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EAN 8 Bar Code Generator Software
Generating & Making EAN 8 Bar Code Labels on Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7
- Easily generate EAN-8 barcodes in Windows operating systems
- Easy setup, no registration key, no activation code required
- Generate high quality EAN-8 images in JPEG, GIF & PNG formats
- Generate EAN-8 barcodes in Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7
- Mature Barcode Generator Software since 2003
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1. EAN-8 Barcode Introduction
EAN-8 is also known as European
Article Number 8, EAN-8 Supplement 5/Five-digit Add-On, EAN-8 Supplement
2/Two-digit Add-On, EAN-8+5, EAN-8+2, EAN8, EAN8+5, EAN13+2, UPC-8, GTIN-8,
GS1-8, EAN/UCC-8
An EAN-8 is a barcode and is derived from the longer European Article Number (EAN-13) code. It was introduced mainly to use on small packages where an EAN-13 barcode would be impractical; for example on cigarettes, pencils even though not used very common and chewing gum packets.
An EAN-8 is a barcode and is derived from the longer European Article Number (EAN-13) code. It was introduced mainly to use on small packages where an EAN-13 barcode would be impractical; for example on cigarettes, pencils even though not used very common and chewing gum packets.
EAN-8 is a shortened version of the EAN-13 code. It includes a 2 or 3 digit country code, 4 or 5 data digits (depending on the length of the country code), and a checksum digit. The primary purpose of the EAN-8 is to be used on small packages, so the code must use as little space as possible.
EAN-8 codes are most common in the UK, and as such many UK-based companies use blocks of EAN-8 codes for own-brand products which are only sold in their stores. These are formatted as 1xxx xxxx.
Sample of an EAN-8 Barcode
2. EAN-8 Encoding Data Scope
EAN8 Barcode for .NET, ASP.NET supports:.
- 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
3. EAN-8 Barcode Property Settings
- Set the Type property to BarcodeType.EAN8 or BarcodeType.EAN8_2 or BarcodeType.EAN8_5
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Set the Data property with the value to encode. Type is string.
User should only provide 7 digits, and DO NOT include last digit checksum character. -
Set the SData property with the supplement value to encode. Type is string.
User should only provide 2 digits for EAN8_2, and provide only 5 digits for EAN8_5. -
Setting up barcode image size:
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Set property UOM (Unit of Measure) for properties BarWidth, BarHeight, LeftMargin and TopMargin.
Default is UnitOfMeasure.Pixel (0). Valid values are UnitOfMeasure.Pixel (0), UnitOfMeasure.CM (1), UnitOfMeasure.Inch (2). - Set the BarWidth (for bar cell width) and BarHeight (for bar cell height) properties. Both types are float.
- Set the LeftMargin and TopMargin properties, and types are both float.
- Set the Resolution property (Value is expressed in DPI - Dots per inch). This property is not working in Windows Controller, we will use end user's windows resultion.
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Set property UOM (Unit of Measure) for properties BarWidth, BarHeight, LeftMargin and TopMargin.
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Setting up text style in barcode image:
- Set the ShowText properties. If this value is true, barcode data will be displayed with the barcode.
- Set the TextFont property. The font used to display text in barcode image.
- Set the Format property for barcode image type. Value can be "gif", "jpg", "png", and "bmp", default is "png".
- Set BearerBars property, if you want to draw borders around barcode image. Value can be BearerBar.None (no bear bars), BearerBar.Frame (top, bottom, left, right borders drawn), BearerBar.TopBottom (only top, bottom's are drawn).
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Set Rotate property, if you want to rotate barcode image.
Value can be
0 (RotateOrientation.BottomFacingDown),
1 (RotateOrientation.BottomFacingLeft),
2 (RotateOrientation.BottomFacingUp),
3 (RotateOrientation.BottomFacingRight) - AddCheckSum property is not applied here. Barcode Library will always add a check character in the last digit (modulo 10).
All Linear & 2D Barcode Symbologies:
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