Crystal Reports EAN-13 Barcode Generator for .NET - Create 1D EAN-13 on Crystal Reports

EAN-13 Crystal Reports Barcode Generator DLL

How to Generate EAN-13 Linear Barcode Images on .NET Crystal Reports

Fully written in Visual C# 2005, complying with Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010

Easy to install Crystal Reports EAN-13 Barcode Generator Control to VS .NET applications

Quickly generate linear EAN-13 barcodes on Crystal Reports for ASP.NET web applications

Create & draw EAN-13 barcode images on Crystal Reports for .NET windows applications

Easy to use Visual C# & VB.NET class code to generate & make Crystal Reports EAN-13 barcodes

Enable .NET developers to customize & control EAN-13 barcode image roperties

Provide royalty-free several developer license types for EAN-13 .NET Crystal Reports Barcode Generator

.NET Crystal Reports EAN-13 Linear Barcode Overview

EAN-13, based upon the UPC-A standard, was implemented by the International Article Numbering Association (EAN) in Europe. And it is a superset of UPC-A. An EAN-13 barcode is composed of four parts: 1) The number system, 2) The manufacturer code, 3) the product code, and 4) the check digit.

EAN-13 Barcode Standard Compatibility: All EAN-13 barcode images created by our .NET Crystal Reports Barcode Generator Library are complying wiht its latest barcode specifications, like GS1 Specification. And all of them can be read & scanned by almost barcode printers.

For more EAN-13 barcode details, please refer to .NET EAN-13 Barcode Overview.

How to Create EAN-13 Barcode on Crystal Reports for ASP.NET Web

Create a new ASP.NET website.

Choose "ASP.NET Crystal Reports Web Site" as the template and named the project as "BarcodeforCrystalReportsWebSite".

Add a new item "Crystal Report" to your project.

Add a new item "Crystal Report" to the project and name it as "CustomerReport.rpt". view image
Select "Mail Label" in the pop-up window and click "OK". view image
In "Mailing Labels Report Creation Wizard", click "Create New Connection", and expand "ADO.NET". view image
In "ADO.NET" form, choose "CustomerDataSet.xsd" file in your downloaded package, and click "Finish". view image
In "Mailing Labels Report Creation Wizard", add table "Customer" under "ADO.NET" to selected table. And click "Next". view image
Add all three fields "ID", "CustomerId", "CustomerName" to "Fields to Display:", then click "Next". view image
Select default label "Return Address (Avery 5267)", and click "Finish".
Now you can view the report template and find that field "Barcode" not in the report template. view image
Now, please re-arrange the report template. view image
Drag field "Barcode" to the report template, right click "Barcode" object and choose "Format Object" menu. view image
In "Format Editor" form, check "Can Grow" property. view image

Drag a "Crystal Report Viewer" to the "Default.aspx".

Add a reference to BarcodeLib.Barcode.CrystalReports.dll.
Copy the following C# code to the "Default.aspx.cs" file.

     using System.Data.OleDb;
     using System.Drawing.Imaging;
     using BarcodeLib.Barcode.CrystalReports;
     using BarcodeLib.Barcode;


     protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
     {
     // Create the database connection. Please change to correct data file (BarcodeDemoData.mdb) path.
     OleDbConnection aConnection = new OleDbConnection(
        "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;
        Data Source=C:/BarcodeLib_NETBarcode_Trial/ReportingData/BarcodeDemoData.mdb");
     aConnection.Open();
	
     OleDbDataAdapter dataAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM Customer", aConnection);
     DataSet ds = new DataSet();
     dataAdapter.Fill(ds);
	
     // Add the Barcode column to the DataSet
     ds.Tables[0].Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Barcode", typeof(byte[])));
	
     // Create an instance of Linear Barcode
     LinearCrystal barcode = new LinearCrystal();
     // Barcode settings
     barcode.Type = BarcodeType.EAN13;
     barcode.BarHeight = 50; //50 pixel
     barcode.ImageFormat = System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png;
	
     foreach (DataRow dr in ds.Tables[0].Rows)
     {
        barcode.Data = (int)dr["CustomerId"] + "";
        barcode.Data = "512345678900";
        byte[] imageData = barcode.drawBarcodeAsBytes();
        dr["Barcode"] = imageData;
     }
	
     CrystalReportSource1.ReportDocument.Load(Server.MapPath("CustomerReport.rpt"));
     CrystalReportSource1.ReportDocument.SetDataSource(ds.Tables[0]);
     CrystalReportSource1.DataBind();

     }

4. Run your project.

How to Create EAN-13 Barcode on Crystal Reports for .NET Windows Forms

Create a new Windows Application Project.

Choose "Crystal Reports Application" as the template and name it as "BarcodeforCrystalReports".

Add a "Crystal Report" item to the project. Click to see how to add Crystal Report to project

Drag a "Crystal Report Viewer" to the window form.

Resize "Form1" and drag "CrystalReportViewer" to the form, with the default setting unchanged. view image
Add a reference to BarcodeLib.Barcode.CrystalReports.dll.
Copy the following C# code to the "Form1.cs" file.

     using System.Data.OleDb;
     using System.Drawing.Imaging;
     using BarcodeLib.Barcode.CrystalReports;
     using BarcodeLib.Barcode;


     private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
     {
     // Create the database connection. Please change to correct data file (BarcodeDemoData.mdb) path.
     OleDbConnection aConnection = new OleDbConnection(
        "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;
        Data Source=C:/BarcodeLib_NETBarcode_Trial/ReportingData/BarcodeDemoData.mdb");aConnection.Open();

     OleDbDataAdapter dataAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM Customer", aConnection);
     DataSet ds = new DataSet();
     dataAdapter.Fill(ds);

     // Add the Barcode column to the DataSet
     ds.Tables[0].Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Barcode", typeof(byte[])));

     // Create an instance of Linear Barcode
     LinearCrystal barcode = new LinearCrystal();
     // Barcode settings
     barcode.Type = BarcodeType.EAN13;
     barcode.BarHeight = 50; //50 pixel
     barcode.ImageFormat = System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png;

     foreach (DataRow dr in ds.Tables[0].Rows)
     {
        barcode.Data = (int)dr["CustomerId"] + "";
        barcode.Data = "512345678900";
        byte[] imageData = barcode.drawBarcodeAsBytes();
        dr["Barcode"] = imageData;
     }

     CustomerReport rpt = new CustomerReport();
     rpt.SetDataSource(ds);

     this.crystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = rpt;

     //close the connection Its important.
     aConnection.Close();

     }

4. Run your project.

How to Use C# or VB Class Library to Create EAN-13 Barcode on Crystal Reports

BarcodeLib.com provides how to pages for Craystal Reports Linear & 2D Barcodes Generatoion uisng Visual C# or Visual Basic, please see as below:

Crystal Reports Barcode Generator DLL - How to Generate Linear & 2D Barcode Images on Crystal Reports Using Visual C#
Crystal Reports Barcode Generator DLL - How to Generate Linear & 2D Barcode Images on Crystal Reports Using VB.NET

Crystal Reports Barcode Generator DLL for .NET Supported Barcodes

Linear (1D) Barcodes:

Matrix(2D) Barcodes: