private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { //Create a DataSet from the XML file string filePath = "..\\..\\Employees.xml"; DataSet ds = new DataSet(); ds.ReadXml(filePath); //Create and add barcode column DataColumn dc = new DataColumn("BarcodeImage", typeof(byte[])); ds.Tables[0].Columns.Add(dc); //We'll use Code 128 Barcode Symbology BaseBarcode b = BarcodeFactory.GetBarcode(Symbology.Code128); b.Height = 50; b.FontHeight = 0.3F; //Now, generate and fill barcode images foreach (DataRow dr in ds.Tables[0].Rows) { //We'll encode the ID column b.Number = (string)dr["ID"]; //Create bitmap and save it to BarcodeImage column MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(); b.Save(ms, ImageType.Png); dr["BarcodeImage"] = ms.GetBuffer(); } CrystalReport1 report = new CrystalReport1(); report.SetDataSource(ds); crystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = report; }