ByteScout BarCode Generator SDK – ASP.NET – Generate barcode in ASPNET MVC

ByteScout BarCode Generator SDK – ASP.NET – Generate barcode in ASPNET MVC

HomeController.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Bytescout.BarCode; // add reference from c:\program files\bytescout barcode generator sdk\net4.00\
using BarcodeGenerator.Helpers; // reference to Helpers/BytescoutBarCodeHelper.cs 

namespace MvcApplication1.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        //
        // GET: /Default1/

        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult Index(string theValue)
        {
            var base64ImageBytes = "";
            try
            {
                bool addChecksum = false;
                // generate QR Code barcode
                base64ImageBytes = GeneratorHelper.GetBase64Barcode(theValue, SymbologyType.QRCode, addChecksum);
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                ViewBag.Error = e.Message;
                return View();
            }

            var str = string.Format("<img src=\"data:image/png;base64,{0}\">", base64ImageBytes);
            ViewBag.Image = str;

            return View();
        }
    }
}

BytescoutBarCodeHelper.cs

using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Linq;
using Bytescout.BarCode; // add reference from c:\program files\bytescout barcode generator sdk\net4.00\


namespace BarcodeGenerator.Helpers
{
    public static class GeneratorHelper
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Generate barcode and return as base 64 image
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="value">value</param>
        /// <param name="symbology">barcode type</param>
        /// <param name="addChecksum">add checkum or not</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static string GetBase64Barcode(string value, SymbologyType symbology, bool addChecksum = false)
        {
            using (var barcode = new Barcode())
            {
                barcode.Symbology = symbology;
                barcode.Value = value;

                barcode.AddChecksum = addChecksum;

                var imageBytes = barcode.GetImageBytesPNG();

                return Convert.ToBase64String(imageBytes);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns HTML string with the image with barcode
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="helper"></param>
        /// <param name="value"></param>
        /// <param name="symbology"></param>
        /// <param name="addChecksum"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static IHtmlString GetBarcode(this HtmlHelper helper,
                                          string value,
                                          SymbologyType symbology,
                                          bool addChecksum = false)
        {
            var base64ImageBytes = GetBase64Barcode(value, symbology, addChecksum);
            var str = string.Format("<img src=\"data:image/png;base64,{0}\">", base64ImageBytes);
            return MvcHtmlString.Create(str);
           
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns embedded HTML barcode image
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="helper"></param>
        /// <param name="value"></param>
        /// <param name="symbology"></param>
        /// <param name="addChecksum"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static IHtmlString EmbeddedBarcodeImage(this HtmlHelper helper,
                                          string value,
                                          SymbologyType symbology,
                                          bool addChecksum = false)
        {
            using (var barcode = new Barcode())
            {
                barcode.Symbology = symbology;
                barcode.Value = value;

                barcode.AddChecksum = addChecksum;

                var imageBytes = barcode.GetImageBytesPNG();
                var str = string.Format("data:image/png;base64,{0}",
                                        Convert.ToBase64String(imageBytes));
                return MvcHtmlString.Create(str);
            }
        }      
        
    }
}

BytescoutBarCodeHelper.cs

using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Linq;
using Bytescout.BarCode;

namespace BarcodeGenerator.Helpers
{
    public static class GeneratorHelper
    {
        public static string GetBase64Barcode(string value, SymbologyType symbology, bool addChecksum = false)
        {
            using (var barcode = new Barcode())
            {
                barcode.Symbology = symbology;
                barcode.Value = value;

                barcode.AddChecksum = addChecksum;

                var imageBytes = barcode.GetImageBytesPNG();

                return Convert.ToBase64String(imageBytes);
            }
        }

        public static IHtmlString GetBarcode(this HtmlHelper helper,
                                          string value,
                                          SymbologyType symbology,
                                          bool addChecksum = false)
        {
            var base64ImageBytes = GetBase64Barcode(value, symbology, addChecksum);
            var str = string.Format("<img src=\"data:image/png;base64,{0}\">", base64ImageBytes);
            return MvcHtmlString.Create(str);
           
        }

        public static IHtmlString EmbeddedBarcodeImage(this HtmlHelper helper,
                                          string value,
                                          SymbologyType symbology,
                                          bool addChecksum = false)
        {
            using (var barcode = new Barcode())
            {
                barcode.Symbology = symbology;
                barcode.Value = value;

                barcode.AddChecksum = addChecksum;

                var imageBytes = barcode.GetImageBytesPNG();
                var str = string.Format("data:image/png;base64,{0}",
                                        Convert.ToBase64String(imageBytes));
                return MvcHtmlString.Create(str);
            }
        }      
        
