AVEVA Intouch Control .Net

The following example is dedicated to my colleague Raul Vizcaino ... Never lose the desire to keep learning... A promise is a promise, and here it is.

Using the BarcodeLib library, we will create a .net object to instantiate it and that's it.

We can do the following example in a Visual Studio project, where it is much more comfortable, but we can also do it this way.

Create a directory, where for the following example the BarcodeLib.dll library is located. Copy the following code into a notepad and save it with the name PHSPictureBox.cs, note that the important thing is the file extension *.cs

Code

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using BarcodeLib;

namespace PHSPictureBox
{
    public partial class PHSPictureBox : PictureBox
    {
        private string _BarCode;
        private string _MessageError;
        private string _CodeType;
        private  BarcodeLib.TYPE UserType = BarcodeLib.TYPE.UPCA;

public string BarCode
        {
            get
            {
                return _BarCode;
            }
            set
            {
		_BarCode = value;
		LoadMyBarcode(_BarCode);
            }
        }

        public string CodeType
        {
            get
            {
                return _CodeType;
            }
            set
            {
                _CodeType = value;
                GetMyCode(_CodeType);
                if (! String.IsNullOrEmpty(BarCode) )
                {
                    LoadMyBarcode(BarCode);
                }
            }
        }

       public string MessageError
       {
            get
            {
                return _MessageError;
            }
            set
            {
                _MessageError = value;
            }
       }
		
       public PHSPictureBox()
       {
            this.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.White;
            this.MaximumSize = new System.Drawing.Size(1900, 1060);
            this.MinimumSize = new System.Drawing.Size(50, 25);
            this.Name = "PHSPictureBox";
            this.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(203, 84);
       }

private void GetMyCode(String Type)
       {
            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(CodeType))
            {
                UserType = BarcodeLib.TYPE.UPCA;
            }
            else
            {
                /*
                Code 128 	Code 93 	Code 39 (Extended / Full ASCII)
                Code11 	    EAN-8 	    FIM (Facing Identification Mark)
                UPC-A 	    UPC-E 	    Pharmacode
                MSI 	    PostNet 	Standard 2 of 5
                ISBN 	    Codabar 	Interleaved 2 of 5
                ITF-14 	    Telepen 	UPC Supplemental 2
                JAN-13 	    EAN-13 	    UPC Supplemental 5
                */

                switch (Type)
                {
                    case "CODE128":
                        UserType = BarcodeLib.TYPE.CODE128;
                        break;
                    case "CODE11":
                        UserType = BarcodeLib.TYPE.CODE11;
                        break;
                    case "UPCA":
                        UserType = BarcodeLib.TYPE.UPCA;
                        break;
                    case "MSI":
                        UserType = BarcodeLib.TYPE.MSI_Mod11_Mod10;
                        break;
                    case "ISBN":
                        UserType = BarcodeLib.TYPE.ISBN;
                        break;
                    case "ITF14":
                        UserType = BarcodeLib.TYPE.ITF14;
                        break;
                    case "JAN13":
                        UserType = BarcodeLib.TYPE.JAN13;
                        break;
                    default:
                        UserType = BarcodeLib.TYPE.UPCA;
                        break;
                }
            }
       }

       public void LoadMyBarcode(string Code)
       {
            MessageError = "";
            try
            {
                BarcodeLib.Barcode b = new BarcodeLib.Barcode();
                b.IncludeLabel = true;
                this.Image = b.Encode(UserType, Code, Color.Black, Color.White, this.Width, this.Height);
            }
            catch(Exception ex)
            {
                MessageError = ex.ToString();
            }           
       }
    }
}

Next, run the Windows console as an administrator and execute the following command. I assume that the .NET framework v4.0 is installed.

Code

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\csc /t:library /out:PHSPictureBox.dll /r:System.dll;System.Drawing.dll;System.Windows.Forms.dll;BarcodeLib.dll PHSPictureBox.cs

If everything is correct, the corresponding *.dll will have been generated.

Now you can use it in your SCADA, whether it is AVEVA Intouch, WinCC, Factory Talk View, IFIX, etc... as long as it supports .Net controls.
Here is a small example of how to implement it in AVEVA Intouch Client Controls

Jose Manuel Luque

Industrial Automation Technician.