Drawing Data Matrix barcodes: a web address, text in UTF-8, a rectangular symbol and a larger symbol.
Example_14.pdf — the PDF this example creates.
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;
using PDFjet.NET;
/**
* Example_14.cs
* Drawing Data Matrix barcodes.
*/
public class Example_14 {
public Example_14() {
PDF pdf = new PDF(new BufferedStream(
new FileStream("Example_14.pdf", FileMode.Create)));
pdf.SetCompliance(Compliance.PDF_UA_1);
pdf.SetTitle("Data Matrix Barcodes");
Font f1 = new Font(pdf, IBMPlexSans.Regular);
f1.SetSize(10f);
Page page = new Page(pdf, Letter.PORTRAIT);
// The heading of the document, above the symbols
new TextLine(f1, "Data Matrix Barcodes")
.SetStructureType(StructElem.H1)
.SetFontSize(18f)
.SetLocation(50f, 36f)
.DrawOn(page);
DataMatrix barcode = new DataMatrix("https://github.com/edragoev1/pdfjet");
barcode.SetLocation(50f, 50f);
barcode.SetModuleLength(3f);
float[] xy = barcode.DrawOn(page);
TextLine caption = new TextLine(f1, "A web address");
caption.SetLocation(50f, xy[1] + 20f);
caption.DrawOn(page);
barcode = new DataMatrix("Grüße aus München! こんにちは 😀");
barcode.SetLocation(300f, 50f);
barcode.SetModuleLength(3f);
xy = barcode.DrawOn(page);
caption = new TextLine(f1, "Text in UTF-8");
caption.SetLocation(300f, xy[1] + 20f);
caption.DrawOn(page);
barcode = new DataMatrix("PDFjet 9.0.2", DataMatrix.RECTANGLE);
barcode.SetLocation(50f, 250f);
barcode.SetModuleLength(4f);
barcode.SetModuleColor(Color.blue);
xy = barcode.DrawOn(page);
caption = new TextLine(f1, "A rectangular symbol");
caption.SetLocation(50f, xy[1] + 20f);
caption.DrawOn(page);
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 1; i <= 20; i++) {
sb.Append("Line ").Append(i).Append(" of a longer text in a larger symbol.\n");
}
barcode = new DataMatrix(sb.ToString());
barcode.SetLocation(300f, 250f);
barcode.SetModuleLength(2f);
xy = barcode.DrawOn(page);
caption = new TextLine(f1, "A larger symbol");
caption.SetLocation(300f, xy[1] + 20f);
caption.DrawOn(page);
barcode = DataMatrix.FromGS1("(01)09506000134352(17)261231(10)ABC123(21)XYZ-42");
barcode.SetLocation(50f, 400f);
barcode.SetModuleLength(3f);
xy = barcode.DrawOn(page);
// On two lines, clear of the larger symbol at its right
caption = new TextLine(f1, "GS1: a GTIN, an expiry date,");
caption.SetLocation(50f, xy[1] + 20f);
caption.DrawOn(page);
caption = new TextLine(f1, "a batch and a serial number");
caption.SetLocation(50f, xy[1] + 20f + 14f); // A line of 10 points, and its spacing
caption.DrawOn(page);
pdf.Complete();
}
public static void Main(String[] args) {
Stopwatch sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
long time0 = sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
new Example_14();
long time1 = sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
sw.Stop();
Console.WriteLine($"Example_14 => {time1 - time0,4} ms");
}
} // End of Example_14.cs
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