Installation

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

To use Barcode .Net, you must be running,

In addition, to use Barcode .Net in a web server environment, you'll also need to have Internet Information Services installed with ASP.NET enabled.

CONFIGURING A WINDOWS APPLICATION

When using Barcode .Net in a Windows application (typically written using Windows Forms), you just need to copy the Bokai.Barcodes.dll file to your application's directory.

CONFIGURING A WEB APPLICATION

When using Barcode .Net in a web application, you need to do two things:

  1. First, you need to copy the Bokai.Barcodes.dll file to the bin subdirectory of your web application's virtual directory as registered with IIS. If you don't have a separate web application, you can copy it to C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\bin.
  2. Next, you have two choices (or you can do both):
SETUP VERIFICATION

If you are going to use Barcode .Net in web applications, you can do this to make sure you have installed the product correctly: Type the following URLs, one at a time, in your browser's URL field and then press enter.

http://localhost/Barcode.Net/Barcode.aspx
http://localhost/Barcode.Net/BarcodeHandler.aspx
(Replace Barcode.Net by the name of your application's virtual directory)

You should see a barcode displayed in your browser in both cases,

Otherwise, you would see error messages on the screen, telling you what the problem is.