1. IronBarcode
2. Features

IronBarcode Features

IronBarcode is a .NET library allowing developers to read and generate barcodes. This leading .NET barcode library supports a wide range of 1D and 2D barcodes including decorated (colored and branded) QR codes.

Compatibility

.NET Languages

• C# (Tutorial)
  • Read and write barcodes in C#
• VB.NET
  • Read and write barcodes in VB.NET
• F#
  • Read and write barcodes in F#

Platforms

• .NET 8, 7, 6 & 5
  • IronBarcode is compatible with .NET 8, 7, 6 & 5.
• .NET Core 3x & 2x
  • IronBarcode is compatible with .NET Core 3x & 2x.
  • The current .NET Core release supports Linux, Unix and macOS client operating systems as well as Mono.
  • A future release will support Mono and Xamarin mobile environments.
• .NET Standard 2x
  • IronBarcode is compatible with .NET Standard 2.0 and upwards.
• .NET Framework 4.6.2+
  • IronBarcode is compatible with .NET Framework 4.6.2 and upwards.

App Types

• Console, Web, & Desktop
  • Create apps for console, web and desktop utilizing IronBarcode.

OS

• Microsoft Windows (Tutorial)
  • Create any application on Windows.
• macOS (How-To)
  • Create any application on macOS.
• Linux (How-To)
  • Create any application on Linux using Debian, CestOS, Ubuntu.
• Docker (How-To)
  • Create any application on Docker using Windows, Linux or Azure.
• Azure (How-To)
  • Create any application on Azure using VPS, Webapps, Websites, Functions.
• AWS
  • Create any application on AWS using EC2 or Lambda.

IDEs

• Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Create any application using Microsoft Visual Studio.
  • Create any application using IronBarcode with Blazor. (How-To)
• Jetbrains ReSharper & Rider

Barcode Formats

QR & 2D Matrix

• QR Code
• Styled QR Code
• Aztec

• Data Matrix

• MaxiCode (Read Only)
  • UPS Barcode
• USPS Intelligent Mail Barcode (Read Only)
  • IMB
  • USPS OneCode Barcodes

Modern Linear Barcodes

• Code 39
• Code 128
• GS1-128
  • The GS1-128 is a variant of Code 128, which can encode all ASCII alphanumeric characters in a barcode format. GS1-128 defines both data types and formats that are used for exchange and logistics between entities. Food companies use this barcoding format to share company, product, and shipping information.
• PDF417
• RSS14 (Reduce Space Symbology 14) (Read Only)
  • Support for stacked linear rendering.
• RSS Expanded (Read Only)
  • Databar
  • GS1 Databar

Older Linear Barcodes

• UPC-A
• UPC-E
• EAN-8
• EAN-13
• CodaBar
• ITF (Interleaved Two of Five)

• MSI

• Plessey (Write Only)

Reading Barcode

Read Many Data Formats

Code Example | API Reference

• Images (How-To)
  • Supports barcode reading from JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, BMP, TIFF and GIF image formats.
• Multipage Images (How-To)
  • Read one or many frames from within multi-page GIF and TIFF image formats.
• IronDrawing (How-To)
  • Supports IronSoftware.System.Drawing.
• System.Drawing Objects (How-To)
  • Supports System.Drawing.Image.
  • Supports System.Drawing.Bitmap.
• Streams (How-To)
  • Supports System.IO.Stream.
• PDF (How-To)
  • Read Barcodes from PDF documents on single, multiple or all pages.

Set Accuracy & Performance

Code Example | (API Reference

• Single/Multi Barcode Reading (How-To)
  • Specify the reader to scan once, many or all barcode formats for greater accuracy and performance.
• Specify Crop Regions (How-To)
  • Choose to specify crop areas within scanned document regions to increase accuracy and efficiency.
• Set Output Format (How-To)
  • BarcodeResult image objects (API Reference) can be disabled to further increase performance.
• Multithreading Support (How-To)
  • Automatically manages multithreading for batch barcode scanning and also for reading multiple pages within multi-frame TIFFs, GIFs and PDFs.

Image Correction Filters

How-To | Code Example

• Adaptive Threshold (API Reference)
  • Applies Bradley Adpative Threshold algorithm.
• Binary Threshold (API Reference)
  • Applies binarization to the image by splitting the pixels.
• Brightness (API Reference)
  • Adjusts image brightness.
• Contrast (API Reference)
  • Adjusts image contrast.
• Invert (API Reference)
  • Inverts the colors of the image.
• Sharpen (API Reference)
  • Applies Gaussian sharpening to the image.

Output Data Formats

How-To

You can create a barcode with texts, numbers or binary data. All characters in the Unicode standard UTF-8 are supported.

Writing Barcode

Write To Document Types

Code Example | API Reference

• Image (How-To)
  • Save as Image Files JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, BMP, TIFF and GIF image formats.
• System.Drawing Objects
  • Save to System.Drawing.Image.
  • Save to System.Drawing.Bitmap.
• Streams (How-To)
  • Save as Image Streams.
  • Save to System.IO.Stream.
• HTML (How-To)
  • Save to a DataURI for inline embedding in HTML.
  • Save as an HTML file.
  • Save to a complete HTML img tag with the full barcode image embedded.
• PDF (How-To)
  • Save as PDF file, PDF stream or PDF binary data.
• Existing PDF (How-To)
  • Stamp or annotate onto a set position within an Existing PDF.

Encoding Barcode Data

How-To

Encodes text, URLs, binary data (byte [], streams) and numbers depending on format support.

Checking Fault Tolerance

How-To

• Null Check
  • Null checking catches the error earlier.
• Checksums
  • Automatic checking, correction addition of checksums such as GTIN checksums for UPC-A and UPC-E barcodes.
• Format Aware
  • Aware of format lengths and wilh zero pad numbers to ensure valid barcodes are generated.
• Detailed Error messages
  • A detailed Exception model comprising of 7 custom exception types that guide developers to solve critical issues giving detailed error messages.
• Custom QR Error Correction
  • Custom QR Error Correction settings allowing barcodes to become faster to read and more fault tolerant.

Styling Barcodes

How-To | Code Example | API Reference

GeneratedBarcode class allows for inline barcode styling including:

• Resizing
  • Resizing while automatically keeping valid barcode proportions.
• Margins & Borders
  • Add margins and borders.
  • Check final image dimensions.
• Recoloring
  • Recoloring barcodes and their backgrounds.
  • Verify barcodes are readable after styling using a single method call.
• Add Text Annotations
  • Add text annotations or print the barcode values automatically above or below any barcode using any installed typeface.
  • Features automatic text sizing and positioning.
• Add Logos to QR Codes (How-To)
  • Add Logos to QR codes with automatic "snap to QR grid" image alignment.
  • Support for colored QR codes.