Drawing two-dimensional barcodes: a QR code with each of the four error correction levels, GS1 data as a GS1 Digital Link, and Data Matrix symbols of a web address, UTF-8 text, a rectangle, a larger symbol and GS1 data.
Example_37.pdf — the PDF this example creates.
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Diagnostics;
using PDFjet.NET;
using System.Text;
/**
* Example_37.cs
*
* Draws two-dimensional barcodes. The same web address as a QR code with
* each of the four error correction levels, where a higher level lets a
* scanner read a code that is more damaged or covered and leaves room for
* less data; GS1 data as a GS1 Digital Link in a QR code; and Data Matrix
* symbols of a web address, text in UTF-8, a rectangle, a larger symbol and
* GS1 data.
*/
public class Example_37 {
public Example_37() {
PDF pdf = new PDF(new BufferedStream(
new FileStream("Example_37.pdf", FileMode.Create)));
pdf.SetCompliance(Compliance.PDF_UA_1);
pdf.SetTitle("QR Codes and Data Matrix Barcodes");
DrawQRCodes(pdf);
DrawDataMatrix(pdf);
pdf.Complete();
}
private void DrawQRCodes(PDF pdf) {
Font f1 = new Font(pdf, IBMPlexSans.Regular);
Font f2 = new Font(pdf, IBMPlexSans.SemiBold);
Page page = new Page(pdf, Letter.PORTRAIT);
TextLine text = new TextLine(f2, "QR Code Error Correction");
text.SetStructureType(StructElem.H1);
text.SetFontSize(22f);
text.SetLocation(70f, 80f);
text.DrawOn(page);
TextBlock textBlock = new TextBlock(f1,
"Each QR code below holds the same address, the home page of PDFjet. "
+ "A higher error correction level lets a scanner read the code when "
+ "more of it is damaged or covered, and leaves room for less data, "
+ "so longer data at a higher level makes a larger code.");
textBlock.SetFontSize(12f);
textBlock.SetLineSpacing(1.5f);
textBlock.SetLocation(70f, 95f);
textBlock.SetWidth(470f);
textBlock.DrawOn(page);
ErrorCorrectionLevel[] levels = {
ErrorCorrectionLevel.L,
ErrorCorrectionLevel.M,
ErrorCorrectionLevel.Q,
ErrorCorrectionLevel.H,
};
String[] names = {
"L (Low)",
"M (Medium)",
"Q (Quartile)",
"H (High)",
};
String[] notes = {
"About 7% can be restored, 78 bytes fit in this size",
"About 15% can be restored, 62 bytes fit in this size",
"About 25% can be restored, 46 bytes fit in this size",
"About 30% can be restored, 34 bytes fit in this size",
};
// Two rows of two codes.
for (int i = 0; i < levels.Length; i++) {
float x = 70f + (i % 2) * 250f;
float y = 200f + (i / 2) * 250f;
QRCode qr = new QRCode("https://pdfjet.com", levels[i]);
qr.SetModuleLength(5f);
qr.SetLocation(x, y);
float[] xy = qr.DrawOn(page);
text = new TextLine(f2, names[i]);
text.SetFontSize(12f);
text.SetLocation(x, xy[1] + 20f);
text.DrawOn(page);
text = new TextLine(f1, notes[i]);
text.SetFontSize(10f);
text.SetTextColor(Color.dimgray);
text.SetLocation(x, xy[1] + 35f);
text.DrawOn(page);
}
// GS1 data as a GS1 Digital Link, a web address an ordinary QR code carries.
Page page2 = new Page(pdf, Letter.PORTRAIT);
text = new TextLine(f2, "GS1 Digital Link");
text.SetStructureType(StructElem.H2);
text.SetFontSize(18f);
text.SetLocation(70f, 80f);
text.DrawOn(page2);
String link = GS1.DigitalLink("https://id.gs1.org", "(01)09506000134352(10)ABC123(17)261231");
TextBlock note = new TextBlock(f1, "The GS1 data (01)09506000134352(10)ABC123(17)261231, a GTIN, a batch and an expiry date, "
+ "is this web address, a GS1 Digital Link, which an ordinary QR code carries and any phone opens:");
note.SetFontSize(12f);
note.SetLineSpacing(1.5f);
note.SetLocation(70f, 95f);
note.SetWidth(470f);
float[] corner = note.DrawOn(page2);
// The address as a link, not as text in the paragraph, which PDF/UA
// checkers take for a link without its Link element
text = new TextLine(f1, link);
text.SetFontSize(12f);
text.SetTextColor(Color.blue);
text.SetUnderline(true);
text.SetURIAction(link);
text.SetLocation(70f, corner[1] + 20f);
text.DrawOn(page2);
QRCode code = new QRCode(link, ErrorCorrectionLevel.M);
code.SetModuleLength(4f);
code.SetLocation(70f, corner[1] + 50f);
code.DrawOn(page2);
}
private void DrawDataMatrix(PDF pdf) {
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 9.1.5", 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);
}
public static void Main(String[] args) {
Stopwatch sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
long time0 = sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
new Example_37();
long time1 = sw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
sw.Stop();
Console.WriteLine($"Example_37 => {time1 - time0,4} ms");
}
} // End of Example_37.cs
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