dLSoft Newsletter – February 2009

Contents

1. Products & updates

2. Recent_announcements_(from October/November)

3. Current versions and prices

4. Contact addresses

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1. Products & updates

1.1 New Really Simple Barcodes versions

dLSoft is pleased to announce the release of new versions of Really Simple Barcodes. These new versions add the facility to generate vector Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files to the formats supported (Enhanced metafile and a variety of bitmap formats). This addition allows the creation of very high resolution images to be transferred to any PostScript supporting platform using plain text files and make the product ideal for printing companies that need to create their own barcode images.

 

Really Simple Barcodes for PC version 3.0

Really Simple Barcodes for Mac OS-X version 3.0

 

Testware versions of all dLSoft products are available from our web site. Users of the earlier versions may upgrade under our normal terms.

1.2 New product – dBarcode.NET Dual Universal

dLSoft is pleased to announce the launch of a new member of the dBarcode.NET family of components – dBarcode.NET Dual Universal, which supports all common 1D and 2D barcodes for both Windows Forms and ASP.NET systems. The component can generate barcode images in both high resolution metafile and a variety of bitmap formats at a user-defined resolution.

1.3 New dBarcode.NET versions

dLSoft is pleased to announce the release of a new versions of all members of the dBarcode.NET family of barcode creation components. These new versions add the facility to generate vector Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files and memory streams to the formats supported (Enhanced metafile and a variety of bitmap formats). This addition allows the creation of very high resolution images to be transferred to any PostScript supporting platform using plain text files.

 

The following components are now version 4.0:

 

dBarcode.Net 1D Universal

dBarcode.Net 2D Universal

dBarcode.NET Dual Universal

dBarcode.Net Aztec

dBarcode.Net Databar

dBarcode.Net Datamatrix

dBarcode.Net GS1

dBarcode.Net GS1-Composites

dBarcode.Net Maxicode

dBarcode.Net PDF417

dBarcode.Net QR Code

dBarcode.Net Standard

 

Testware versions of all dLSoft products are available from our web site. Users of the earlier versions may upgrade under our normal terms.

 

1.4 Barcodes Online service

DL Technology is pleased to announce an enhancement to the Barcodes Online service. As from today the dLSoft Barcodes Online Service adds support for vector EPS files.
While these are not viewable in a web browser EPS images may be obtained by selecting the EPS type in the drop-down list of image types in the "E-mail Image" section of the screen.

 

Subscribers creating EPS files should note that the target printer resolution should still be specified so that the bars in the barcode images can be adjusted the correct number of printer pixels.

 

Also on the screen is a new check-box that permits low resolution EPS previews to be included in e-mailed EPS files if required.

 

1.5 Barcodes by e-mail service

DL Technology now offers a Barcodes by e-mail service for those requiring the occasional small number of barcode images. A simple form on our web site can be filled in to specify the barcode details etc, and the barcode images are e-mailed in return within a few hours. Barcode images in EPS or WMF vector formats, or BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG or TIFF bitmap formats.

 

1.6 Font product updates

All Font products now have a Visual FoxPro sample included. The sample was created with Visual FoxPro 7 but is suitable for use with later versions of Visual FoxPro.

 

The following product packages have been updated:

 

Aztec Font Kit v 4.5

Datamatrix Font Kit v4.5

PDF417 Font Kit v4.5

QR Code Font Kit v4.5

Universal Font Kit v4.5

 

And the following dLSoft Barcode Font packages (now version 4.1):
Code 39
Code 93
Code 128/EAN 128
Interleaved 2 of 5
MSI/Plessey
PostNet
Telepen
RM4SCC

1.7 Datamatrix bug correction

A bug in our Datamatrix algorithm could in some circumstances cause Extended ASCII characters (eg. European accented characters) to be encoded incorrectly so that on scanning an adjacent ASCII character is produced.

This bug has now been fixed and updated versions of the following products have been released:

 

Active Barcode Component 2D Universal

Active Barcode Component Datamatrix

AnyLabels

Barcode 2D IMG Server for IIS

Barcode 2D Tools for Crystal Reports

Datamatrix Font Kit

dBarcode DLL 2D Universal

dBarcode DLL Datamatrix

dBarcode.Net 2D Universal

dBarcode.Net Datamatrix

dBarcode 2D Developer Kit

dBarcode Suite

dLabel

 

1.8 dBarcode.NET PDF417 modified

The dBarcode.NET – PDF417 component has been modified to enforce Binary encoding when the Unicode Flag is set. This avoids an error return is no start mode has been selected.

 

Testware versions of all dLSoft products are available from our web site. Users of the earlier versions may upgrade under our normal terms.

 

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2 Recent announcements (from October/November 2008 issue)

2.1 Product updates

A bug in our Databar (RSS) algorithm for the type known as “Limited” resulted in about 1 in 100 of the Databar Limited barcodes generated having the wrong check digit. This has now been fixed and the following products have undergone an update. In most case no version number change is involved. (Where the version number has changed this is the result of an updated installation system in addition to the above bug fix.)

 

Active Barcode Component 1D Universal

Active Barcode Component 2D Universal

Active Barcode Component Databar

Active Barcode Component GS1

AnyLabels

Barcode IMG Server for IIS (now version 3.51)

Barcode 2D IMG Server for IIS (now version 3.51)

Barcode Macros for Office

Barcode Tools for Crystal Reports (now version 1.1)

Barcode 2D Tools for Crystal Reports (now version 1.1)

dBarcode DLL 1D Universal

dBarcode DLL 2D Universal

dBarcode DLL Databar

dBarcode DLL GS1

dBarcode DLL GS1 Composite

dBarcode.Net 1D Universal

dBarcode.Net 2D Universal

dBarcode.Net Databar

dBarcode.Net GS1

dBarcode.Net GS1 Composite

dBarcode 1D Developer Kit

dBarcode 2D Developer Kit

dBarcode Pro

dBarcode Suite

dLabel

Really Simple Barcodes (PC version)

Universal Barcode Font Kit

 

Testware versions of all dLSoft products are available from our web site. Users of the earlier versions may upgrade under our normal terms.

 

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3 Current versions and prices of dLSoft Products

A list of current versions and release dates is maintained at:

http://downloads.dlsoft.com/testware/versions.htm

and a pdf version at
http://downloads.dlsoft.com/testware/versions.pdf

 

The current retail price list is also available from:

http://downloads.dlsoft.com/testware/pplist.htm

and a pdf version at
http://downloads.dlsoft.com/testware/pplist.pdf

 

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4 Contact addresses and internet sites

e-mail: DLSOFT@DLSOFT.COM
Phone: 0870 803 1212  - International +44 870 803 1212
Fax:   0870 803 2312  - International +44 870 803 2312


Our main web site is at: www.dlsoft.com

and this contains links to our support site and international mirrors

Testware versions of any of our products can be obtained from any of these locations.

 

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PO Box 9, Buckhurst Hill, Essex IG9 5BE, UK
E-mail
: dLSoft@dLSoft.com
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