    }
}

_references.js

/// <reference path="jquery-1.8.2.js" />
/// <reference path="jquery-ui-1.8.24.js" />
/// <reference path="jquery.validate.js" />
/// <reference path="jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js" />
/// <reference path="knockout-2.2.0.debug.js" />
/// <reference path="modernizr-2.6.2.js" />

Web.config

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <sectionGroup name="system.web.webPages.razor" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorWebSectionGroup, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
      <section name="host" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
      <section name="pages" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorPagesSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
    </sectionGroup>
  </configSections>

  <system.web.webPages.razor>
    <host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
    <pages pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage">
      <namespaces>
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Optimization"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
      </namespaces>
    </pages>
  </system.web.webPages.razor>

  <appSettings>
    <add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
  </appSettings>

  <system.web>
    <httpHandlers>
      <add path="*" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler"/>
    </httpHandlers>

    <!--
        Enabling request validation in view pages would cause validation to occur
        after the input has already been processed by the controller. By default
        MVC performs request validation before a controller processes the input.
        To change this behavior apply the ValidateInputAttribute to a
        controller or action.
    -->
    <pages
        validateRequest="false"
        pageParserFilterType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewTypeParserFilter, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
        pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
        userControlBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
      <controls>
        <add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" namespace="System.Web.Mvc" tagPrefix="mvc" />
      </controls>
    </pages>
  </system.web>

  <system.webServer>
    <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />

    <handlers>
      <remove name="BlockViewHandler"/>
      <add name="BlockViewHandler" path="*" verb="*" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler" />
    </handlers>
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

Web.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
  For more information on how to configure your ASP.NET application, please visit
  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=152368
  -->
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
    <section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=4.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
  </configSections>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="DefaultConnection" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" connectionString="Data Source=(LocalDb)\v11.0;Initial Catalog=aspnet-MvcApplication1-20140429195540;Integrated Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|\aspnet-MvcApplication1-20140429195540.mdf" />
  </connectionStrings>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="webpages:Version" value="2.0.0.0" />
    <add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
    <add key="PreserveLoginUrl" value="true" />
    <add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true" />
    <add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true" />
  </appSettings>
  <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" />
    <authentication mode="Forms">
      <forms loginUrl="~/Account/Login" timeout="2880" />
    </authentication>
    <pages>
      <namespaces>
        <add namespace="System.Web.Helpers" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Optimization" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.WebPages" />
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    </pages>
    <profile defaultProvider="DefaultProfileProvider">
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    </profile>
    <membership defaultProvider="DefaultMembershipProvider">
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        <add name="DefaultMembershipProvider" type="System.Web.Providers.DefaultMembershipProvider, System.Web.Providers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" connectionStringName="DefaultConnection" enablePasswordRetrieval="false" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false" requiresUniqueEmail="false" maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="5" minRequiredPasswordLength="6" minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="0" passwordAttemptWindow="10" applicationName="/" />
      </providers>
    </membership>
    <roleManager defaultProvider="DefaultRoleProvider">
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        <add name="DefaultRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Providers.DefaultRoleProvider, System.Web.Providers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" connectionStringName="DefaultConnection" applicationName="/" />
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    <!--
            If you are deploying to a cloud environment that has multiple web server instances,
            you should change session state mode from "InProc" to "Custom". In addition,
            change the connection string named "DefaultConnection" to connect to an instance
            of SQL Server (including SQL Azure and SQL  Compact) instead of to SQL Server Express.
      -->
    <sessionState mode="InProc" customProvider="DefaultSessionProvider">
      <providers>
        <add name="DefaultSessionProvider" type="System.Web.Providers.DefaultSessionStateProvider, System.Web.Providers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" connectionStringName="DefaultConnection" />
      </providers>
    </sessionState>
  </system.web>
  <system.webServer>
    <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
    <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" />
    <handlers>
      <remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" />
      <remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" />
      <remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" />
      <add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness32" responseBufferLimit="0" />
      <add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness64" responseBufferLimit="0" />
      <add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" type="System.Web.Handlers.TransferRequestHandler" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv4.0" />
    </handlers>
  </system.webServer>
  <runtime>
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  </runtime>
  <entityFramework>
    <defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.SqlConnectionFactory, EntityFramework" />
  </entityFramework>
</configuration>

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