Generate Bar Code in MVC Application

It is my first article about to generate bar code on MVC through IDAutomation_Code39FreeFont.

This article explain you how to generate bar code step by step very easily.

Following step follow to generate bar code:

1. Install IDAutomation_Code39FreeFont on the system which I attached to my article.
   
   
2. Go to control panel -> Font -> and check the IDAutomation_CodeHC39M Free Version (font name) is installed or not ones its installed go to further steps.
   
   
3. File -> New -> Project -> ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Application ->Name: BarCodeGenerators.
   
   
4. In the Controllers folder Just Right Click and Add Controller name as BarCodeController.cs.
   
   
5. Write ActionResult name as BarCode.
   

   using System;
   using System.Collections.Generic;
   using System.Linq;
   using System.Web;
   using System.Web.Mvc;
   namespace BarCodeGenerators.Controllers
   {
       public class BarCodeController: Controller
       {
           // GET: /BarCode/
           public ActionResult BarCode()
           {
               return View();
           }
       }
   }

6. Just right click on ActionResult BarCode and add veiw.
   
   
7. Add class file name as IDAtomationBarCode.cs in the views folder.
   

   using System;
   using System.Collections.Generic;
   using System.Linq;
   using System.Web;
   using System.Drawing;
   using System.Text;
   using System.IO;
   using System.Drawing.Imaging;
   namespace BarCodeGenerators.Views.BarCode
   {
       public class IDAtomationBarCode
       {
           public static string BarcodeImageGenerator(string Code)
           {
               byte[] BarCode;
               string BarCodeImage;
               Bitmap objBitmap = new Bitmap(Code.Length * 28, 100);
               using(Graphics graphic = Graphics.FromImage(objBitmap))
               {
                   Font newFont = new Font("IDAutomationHC39M Free Version", 18, FontStyle.Regular);
                   PointF point = new PointF(2 f, 2 f);
                   SolidBrush balck = new SolidBrush(Color.Black);
                   SolidBrush white = new SolidBrush(Color.White);
                   graphic.FillRectangle(white, 0, 0, objBitmap.Width, objBitmap.Height);
                   graphic.DrawString("*" + Code + "*", newFont, balck, point);
               }
               using(MemoryStream Mmst = new MemoryStream())
               {
                   objBitmap.Save(Mmst, ImageFormat.Png);
                   BarCode = Mmst.GetBuffer();
                   BarCodeImage = BarCode != null ? "data:image/jpg;base64," + Convert.ToBase64String((byte[]) BarCode) : "";
                   return BarCodeImage;
               }
           }
       }
   }

   Note: BarcodeImageGenerator method will generate barcode you can call this method in view and get genrated barcode show on image tag.
   
   
8. Go to the view code and write.
   

   @using BarCodeGenerators.Views.BarCode;
   @{
       ViewBag.Title = "BarCode";
   }
   < h2 > BarCode < /h2>
   @{
       var a = IDAtomationBarCode.BarcodeImageGenerator("12345678"); < img src = "@Url.Content(a)"
       alt = "Alternate Text"
       width = "400"
       height = "100" / >
   }

You can pass any value for generating barcode in BarcodeImageGenerator methode.