character Set:

    • Digits:0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;

 


Intsall Barcode Server Control to ASP.NET applications and generate USPS Planet

  1. Download ASP.NET Barcode Trial and unzip

  2. Copy Avapose.Barcode.Encoder.ASPNET.dll to the project folder of your ASP.NET Web Application

    (The DLL will be copied to the bin directory automatically)

  3. Open you web project using Visual Studio

  4. Right Click in Toolbox Windows, select bar choose item…

  5. In Choose Toolbox Item Form, click Browse and find Avapose.Barcode.Encoder.ASPNET.dll

  6. Select .NET Framework Components BarCodeWeb

  7. Find Component BarCodeWeb in the Toolbox, drag and drop it in Components Tab

    (If there is no Components Tab in the Toolbox, add a new tab named Components)

  8. Drag and drop BarCodeWeb from Components Tab to the designer surface of your web project

  9. Click the BarCodeWeb on the designer surface, and view its properties by click Properties Window

  10. Find Property Symbology, and adjust its value to PLANET

  11. Redefine the value of Property Data according to the character you are going to encode in this PLANET image

  12. You can also change the value of other properties. See Property Settings information as follow

Generate USPS PLANET barcode in URL and IIS for ASP.NET applications

  1. Create file Directory barcode in Internet Information Services (IIS)

    • Download ASP.NET Barcode Trial and unzip, remember the directory of the unzipped folder

    • Find Administrative Tools in Control Panel, open Internet Information Services

    • Expand your local computer and then Web Sites

    • Right Click Default Web Site and New a file Directory

    • In file Directory Creation Wizard, name the file Directory as barcode, and browse to find folder barcode in the folder unzipped from ASP.NET Barcode Trial

  2. Preview barcode image using web browser
    • Restart Internet Information Services (IIS)

    • Open an web browser, and input below URL in the address bar of the browser

      For example, data to encode is "12345678901"

      http://YourDomain:Port/barcode/linear.aspx?DATA=12345678901&SYMBOLOGY=40

    • View the barcode image and adjust the URL according to your need
  3. Create barcode image in html or aspx pages
    • Open your web page with html editor

    • Add an image tag into the web page

      For example:

      <img src="http://YourDomain:Port /barcode/linear.aspx?DATA=12345678901&SYMBOLOGY=40" />

Planet Barcode Properties Setting using ASP.NET Barcode Server Control

Barcode Settings

Properties Value
Comments
Property URL Options Default
Data DATA (Data to encode in the PLANET) "128"

PLANET value to encode

PLANET Character Set:
  • Digits:0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;

SYMBOLOGY
SYMBOLOGY PLANET
Code128Auto

In ASP.NET, set the value to Symbology.PLANET
In IIS, set the value in URL to SYMBOLOGY=40

PLANET Special Settings

Properties Value
Comments
Property URL Options Default
ShortTallRatio
SHORT-TALL-RATIO
float
0.4
The proportion of the short bar to the tall one

PLANET Text Settings

Properties Value
Comments
Property URL Options Default
ShowText

SHOW-TEXT
True or False
True


Show text underneath the barcode

TextColor

TEXT-COLOR
Color
Black

Color of the shown text

TextFont
TEXT-FONT
Font
Arial, 10pt

The font, font style and font size of the text

TextMargin
TEXT-COLOR
float
6

The space between the text and the barcode symbol

PLANET Size Settings

Properties Value
Comments
Property URL Options Default
Angle

ANGLE
Degree0, 90, 180, 270
Degree0

Rotate the Angle of the PLANET images

AutoResize

AUTO-RESIZE
True or False
False

Auto resize the generated barcode image

BarcodeImageHeight
BARCODE-IMAGE-HEIGHT
float
0

Barcode image Height

BarcodeImageWidth
BARCODE-IMAGE-WIDTH
float
0

Barcode image Width

BottomMargin
BOTTOM-MARGIN
float
0

Barcode image bottom margin size
MarginLeft MARGINE-LEFT float 0


Barcode image left margin size

RightMargin RIGHT-MARGIN float 0

Barcode image right margin size.

TopMargin TOP-MARGIN float 0


Barcode image Top margin size
UOM
UOM
Pixel, Cm, or Inch
Pixel

Unit of Measure for all numeric properties
X X float 2

Width of barcode bar module (narrow bar), default is 2 pixel

Y Y float 75

Height of barcode bar module, default is 75 pixel

PLANET Color Settings

Properties Value
Comments
Property URL Options Default
BackgroundColor
BACK
-GROUND-COLOR
Color
white

Barcode image background color

ForegroundColor
FORE
GROUND-COLOR
Color
black
Barcode image foreground color

PLANET Image Settings

Properties Value
Comments
Property URL Options Default
DPI
DPI
float
72

Resolution of PLANET Image, Dots Per Inch

ImageFormat
IMAGE-FORMAT
Memory Bmp, Bmp, Emf, Wmf, Gif, Jpeg, Png, Tiff, Exif, or Icon
Gif
Barcode image format