Enum DataMatrixEncodeMode

DataMatrixEncodeMode enumeration

DataMatrix encoder’s encoding mode, default to Auto

public enum DataMatrixEncodeMode

Values

NameValueDescription
Auto0Automatically pick up the best encode mode for Datamatrix encoding
ASCII1Encodes one alphanumeric or two numeric characters per byte
Bytes6Encode 8 bit values
C408Uses C40 encoding. Encodes Upper-case alphanumeric, Lower case and special characters
Text9Uses Text encoding. Encodes Lower-case alphanumeric, Upper case and special characters
EDIFACT10Uses EDIFACT encoding. Uses six bits per character, encodes digits, upper-case letters, and many punctuation marks, but has no support for lower-case letters.
ANSIX1211Uses ANSI X12 encoding.
ExtendedCodetext12ExtendedCodetext mode allows to manually switch encodation schemes and ECI encodings in codetext.

Examples

This sample shows how to do codetext in Extended Mode.

[C#]
//Auto mode
string codetext = "犬Right狗";
using (var generator = new BarcodeGenerator(EncodeTypes.DataMatrix, codetext))
{
    generator.Parameters.Barcode.DataMatrix.ECIEncoding = ECIEncodings.UTF8;
    generator.Save("test.bmp");
}

//Bytes mode
byte[] encodedArr = { 0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9 };

//encode array to string
StringBuilder strBld = new StringBuilder();
foreach (byte bval in encodedArr)
    strBld.Append((char) bval);
string codetext = strBld.ToString();

using (var generator = new BarcodeGenerator(EncodeTypes.DataMatrix, codetext))
{
    generator.Parameters.Barcode.DataMatrix.DataMatrixEncodeMode = DataMatrixEncodeMode.Bytes;
    generator.Save("test.bmp");
}


//Extended codetext mode
//create codetext
DataMatrixExtCodetextBuilder textBuilder = new DataMatrixExtCodetextBuilder();
codetextBuilder.AddECICodetextWithEncodeMode(ECIEncodings.Win1251, DataMatrixEncodeMode.Bytes, "World");
codetextBuilder.AddPlainCodetext("Will");
codetextBuilder.AddECICodetext(ECIEncodings.UTF8, "犬Right狗");
codetextBuilder.AddCodetextWithEncodeMode(DataMatrixEncodeMode.C40, "ABCDE");

//generate codetext
string codetext = textBuilder.GetExtendedCodetext();    

//generate
using(BarcodeGenerator generator = new BarcodeGenerator(EncodeTypes.DataMatrix, codetext))
{
    generator.Parameters.Barcode.DataMatrix.DataMatrixEncodeMode = DataMatrixEncodeMode.ExtendedCodetext;
	generator.Save("test.bmp");
}

See Also