Using the SDK as a Windows Form Control Barcode

In Visual Studio 2005/2008,

• Launch the ToolBox on Visual Studio by going to menu View->Toolbox
• Right-Click on the Toolbox and click on Choose Items...
• The Choose Toolbox Items dialog will be launched. click the Browse button and select ConnectCodeBarcodeLibrary.dll in the installation directory. Click OK to close the Choose Toolbox Items dialog.
  
  
  
  
• You should be able to see a new item BarcodeControl in the Toolbox. drag it and drop it to the Windows Form in the designer.
  
  
  
  
• Your application is now barcode enabled.
• For more details, please refer to the Windows Forms Sample that is shipped with the Barcode Control package.

Windows Presentation Foundation(WPF) Barcode

In Visual Studio 2005/2008,

• Add a reference to ConnectCodeBarcodeLibrary.dll. This can be done by Right clicking on the project and select Add Reference.
  
  
  
  
• Add a reference to WindowsFormsIntegration and System.Windows.Forms. These assemblies can be found under the .Net tab.
  
  
  
  
• Create an instance of the WindowsFormsHost and set its child to the BarcodeControl
  
  

  Net.ConnectCode.BarcodeControl bc = new Net.ConnectCode.BarcodeControl(); System.Windows.Forms.Integration.WindowsFormsHost formshost = new System.Windows.Forms.Integration.WindowsFormsHost(); formshost.Child = bc;

  
  
  
• Add the WindowsFormsHost to your WPF window. For example, if the WPF window contains a grid named windowgrid, you may use the following call
  
  
  this.windowsgrid.Children.Add(formshost);
  
  
• The following is a sample screen of the WPF application.
  
  
  
  
• For more details, please refer to the WPF Sample that is shipped with the Barcode Control package.