Barcode tools for developers

A wide range of barcode components for developers to incorporate into their own products, including DLLs, .NET components, Active-X controls, Office macros or Java classes.

See our barcode product recommendations. Or follow the target links below for product details.

C/C++ and Delphi

dBarcode DLLs: A range of DLLs designed for use with C/C++ or Delphi.

.NET languages

dBarcode.NET: A range of fully managed barcode components for Windows Forms or ASP.NET projects.

Visual Basic 6 and VBA

Active Barcode Components: A range of powerful Active-X barcode components.

MS Office

For creating barcodes in MS Office products (Word, Excel and Access)

Crystal Reports

Provides a collection of tools for creating barcodes for Crystal Reports.

Windows Phone

A range of barcode DLLs designed for use with Windows Phone .

dBarcode Developer Kits

Multi-purpose kits for producing barcode images or font-based barcodes in many languages.

Font products

Font products include TrueType, OpenType and PostScript fonts, and components to make use of them.

Active-X barcode controls - Active Barcode Components

A range of powerful Active-X barcode components designed for use with Visual Basic 6 and VBA, which may be used to produce barcode images in many modern applications, including MS Access. Products available for most common barcode types. Use as an Object or a fully programmable ActiveX control. Does not require MFC dlls.

Barcode components - dBarcode .NET

A range of fully managed barcode components designed for use with Visual Studio.NET Creates a barcode resizeable metafile image or a pattern string for developers who prefer to draw their own bars. Includes samples with source code in VB, C# and J#, and an ASP.NET sample. Products available for most common barcode types. Universal version supports over 30 types.

Barcode .NET Components for Windows CE

A range of managed components designed for use in Windows CE projects. May be used from Visual Studio .NET 2003 or later through CE and Pocket PC 2003 emulators. Requires .NET Compact Framework.

dBarcode and dBarScan SL components for Windows Phone 7

The dBarcode SL components are a range of SilverLight components for creating 1D and 2D barcode images on Windows Phone, while the dBarScan SL components are for decoding and analysing images captured using the phone's camera.

Barcode libraries - dBarcode DLLs

A range of 32-bit and 64-bit barcode libraries designed for use with C/C++ or Delphi. Creates a barcode resizeable metafile image or a pattern string for developers who prefer to draw their own bars, saves barcode images (WMF, BMP, PNG files), or copies to the clipboard. Products available for most common barcode types. Universal version supports over 60 types.

dBarcode-1D Developers Kit

A complete Active 32-bit DLL-based kit for producing barcode images or font-based barcodes in Visual Basic 6, VBA (eg. Microsoft Office), Visual C/C++, and many other languages. Includes an Active DLL and a full-automation OLE-2 image server. Creates resizeable barcode images for use in a user's program. Includes source code for Visual Basic and Visual C/C++ examples. Includes Point and Click Barcode macros for Access, Excel and Word, suitable for Office 2003, 2007 and 2010. Includes macro source code for easy customisation. Crystal Reports Designer samples available.

dBarcode-2D Developers Kit

A complete Active 32-bit DLL-based kit for producing 2-dimensional barcode images in Visual Basic 6, VBA (eg. Access), Visual C/C++ and many other languages or OLE-2 enabled applications. Includes an Active DLL and a 32 bit full automation OLE-2 server. Creates resizeable barcode image for use in a user's program. Includes source code for Visual Basic and Visual C/C++ examples. Also includes example Access database. Crystal Reports Designer samples available.

Decoding products for developers

The following products are designed for developers wishing to include barcode scanning/decoding into their applications. These components are designed to accept images from image scanners - not barcode scanners!

dBarScan.NET 1D

A fully-managed code component for decoding barcodes from Images. Designed for use with Visual Studio.NET.

dBarScan-1D DLL

An Active DLL for decoding barcode bitmap images, designed for use with C/C++ and Visual Basic