ADD GS1-128 standard for RadBarcode

Until that's available in UI for ASP.NET AJAX, you can use the Kendo Barcode widget: https://dojo.telerik.com/@bratanov/iPOxiniw

Provide support for Swiss QR code.

Currently exporting functionality of RadBarcode includes only the barcode image. It would be useful to include the Text in the result of GetImage() method so a Barcode can be generated and saved as a file entirely on the server-side.

 

Using an ampersand character in RadBarcode's Text leads to a server-side error. Replacing the symbol with its corresponding HTML entity allows the control to render its text successfully, but the generated image corresponds to the passed entity character.

If RadBarcode1.Text="&" the control generates this (read as "&"):
https://www.screencast.com/t/NuOVjB8EY

while it should be this (read as "&"):
https://www.screencast.com/t/vOhWkUoW

Workaround:

When we generate the image by keeping ShowText = True, then it throws the exception.

When we generate the image by keeping ShowText = false, then it successfully generates the image.

Steps to reproduce:Run the following setup:

ASPX:
        <telerik:RadBarcode ID="RadBarcode1" runat="server" RenderChecksum="false"></telerik:RadBarcode>
CS:
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        RadBarcode1.OutputType = Telerik.Web.UI.BarcodeOutputType.SVG_VML;
        RadBarcode1.Type = Telerik.Web.UI.BarcodeType.Code128;
        RadBarcode1.Text = "string&string"; //leads to server-side error
        //RadBarcode1.Text = "string&amp;string"; //leads to wrongly generated barcode

        RadBarcode1.LineWidth = 0;
        RadBarcode1.ShowText = true;
        RadBarcode1.ShowChecksum = false;
        RadBarcode1.GetImage();
    }

Can be observed in the Barcode - Barcode Types online demo.

Barcode Type: Code128

Required Value: IEö6014649

Resulted Value: IE996014649

I think the radbarcode control is generating the wrong barcode. Here is my code;

            RadBarcode theControl = new RadBarcode();
            BarcodeType theType = BarcodeType.PDF417;
            theControl.Type = theType;
            theControl.PDF417Settings.AspectRatio = 10;
            theControl.PDF417Settings.ErrorCorrectionLevel = 0;
            theControl.PDF417Settings.EncodingMode = Telerik.Web.UI.Barcode.PDF417ClassLibrary.EncodingMode.Text;
            theControl.Text = clsJobBarcode.CreateNewJobString(theClass.Job, theClass.Release, theClass.Lot);
            System.Drawing.Image theImage = theControl.GetImage();
            theImage.Save(thePath + "barcode.png", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);
The file barcode.png is the output of this code. The input into the barcode is:
theLot
"20338B"
theRelease
"R320"
theJob
"A2552013"
theControl.Text
"A2552013|R343|21102A"
from a breakpoint in my code at the theImage = theControl.GetImage();
I'm reading the barcode with a Zerbra TC-20 mobile computer with a barcode reader. It says the barcode contains "A2552013|DED|21102A".
First off can you guys authenticate the attached barcode does have DED rather than R320?
If so, any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks,
Bernie
 

Hi guys,

Your barcode web control works great, but we have a need in several patient care engagements for the Aztec barcode protocol. We'd love to use Telerik exclusively and not have to use some other set of tools on these engagements.  

Thanks for considering it.

WORKAROUNDS:
- set OutputType to SVG_VML
- set ShowChecksum to false

Sample problematic setups:   

<telerik:RadBarcode runat="server" ID="RadBarCode2" Text="238.339.6814" Type="Code93Extended" OutputType="EmbeddedPNG" ShowChecksum="true"></telerik:RadBarcode>

<telerik:RadBarcode runat="server" ID="RadBarCode1" Text="238.339.6814" Type="Code93" OutputType="EmbeddedPNG" ShowChecksum="true"></telerik:RadBarcode>

The ShowText="true" property is not taken under account when the OutPutType="EmbeddedPNG" is set:

<telerik:RadBarCode runat="server" OutputType="EmbeddedPNG" LineWidth="1" Type="Code128" Text="1234567" ShowText="true"></telerik:RadBarCode>