ByteScout BarCode Generator SDK – Visual Basic 6 – Draw Barcode to Form HDC

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ByteScout BarCode Generator SDK – Visual Basic 6 – Draw Barcode to Form HDC

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How to draw barcode to form HDC in Visual Basic 6 with ByteScout Barcode SDK

This code in Visual Basic 6 shows how to draw barcode to form HDC with this how to tutorial

The code below will help you to implement an Visual Basic 6 app to draw barcode to form HDC. ByteScout Barcode SDK is the fully featured library to generate barcodes. Supports QR Code, Code 39, Code 128, UPC, GS1, GS-128, PDF417, Datamatrix and many other barcode types. Includes various options for barcode generation to ensure output quality, add barcodes to new or existing pdf files and images. It can be used to draw barcode to form HDC using Visual Basic 6.

This code snippet below for ByteScout Barcode SDK works best when you need to quickly draw barcode to form HDC in your Visual Basic 6 application. This Visual Basic 6 sample code is all you need for your app. Just copy and paste the code, add references (if needs to) and you are all set! Test Visual Basic 6 sample code examples whether they respond your needs and requirements for the project.

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Form1.frm

      VERSION 5.00
Begin VB.Form Form1 
   AutoRedraw      =   -1  'True
   Caption         =   "Form1"
   ClientHeight    =   4845
   ClientLeft      =   45
   ClientTop       =   435
   ClientWidth     =   9795
   LinkTopic       =   "Form1"
   ScaleHeight     =   4845
   ScaleWidth      =   9795
   StartUpPosition =   3  'Windows Default
End
Attribute VB_Name = "Form1"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = False
Private Sub Form_Load()

 ' IMPORTANT NOTE for this sample: click on Form1 in the Design mode and set "AutoRedraw" property to True to make all drawings visible
 
 Set bc = CreateObject("Bytescout.BarCode.Barcode")


 ' set symbology type
 bc.Symbology = 1 ' 1 = Code39

 ' set value to encode
 bc.Value = "012345"
  
 ' draw code 39 barcode to the form at (0,0)
 bc.DrawHDC hDC, 0, 0
  
 ' now drawing 2D Aztec barcode
 
 ' set symbology type
 bc.Symbology = 17 ' 17 = Aztec
 ' set value to encode
 bc.Value = "012345"

' draw 2D Aztec barcode to the form at (0,200)
 bc.DrawHDC hDC, 0, 200

 Set bc = Nothing

End Sub

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