Codabar was developed in 1972 by
Pitney Bowes, Inc. It is a discrete, self-checking symbology that may encode 16
different characters, plus an additional four start/stop characters.
This symbology is used by U.S. blood banks, photo labs, and on FedEx airbills.
Since Codabar is self-checking, there is no established checksum digit. This
symbology starts and finishes with one of four possible characters A, B, C, or
D.
Sample of a Codabar Barcode
In order to get a Codabar barcode image, please follow these
steps:
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Set the Symbology property to Codabar
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Set the AddChecksum property to False
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Set the CodabarStartChar and CodabarStopChar properties
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Setting up dimensions and quiet zones:
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Set the BarWidth and BarHeight properties (Values are expressed
in Inches)
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Set the QuietZoneWidth property (Value is expressed in Inches)
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Set the TopMargin and BottomMargin properties (Values are
expressed in Inches)
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Set the Code property with the value to encode.
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Codabar utilizes A, B, C, or D characters as Start & Stop symbols and
they are shown in the human readable text of a barcode image. You can rid of
those characters from the human readable text by setting up the DisplayStartStopChar
property to False
