# TXBarcodeControl.GetMinimumTextLength Method

> Returns the minimum text length of the specified barcode type.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **Introduced:** 29.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Barcode`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXBarcode.Windows.Forms.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXBarcode.Windows.Forms.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl.Barcode > TXBarcodeControl.GetMinimumTextLength Method
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-barcode/txbarcodecontrol/getminimumtextlength-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-barcode/txbarcodecontrol/getminimumtextlength-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-barcode/txbarcodecontrol/getminimumtextlength-method/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [Description](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-barcode/txbarcodecontrol/getminimumtextlength-method/#description)
- [Syntax](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-barcode/txbarcodecontrol/getminimumtextlength-method/#syntax)
- [Parameters](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-barcode/txbarcodecontrol/getminimumtextlength-method/#parameters)
- [Return Value](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-barcode/txbarcodecontrol/getminimumtextlength-method/#return-value)
- [Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-barcode/txbarcodecontrol/getminimumtextlength-method/#examples)

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