.NET SDK

Retrieving metadata from a BarTender document

Overview The metadata of a .btw file is in human-readable plain text in XML format. If you open a .btw file in Notepad or other text editors, you can read the header and metadata from the file. But how do you read it in an SDK application or via PowerShell? Applicable to Any of the following: B...

How does the BarTender .net SDK iterate through substrings/named data sources?

Question How does the BarTender .net SDK iterate through substrings/named data sources? Do we guarantee a specific order when we iterate through substrings/named data sources in the BarTender .net SDK? If so, what order? Answer Substrings/named data sources are stored in a key/value map fashio...

Where is the SDK help file located in 2019 and later?

Question Where is the help file for the SDK located? Applicable to BarTender 2019 and later Answer The help file has been merged with the main BarTender help file. You can find it in BarTender Designer by going to Help > BarTender Help. The SDK help file is located in the Automating BarTender ...

BarTender .net SDK and BarTender Version compatibility

Question Will a custom application using our BarTender .NET SDK compiled using an older version be compatible with a newer version of BarTender? Answer When you develop an application using the .NET SDK, you are developing it for a specific version of the BarTender application. In the event that ...

BarTender .NET SDK Does Not Refresh and Recognize Ordering of Database Fields

Symptom For a text file database, the order of the database fields/columns when using BarTender .NET SDK may not follow the same order and arrangement as during design time while printing directly in BarTender Designer. Environment BarTender Automation Edition and above BarTender .NET SDK Text F...

Make use of Print Job Events and Verification via .NET SDK

Overview BarTender can receive Print Job Events and Print Job Verification via the Seagull printer driver and through the Printer Maestro Service. There are several ways on how BarTender and its companion applications can retrieve and display this information, but this article is going to cover h...

Assign values to objects on the label via .NET SDK

Overview How to assign a value to a label template object on your BarTender document using .NET SDK. Applicable to BarTender Automation Edition and above. Information There are two ways to assign values to objects on a label via .NET SDK:1. By assigning a name (Named Data Source) to that object, ...

How to perform Internet Printing via .NET SDKs with BarTender

Overview How to perform Internet Printing via .NET SDKs with BarTender. Applicable to BarTender 2016 and above. Information Web Label Print Sample As part of the BarTender suite, we have included an example called Web Label Print. The Web Label Print Sample application is a working Windows ASP.n...

Make use of .NET SDK to change page and label dimensions

Overview This article will show how to make use of .NET SDK to change paper height and width of your BarTender document. Applicable to BarTender Automation Edition and above Information The btFormat.PageSetup.PaperHeight and btFormat.PageSetup.PaperWidth properties allow you to set or return the...

How to automate exporting Image Previews of BarTender documents via .NET SDK

Overview You are automating BarTender over .NET SDK. You would like your application to either export or display an Image or Print Preview of the BarTender document to be printed. Applicable to BarTender Automation Edition and above Information To generate image previews, this can be done using B...

How to open a specific Librarian document revision using automation?

Question Is there a way through automation to open a Librarian document revision number such as using BarTender XML or BarTender .net SDK? Answer Here is a some simple Print API code: using (Engine engine = new Engine()){ engine.Start(); LabelFormatDocument doc = engine.Documents.Open(@"lib...

Could not load file or assembly 'Seagull.BarTender.Print'

Symptom Getting the following error message in web browser when trying to run custom web application in Visual Studio. Environment Using BarTender 2016 and later, 64 bit Running custom web application in Visual Studio. Fix/Answer If your custom web application is compiling fine without errors, ...