Using the barcode library
This section depends on the library you want to use in Genero. In our tutorial, we create one function called buildImage. This is the C# implementation:
buildImage( type : String, code : String) :
byte[]
Linear barcode = new Linear();
barcode.Data = code;
barcode.Type = GetBarcodeBuilderType(type);
barcode.AddCheckSum = true;
// save barcode image into your system
barcode.ShowText = true;
byte[] ret = barcode.drawBarcodeAsBytes();
if (ret != null) return ret;
else return null;
You will also need to convert the type of a code bar to the right type as expected by the library. Therefore, you will need this function.
private BarcodeType GetBarcodeBuilderType(String str)
{
if (str.Equals("CODABAR")) {
return BarcodeType.CODABAR;
} else if (str.Equals("CODE11")) {
return BarcodeType.CODE11;
} else if (str.Equals("CODE128")) {
return BarcodeType.CODE128;
} else if (str.Equals("CODE128A")) {
return BarcodeType.CODE128A;
} else if (str.Equals("CODE128B")) {
return BarcodeType.CODE128B;
} else if (str.Equals("CODE128C")) {
return BarcodeType.CODE128C;
} else if (str.Equals("CODE2OF5")) {
return BarcodeType.CODE2OF5;
} else if (str.Equals("CODE39")) {
return BarcodeType.CODE39;
} else if (str.Equals("CODE39EX")) {
return BarcodeType.CODE39EX;
} else if (str.Equals("CODE93")) {
return BarcodeType.CODE93;
} else if (str.Equals("EAN13")) {
return BarcodeType.EAN13;
} else if (str.Equals("EAN13_2")) {
return BarcodeType.EAN13_2;
} else if (str.Equals("EAN13_5")) {
return BarcodeType.EAN13_5;
} else if (str.Equals("EAN8")) {
return BarcodeType.EAN8;
} else if (str.Equals("EAN8_2")) {
return BarcodeType.EAN8_2;
} else if (str.Equals("EAN8_5")) {
return BarcodeType.EAN8_5;
} else if (str.Equals("INTERLEAVED25")) {
return BarcodeType.INTERLEAVED25;
} else if (str.Equals("ITF14")) {
return BarcodeType.ITF14;
} else if (str.Equals("ONECODE")) {
return BarcodeType.ONECODE;
} else if (str.Equals("PLANET")) {
return BarcodeType.PLANET;
} else if (str.Equals("POSTNET")) {
return BarcodeType.POSTNET;
} else if (str.Equals("RM4SCC")) {
return BarcodeType.RM4SCC;
} else if (str.Equals("UPCA")) {
return BarcodeType.UPCA;
} else if (str.Equals("UPCE")) {
return BarcodeType.UPCE;
} else {
throw new Exception();
}
}