Reference Guide > Properties > PreferredFormat Property

Gets or sets the format of the DataMatrix barcode.

Property Data Type

short

Remarks

The default value is 0, this property can be one of the following values.

Value	Description	Data Capacity
Value	Description	Numeric	Alphanumeric	Byte
0	Auto format
1	10 X 10 format	6	3	1
2	12 X 12 format	10	6	3
3	14 X 14 format	16	10	6
4	16 X 16 format	24	16	10
5	18 X 18 format	36	25	16
6	20 X 20 format	44	31	20
7	22 X 22 format	60	43	28
8	24 X 24 format	72	52	34
9	26 X 26 format	88	64	42
10	32 X 32 format	124	91	60
11	36 X 36 format	172	127	84
12	40 X 40 format	228	169	112
13	44 X 44 format	288	214	142
14	48 X 48 format	348	259	172
15	52 X 52 format	408	304	202
16	64 X 64 format	560	418	278
17	72 X 72 format	736	550	366
18	80 X 80 format	912	682	454
19	88 X 88 format	1152	862	574
20	96 X 96 format	1392	1042	694
21	104 X 104 format	1632	1222	814
22	120 X 120 format	2100	1573	1048
23	132 X 132 format	2608	1954	1302
24	144 X 144 format	3116	2335	1556
25	8 X 18 format	10	6	3
26	8 X 32 format	20	13	8
27	12 X 26 format	32	22	14
28	12 X 36 format	44	31	20
29	16 X 36 format	64	46	30
30	16 X 48 format	98	72	47

If you set PreferredFormat to 0 (Auto format), our DataMatrix ActiveX control will automatically choose an appropriate format with enough data capacity to encode the string.

If you set PreferredFormat to other values and the data capacity of the selected format is not big enough to encode the string, our DataMatrix ActiveX control will also automatically choose an appropriate format with bigger data capacity to encode the string.