Microsoft Visual C# .NET Integration Guide

IDAutomation provides a variety of solutions for integrating barcodes into Visual C# .NET with flexible license agreements such as Single User Licenses, Multi-User Licenses, and royalty-free Developer Licenses. Please review the integration chart below to determine the solution that best fits your needs.

Recommended Solution:
Integration Options Advantages and Disadvantages Barcode Types
Tutorial for Form Apps:
Create Graphic Barcode Images without Fonts in C# .NET
Product:

.NET Forms Controls
Developers
From $790
  • Created exclusively for .NET Windows Applications.
  • Includes VB.NET source code for the Barcode Image Generator.
  • DLLs provided are signed and time-stamped with VeriSign Authenticode Certificates.
Tutorial for Web Apps:
Generates graphic barcode images in Visual Studio
Product:

ASP.NET Web Server Controls
Developers
From $790
  • Created exclusively for ASP.NET Web Applications.
  • Compiled in C# DotNet for speed.
  • DLLs provided are signed and time-stamped with VeriSign Authenticode Certificates.

Additional Integration Options:

The following chart may be used to review additional options:

Integration Options Advantages and Disadvantages Barcode Types
Tutorial:
Creating barcodes with Self-Checking fonts
Product:
Code 39 and Codabar
Single Users
From $159
Developers

From $790
  • The easiest option when the specific barcode type is not important and the data consists of numbers and/or uppercase letters.
  • Data is easily formatted to the barcode font by appending asterisks to the beginning and end of the data being encoded.
  • No DLLs or source code are needed.
Tutorial:
Integrate barcodes into C# project without additional DLLs
Product:

Barcode Fonts and C# Class File
Developers

From $790
  • Supports many linear barcode types.
  • C# source code included with Developer License and above.
  • Methods in the class file and source code calculate the start, stop and check digits and return a character string that creates a readable barcode when used in conjunction with IDAutomation barcode fonts.
Tutorial:
Create barcodes with the Native Barcode DLL
Product:

Barcode Fonts or Universal Barcode Font and Native Windows DLL
Single Users
From $159
Developers

From $790
  • Supports many linear barcode types.
  • Methods in the Barcode DLL calculate the start, stop,  and check digits and return a character string that creates a readable barcode when used in conjunction with IDAutomation barcode fonts, including the Universal Barcode Font.
  • C++ source code for the Universal Barcode Font DLL may be provided with the purchase of a Developer License and a signed Source Code Agreement.
Product:
PDF417 Font or Data Matrix Font with the ActiveX or .NET Control Encoders Provided
Developers

From $1,790
  • Many different 2D barcode encoders are provided for a single symbology in the PDF417 and Data Matrix Font and Encoder packages, including 100% managed code .NET encoders.
  • Includes the applicable .NET Forms Control and ActiveX Barcode Control.
Product:
ActiveX Controls
Single Users
From $199
Developers

From $790
  • All DLLs provided are signed and time-stamped with VeriSign Authenticode Certificates.
  • May also be used in Access, Excel, InfoPath, VB, and many other applications.