Freely scalable vector graphics

With ActiveBarcode you can save barcodes as vector graphics (EMF, WMF). These graphics formats allow free scaling without losses.

• You can save vector graphics with the ActiveBarcode Generator as a file.
  Use the function Export from the menu File and select vector format when saving.
• You can copy a vector graphics to the Windows clipboard when using the ActiveBarcode Generator.
  Use the function Copy Metafile from the menu Edit.
• You can save vector graphics as a file using the ActiveBarcode Control's method SaveAs, SaveAsBySize or SaveAsBySizeExtended.
• You can save a vector graphics at the console (command line) using the ActiveBarcodeCLI tool.

Windows metafiles store graphics. In contrast to bitmaps the Windows metafiles (EMF, WMF) contain the picture information as drawing commands and not as pixels. This allows free scaling of the graphics without losses.

An EMF is a 32 bit enhanced metafile which can be used since Windows 95 and later. Windows vector graphics format recognized by many image-editing applications; basically a 32-bit version of the original Windows Metafile Format (WMF).

A WMF is an image file format originally designed for Microsoft Windows in the 1990s. Windows Metafiles are intended to be portable between applications and is one of the first formats that allow to contain vector graphics. It acts in a similar manner to SVG files.