C# Imaging - C# MSI Plessey Barcode Tutorial

C# Imaging - MSI Plessey Barcode Generator Overview

MSI Plessey is a numeric linear barcode symbology with a variable data length. .NET barcode writing & drawing component supports creating all MSI Plessey types, and provides flexible settings for C# developers to adjust various barcode properties to control barcode size, resolution, color, font, etc. All you need to do is to make sure that you have installed Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or a later version, and then you can create a C# imaging project and copy C# sample codes to your application.

Detailed features are listed below:

Create MSI Plessey with module check 10, check 11, check 1010, and check 1110

Draw, generate MSI Plessey linear bar codes in .NET Windows application and ASP.NET web projects

Include advanced algorithm to automatically add checksum digit for better data security

Easy to adjust MSI Plessey barcode image size by controlling image width and image height

Create high-quality MSI Plessey bar code pictures for almost all printers

Written in C# managed code, compatible with .NET Framework 2.0 or later

C# Code for Customizing MSI Plessey Barcode Generation

You can easily generator MSI Plessey barcode and save it  to image files/object using this C#.NET barcode generator control. The following steps will show how to create a MSI Plessey type barcode encoding numeric data text "112233445566" into the image object with XImage.Barcode.Creator.

Add References

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Basic.dll

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Drawing.dll

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Font.dll

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Processing.dll

  RasterEdge.XImage.BarcodeCreator.dll

  System.Drawing.dll

Using Namespaces

  using System.Drawing;

  using RasterEdge.XImage.BarcodeCreator;

Note: When you get the error "Could not load file or assembly 'RasterEdge.Imaging.Basic' or any other assembly or one of its dependencies. An attempt to load a program with an incorrect format", please check your configure as follows:

       If you are using x64 libraries/dlls, Right click the project -> Properties -> Build -> Platform target: x64.

       If using x86, the platform target should be x86.

Please copy the sample code as follow to generator a MSI Plessey barcode.

private static Linear CreateBarcode()
        {
            Linear barcode = new Linear();// create a barcode
            barcode.Type = BarcodeType.MSI;// select barcode type
            barcode.Data = "112233445566";// set barcode data
            barcode.X = 1.0F;// set x
            barcode.Y = 60.0F;// set y
            barcode.Resolution = 96;// set resolution
            barcode.Rotate = Rotate.Rotate0;// set rotation
            barcode.BarcodeWidth = 200;
            barcode.BarcodeHeight = 200;
            barcode.AutoResize = true;

            //convert barcode to a bitmap and save it to image file
            //Bitmap bmp = barcode.ToImage();
            //bmp.Save(@"C:\barcode.bmp");

            return barcode;
        }

C# Imaging - How to Create MSI Plessey on Image

This C#.NET MSI Plessey Barcode Generator makes it extremely easy to generate & create MSI Plessey barcode on common image files including popular image formats png, gif, jpeg and bmp in C#.NET class applications, such as .NET WinForms, ASP.NET web applications, Visual C#.NET Class Library, and so on.

Copy C#.NET code below to print an MSI Plessey bar code with numeric data "112233445566" encoded. You are able to set basic parameters, such as barcode width & height, margins on four sides, barcode color & orientation, and finally you can save it to your local disk.

private static void AddBarcodeToImage(Linear barcode)
        {
            REImage image = new REImage(inputDirectory + "Sample.png");
            barcode.DrawBarcode(image, 150F, 150F);
            image.Save(ImageType.PNG, outputDirectory + "Sample_Barcode.png");
        }

C# Imaging - How to Draw MSI Plessey on Document Page

If you want to generate an MSI Plessey barcode at certain area of a document file, like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and TIFF, this C#.NET barcode creator control can fully meet your requirement. It allows you to select one page from a PDF, multi-page TIFF, Excel, PowerPoint or Microsoft Office Word document, and specify a certain area on that page to generate MSI Plessey barcode. Please refer to the examples below to get barcode generation demos for each file type respectively.

How to Create MSI Plessey Barcode on PDF

Add References(Extra)

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Basic.Codec.dll

  RasterEdge.XImage.Raster.dll

  RasterEdge.XImage.Raster.Core.dll

  RasterEdge.XDoc.PDF.dll

Using Namespace(Extra)

  RasterEdge.XDoc.PDF;

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Basic;

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Raster.Core;

private static void AddBarcodeToPDF(Linear barcode)
        {
            PDFDocument docx = new PDFDocument(inputDirectory + "Sample.pdf");
            BasePage page = docx.GetPage(0);
            REImage image = new REImage(barcode.ToImage());
            page.AddImage(image, new PointF(100F, 100F));
            docx.Save(outputDirectory + "Sample_Barcode.pdf");
        }

How to Draw MSI Plessey Barcode on Multi-page TIFF

Add References(Extra)

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Basic.Codec.dll

  RasterEdge.XImage.Raster.dll

  RasterEdge.XImage.Raster.Core.dll

  RasterEdge.XDoc.TIFF.dll

Using Namespace(Extra)

