How to make Aztec (2D) barcode image using Bytescout BarCode SDK for .NET

Aztec Code symbology. An Aztec code barcode is used by Deutsche Bahn, Trenitalia and by Swiss Federal Railways for tickets sold online and printed out by customers. The Aztec Code has been selected by the airline industry (IATA’s BCBP standard) for the electronic boarding passes.

Important: you can also use BarCode Windows Forms or Web ImageControl instead. To use the Windows Formscontrol in Visual Studio please open Toolbox and open “Bytescout Software” tab and drag-n-drop “BarCode” control into your WinForms or ASP.NET application (in design mode)

How to make Aztec (2D) barcode:

Visual Basic:

Imports Bytescout.BarCode

Module Module1

Sub Main()
‘ Create new barcode
Dim barcode As New Barcode()

‘ Set symbology
barcode.Symbology = SymbologyType.Aztec

‘ Set value
barcode.Value = “this is a test string”

‘ Save barcode to image
barcode.SaveImage(“result.png”)

‘ Show image in default image viewer
Process.Start(“result.png”)
End Sub

End Module

C#:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;

using Bytescout.BarCode;

namespace Sample
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create new barcode
Barcode barcode = new Barcode();

// Set symbology
barcode.Symbology = SymbologyType.Aztec;

// Set value
barcode.Value = “this is a test string”;

// Save barcode to image
barcode.SaveImage(“result.png”);

// Show image in default image viewer
Process.Start(“result.png”);
}
}
}