PDF-417, stacked linear barcode symbol format, is a 2D symbology barcode invented in 1991. It can be used in a variety of applications, primarily transport, identification cards, and inventory management.
How to Generate PDF417
Generating PDF417 in .NET is one of the roles in pqScan .NET Barcode Creator. Developers can generate PDF 417 in .NET Winforms applications and encode PDF-417 in ASP.NET projects. There is another article to guide you how to create PDF417 using C# and VB.NET language.
BarType: Creating PDF-417 barcode image, you need change barcode type to PDF417.
Data: All 128 characters of ASCII, and 128-255 in accordance with ISO 8859-1 which are referred to as extended ASCII.
PDF417Compact: Also known as Truncated PDF417. Default is False.
Width: It's barcode image width. Adapt to fit this width, PDF417's module size will be the most suitable value automatically. And there may be some left and right margin in the PDF417 barcode image.
Height: It's barcode image height. PDF417 creator will choose the best Rows and Columns according to the encode data. Top and bottom margin may appear to the barcode image.
BarcodeColor: Customize the foreground color of PDF417 barcode image. Default is Black color.
BackgroundColor: Customize the background color of PDF417 barcode image. Default is White color.
PictureFormat: Print barcode image as Bmp, Gif, Jpeg, Png, Tiff format.
// generate and create pdf417 on Bitmap object public Bitmap CreateBarcode() // make pdf417 and paint to image file publicvoid CreateBarcode(string filename) // encode pdf417 and paint on Stream object publicvoid CreateBarcode(Stream stream) // create and generate pdf417 to byte[] object publicbyte[] CreateBarcodeInBytes()