Question

I am using ASP.NET and I want to create a barcode in a pdf document by means of a third party component. Then I want to send this pdf document as an attachment.

Do you have any ideas how can I do this?

Thanks

Answer 1

I have done this in the past. I used a few components.

1. Barcode generation (http://www.idautomation.com/servercontrols/)
2. PDF Generation (http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/)
3. Regular email class in .NET (System.Net.Mail)

A few notes:

1. The barcode generation results in an image, so the import to any PDF library will be able to handle it.
2. iTextSharp’s documentation is lacking, in my opinion. It is a port of the Javas equivalent, so most things can be converted fairly easily.