USPS Postnet Barcode Maker for .NET WinForms Projects

Generate and print Postnet barcode in .NET Windows Forms Applications using .NET Forms Barcode Control

• Create POSTNET barcodes in .NET Windows Forms projects
  
  
• Support C#, VB.NET, Managed C++ and Delphi for .NET
  
  
• Completely built in C#.NET, VB.NET
  
  
• Support high-quality GIF, BMP, PNG, JPEG/JPG & TIFF POSTNET barcode formats
  
  
• Support to rotate POSTNET barcodes into 0, 90, 180, 270 degrees
  
  
• Easy to integrated in Microsoft Visual Studio2005/2008/2010
  
  
• Automatically add checksum digit support
  
  
• Multiple barcode options are provided for customizing POSTNET size, color, and font, etc
  
  
• Human-readable text can be enabled or disabled
  
  
• Add option ShortTallRatio to set the proportion of the short bar to the tall one in POSTNET
  
  
• Mature & reliable barcode generating component
  
  
• Royalty free with the purchase of a Developer License
  

.NET POSTNET generator for Winforms is a flexible and robust barcode generating, which aims to generate and create POSTNET barcode in .NET Windows Forms applications in an easy way. It enables to integrate barcode generating component into Visual Studio2005/2008/2010. .NET 2.0/3.0/3.5 and later version are supported.

.NET POSTNET generator for Winforms are easy to draw high-quality POSTNET barcode images into GIF, BMP, PNG, JPEG/JPG & TIFF formats and other .NET Graphics, Stream & Bitmap objects. Rich barcode options are provides for you to customize barcode appearance and text related properties, such as barcode size, barcode foreground and background color, etc. Royalty-free developer license are provided with this generator.

POSTNET information: POSTNET, short for Postal Numeric Encoding Technique, is invented by United Stated Postal Service (USPS) to improve efficiency of mail sorting and mail routing. Like PLANET, it encodes data by heights and that is why all the bars in symbology are in the same width but in different heights. Each of those short and high bars represents a binary value, and 5 bars together make a single character. POSTNET barcode is constructed of a frame bar encoded as 1; 5, 9, or 11 characters properly encoded; a check digit and a final frame bar encoded as 1. The check digit in POSTNET barcode is always calculated on modulo 10. .NET POSTNET generator for Winforms encodes: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 According to POSTNET specification, this generator encodes 5, 6, 9, or 11 digits only, excluding the last checksum digit.

Development Environment

• Windows Forms Application (design-time and runtime support)
  
  
• Console Application (runtime support)
  
  
• Windows Service (runtime support)
  
  
• Class Library (runtime support)
  
  

Install and register .NET barcode generator control in .NET projects for Postnet barcode generation

• Download Avapose.com trial package and unzip
  
  
• Copy Avapose.Barcode.Encoder.WinForms.dll to your Winforms project folder
  (Do not copy .dll to .NET bin directory, Visual Studio will do so.)
  
  
• Add Avapose.Barcode.Encoder.WinForms.dll to your Winforms project reference
  
  
• Add Winforms Control to your Visual Studio Toolbox.
  
  

1. Right click .NET Visual Studio Toolbox, select menu Choose Items... 2. In "Choose Toolbox Items" form, click button "Browse...", and select dll     Avapose.Barcode.Encoder.WinForms.dll

Generate, print POSTNET barcodes with C# class BarCode barcode = new BarCode(); aa.Symbology = Symbology.Postnet; aa.Data = "75257"; aa.BarcodeImageWidth = 175; aa.BarcodeImageHeight = 50; aa.X =1; aa.Y = 80; aa.AutoResize = true; aa.draw("...\postnet_csharp.gif");

Generate, print POSTNET barcodes with VB.NET class Dim barcode As Avapose.Barcode.Encoder.ClassLibrary.BarCode = New Avapose.Barcode.Encoder.ClassLibrary.Barcode barcode.Symbology = Avapose.Barcode.Encoder.ClassLibrary.Symbology.Postnet barcode.Data = "65196" barcode.BarcodeImageWidth = 175 barcode.BarcodeImageHeight = 50 barcode.X = 1 barcode.Y = 60 barcode.AutoResize = True barcode.draw("...\postnet_vb.gif")

 

 

Category : Basic

Properties	Value		Comments
	Type	Default
Data	string	"128"	POSTNET Valid value to encode: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 According to POSTNET specification, this generator encodes 5, 6, 9, or 11 digits only, excluding the last checksum digit.
Symbology	Symbology	Code128Auto	Linear barcode symbology type. Set the value to Symbology.Postnet.
EnableCheckSum	bool	false	EnableCheckSum property is not applied here. .NET Barcode will automatically add one checksum character.

Category : POSTNET Special

Properties	Value		Comments
	Type	Default
ShortTallRatio	float	0.4f	Short bar vs tall bar (Y) ratio

Category : Barcode Size Related

Properties	Value		Comments
	Type	Default
AutoResize	bool	false	Set AutoResize property to true, the generated barcode image can be resized automatically.
UOM	UnitOfMeasure	Pixel	Unit of meature for all size related settings in the library. Valid values: UnitOfMeasure.Pixel UnitOfMeasure.Cm UnitOfMeasure.Inch
X	float	2	Bar module (narrow bar) width of barcode, default is 2 pixel
Y	float	75	Bar module height of barcode, default is 75 pixel
BarcodeImageWidth	float	0	Barcode image width. Be sure barcodeWidth setting is larger than the barcode required minimum width, otherwisethe library will automatically reset to barcode minimum width.
BarcodeImageHeight	float	0	Barcode image height. Be sure barcodeHeight setting is larger than the barcode required minimum height, otherwise the library will automatically reset to barcode minimum height.
MarginLeft	float	0	Left margin size of barcode image.
MarginRight	float	0	Right margin size of barcode image.
MarginTop	float	0	Top margin size of barcode image.
MarginBottom	float	0	Bottom margin size of barcode image.
DPI	int	72	Barcode image resolution in DPI (Dots per inch).
Angle	Angle	Degree0	Barcode image orientation can be rotated in this library. Valid values: Angle.Degree0 Angle.Degree90 Angle.Degree180 Angle.Degree270

Category : Barcode Colors

Properties		Value		Comments
		Type	Default
BackgroundColor		Color	white	Set BackgroundColor property to change background color of barcode image
ForegroundColor		Color	black	Set ForegroundColor property to change foreground color barcode image

Category : Font Style

Properties	Value		Comments
	Type	Default
ShowText	bool	true	True: show text under the barcode False: hide text under the barcode
TextFont	Font	new Font ("Arial",10pt, FontStyle.Regular)	Set TextFont property to change font style of barcode text
TextMargin	float	6	Set TextMargin property to change space between barcode and barcode data text, default is 6 pixel
ShowCheckSum Char	bool	true	True: show checksum digit character; False: hide checksum digit character.
TextColor	Color	black	Set TextColor property to change barcode text color

Category : Image Format

Properties	Value		Comments
	Type	Default
ImageFormat	Format	gif	Barcode image encoding type,including Jpeg, Png, Tiff, Bmp, Emf, Exif, Icon and Memory Bmp.

Methods

// create and draw to image file
public void draw(string filename)

// create, draw, paint barcode on Graphics object
public void draw(Graphics graphics)

// create, draw, paint barcode on Bitmap object
public Bitmap draw()

// create, draw, paint barcodeon Stream object
public void draw(Stream fileStream)

// create, draw, paint barcode on byte[] object
public byte[] drawOutputAsBytes()