Enum DotCodeEncodeMode

DotCodeEncodeMode enumeration

Encoding mode for DotCode barcodes.

public enum DotCodeEncodeMode

Values

NameValueDescription
Auto0In Auto mode, the CodeText is encoded with maximum data compactness. Unicode characters are re-encoded in the ECIEncoding specified encoding with the insertion of an ECI identifier. If a character is found that is not supported by the selected ECI encoding, an exception is thrown.
Bytes1Encode codetext as plain bytes. If it detects any Unicode character, the character will be encoded as two bytes, lower byte first.
ExtendedCodetext2Extended mode which supports multi ECI modes.
Binary3In Binary mode, the CodeText is encoded with maximum data compactness. If a Unicode character is found, an exception is thrown.
ECI4In ECI mode, the entire message is re-encoded in the ECIEncoding specified encoding with the insertion of an ECI identifier. If a character is found that is not supported by the selected ECI encoding, an exception is thrown. Please note that some old (pre 2006) scanners may not support this mode.
Extended5Extended mode which supports multi ECI modes.

Examples

[C#]
//Auto mode with macros
var codetext = ""[)>\u001E05\u001DCodetextWithMacros05\u001E\u0004"";
using (var generator = new BarcodeGenerator(EncodeTypes.DotCode, codetext))
{
    generator.Save("test.bmp");
}

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

//Bytes mode
byte[] encodedArr = { 0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9 };
using (var generator = new BarcodeGenerator(EncodeTypes.DotCode))
{
    generator.SetCodetext(encodedArr);
    generator.Parameters.Barcode.DotCode.DotCodeEncodeMode = DotCodeEncodeMode.Binary;
    generator.Save("test.bmp");
}

//Extended codetext mode
//create codetext
DotCodeExtCodetextBuilder textBuilder = new DotCodeExtCodetextBuilder();
textBuilder.AddFNC1FormatIdentifier();
textBuilder.AddECICodetext(ECIEncodings.Win1251, "Will");
textBuilder.AddFNC1FormatIdentifier();
textBuilder.AddECICodetext(ECIEncodings.UTF8, "犬Right狗");
textBuilder.AddFNC3SymbolSeparator();
textBuilder.AddFNC1FormatIdentifier();
textBuilder.AddECICodetext(ECIEncodings.UTF16BE, "犬Power狗");
textBuilder.AddPlainCodetext("Plain text");

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

//generate
using(BarcodeGenerator generator = new BarcodeGenerator(EncodeTypes.DotCode, codetext))
{
    generator.Parameters.Barcode.DotCode.DotCodeEncodeMode = DotCodeEncodeMode.Extended;
	generator.Save("test.bmp");
}

See Also

Enum DataMatrixVersion Class DotCodeExtCodetextBuilder