Bar Code in C# not getting detected

Question

I have a report (.rdlc) file which has information from an ID card. Now I am taking content from an excel file and filling up the id card. That card gets exported to a (.pdf) file. That's what the program does.

when I print it, the bar code is generated, but it does not get detected by the scanners. I have checked the font size, text box size and editing stuff like that but still no luck!

To get the bar code, I made a textbox and gave it the variable name in which the number is stored. I just changed the format of the font in it to 3 of 9 (the barcode font).

What am I doing wrong? I have checked other questions, but all of them just lead me to all Bar Code generator software!

Answer 1

You must put asterisk '*' at start and end of a Code 39 bar code, like this: *123*