How to draw a barcode image on a form with Visual Basic 6 and Bytescout.BarCode SDK

This sample code shows how to use Barcode SDK in Visual Basic 6 application to draw barcode image on a form:

Form1.frm content:

Private Sub Form_Load()
' IMPORTANT NOTE: you need to have .NET Framework 1.10 installed to use BarCode SDK from Visual Basic
' to download and install .NET Framework 1.10 please use this link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=262D25E3-F589-4...

' IMPORTANT NOTE for this sample: click on Form1 in the Design mode and set "AutoRedraw" property to True to make all drawings visible

Set bc = CreateObject("Bytescout.BarCode.Barcode")

' set symbology type
bc.Symbology = 0 ' 0 = Code39

' set value to encode
bc.Value = "012345"

' draw code 39 barcode to the form at (0,0)
bc.DrawHDC hDC, 0, 0

' now drawing 2D Aztec barcode

' set symbology type
bc.Symbology = 17 ' 17 = Aztec
' set value to encode
bc.Value = "012345"

' draw 2D Aztec barcode to the form at (0,200)
bc.DrawHDC hDC, 0, 200

Set bc = Nothing

End Sub

You can also print barcodes by drawing them on Printer.hDC (using built-in Printer object in VB6): see this sample for more information