  RasterEdge.XDoc.TIFF;

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Basic;

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Raster.Core;

private static void AddBarcodeToTIFF(Linear barcode)
        {
            TIFFDocument docx = new TIFFDocument(inputDirectory + "Sample.tif");
            BasePage page = docx.GetPage(0);
            REImage image = new REImage(barcode.ToImage());
            page.AddImage(image, new PointF(100F, 100F));
            docx.Save(outputDirectory + "Sample_Barcode.tif");
        }

How to Write MSI Plessey Barcode on Word

Add References(Extra)

  RasterEdge.XDoc.Word.dll

  RasterEdge.XImage.Raster.dll

  RasterEdge.XImage.Raster.Core.dll

  RasterEdge.XDoc.Office.Inner.Common.dll

  RasterEdge.XDoc.Office.Inner..Office03.dll

Using Namespace(Extra)

  RasterEdge.XDoc.Word;

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Basic;

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Raster.Core;

private static void AddBarcodeToWord(Linear barcode)
        {
            DOCXDocument docx = new DOCXDocument(inputDirectory + "Sample.docx");
            BasePage page = docx.GetPage(0);
            REImage image = new REImage(barcode.ToImage());
            page.AddImage(image, new PointF(100F, 100F));
            docx.Save(outputDirectory + "Sample_Barcode.docx");
        }

How to Draw MSI Plessey Barcode on Excel

Add References(Extra)

  RasterEdge.XDoc.Excel.dll

  RasterEdge.XImage.Raster.dll

  RasterEdge.XImage.Raster.Core.dll

  RasterEdge.XDoc.Office.Inner.Common.dll

  RasterEdge.XDoc.Office.Inner..Office03.dll

Using Namespace(Extra)

  RasterEdge.XDoc.Excel;

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Basic;

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Raster.Core;

private static void AddBarcodeToExcel(Linear barcode)
        {
            XLSXDocument docx = new XLSXDocument(inputDirectory + "Sample.xlsx");
            BasePage page = docx.GetPage(0);
            REImage image = new REImage(barcode.ToImage());
            page.AddImage(image, new PointF(100F, 100F));
            docx.Save(outputDirectory + "Sample_Barcode.xlsx");
        }

How to Draw MSI Plessey Barcode on PowerPoint

Add References(Extra)

  RasterEdge.XDoc.PowerPoint.dll

  RasterEdge.XImage.Raster.dll

  RasterEdge.XImage.Raster.Core.dll

  RasterEdge.XDoc.Office.Inner.Common.dll

  RasterEdge.XDoc.Office.Inner..Office03.dll

Using Namespace(Extra)

  RasterEdge.XDoc.PowerPoint;

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Basic;

  RasterEdge.Imaging.Raster.Core;

private static void AddBarcodeToPowerPoint(Linear barcode)
        {
            PPTXDocument docx = new PPTXDocument(inputDirectory + "Sample.pptx");
            BasePage page = docx.GetPage(0);
            REImage image = new REImage(barcode.ToImage());
            page.AddImage(image, new PointF(100F, 100F));
            docx.Save(outputDirectory + "Sample_Barcode.pptx");
        }

C# Code for MSI Plessey Barcode Customization

The C# code below contains all the parameters that can be used to customize MSI Plessey barcode generation in C#.NET imaging project. Below is just an example of generating an MSI Plessey barcode on a png image file within a .NET class application.

// create REImage on which you want to draw the barcode
REImage reImage = new REImage("c:/Sample.png");

Linear barcode = new Linear();// create a barcode
barcode.Type = BarcodeType.MSI;// select barcode type
barcode.Data = "112233445566";// set barcode data 

// MSI Plessey size settings
barcode.UOM = RasterEdge.Imaging.Barcode.Creator.UnitOfMeasure.PIXEL;
barcode.X = 2.0F;
barcode.Y = 80F;
barcode.BarcodeHeight = 120;
barcode.BarcodeWidth = 120;
barcode.BottomMargin = 20;
barcode.TopMargin = 20;
barcode.BottomMargin = 20;
barcode.LeftMargin = 20;
barcode.RightMargin = 20;
barcode.AutoResize = false;
barcode.BarAlignment = AlignmentHori.Center;

// MSI Plessey unique settings
barcode.AddCheckSum = true;

// color related settings
barcode.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.White;
barcode.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black;

// human-readable text related settings
barcode.ShowText = true;
barcode.TextFont = new Font("Arial", 9f, FontStyle.Regular);
barcode.TextMargin = 6F;
barcode.TextColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black;

// other related settings
barcode.Resolution = 96;
barcode.Rotate = Rotate.Rotate0;

barcode.DrawBarcode(reImage, 0, 0);// draw barcode on REImage with location x and y

reImage.Save(ImageType.PNG, @"c:/barcode.png");