Can anybody recommend a Bar Code web server control? [closed]

Question

Can anybody recommend a Bar Code web server control for formats 39 and 128 formats?

UPDATE: I posted this after being given a choice of 3 controls we'd never heard of. I was hoping to get a recommendation from somebody who is using something that is popular, stable and a commercial product. It looks like we will just go with one of the choices our manager sent. If you are reading this after the fact, and have a good recommendation, please add it for others needing one in the future. thx

Answer 1

There is a series of articles on CodeProject articles that do just that:

• Drawing Barcodes in Windows Part 1 - Code 39
• Drawing Barcodes in Windows Part 5 - Code 128

Another one:

• Barcode Image Generation Library

Another way, using barcode Fonts, but simple to use in ASP.Net

• Barcodes in ASP.NET applications

Actually, implementing you own barcode drawing routines is not too hard if you stick with simple 1D barcodes.
The best book ever on the subject is The Bar Code Book. It's one of these absolute reference books that you just want to keep and read out of pure nerdy pleasure.

Answer 2

There is also an open source ASP.NET barcode generation framework on www.codeplex.com:

http://www.codeplex.com/BarcodeRender

I did have a problem with the Interleaved 2 of 5 symbology, but I believe it was added rather recently. Perhaps the other symbologies are more stable.

Answer 3

Guys... don't go too far. There are Windows Fonts (TrueType fonts / TTF) that can easily be used to draw bar codes. the Graphics object is your friend.

Answer 4

You definitely should check out these two options:

1) www.idautomation.com

2) barbeque open source library (Java) to generate barcodes.

Both are excellent!