2. Recent_announcements_(from May)
3. Current versions and prices
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During May we began a programme of improving the installers used for installing dLSoft applications and components. The objectives of the programme for end-user applications included seamless handling of UAC on Vista systems, automatic installation of the .NET framework on XP/2000 systems, and the automatic removal of fonts when font products are uninstalled from a system. All new installers include a copy of the relevant manual in pdf format. As each product is converted to the new installer system relevant components are being resigned with our new certificate (valid until 24 April 2011).
The following applications have been repackaged with the new installation system:
AnyLabels
Barcode Macros for Office
dBarcode Pro
dBarcode Suite
dLabel
Really Simple Barcodes (PC version)
The following component products have been repackaged with the new installation system:
Active Barcode Components (all versions)
Barcode Fonts (all versions)
dBarcode DLLs (all versions)
dBarcode.NET components (all versions)
Labels.NET (all versions)
We expect to complete installers for the remaining dLSoft products during July.
The dBarcode.NET component distributions include components for both .NET Framework 1.1 and 2.0. The components supporting the 1.1 framework have now been updated to the same level of functionality as those supporting the 2.0 framework (ie. Support for high resolution metafile images).
All dLSoft products that support ISSN barcodes with text now allow the automatic generation of the ISSN check digit for display above the barcode (in addition to the ISSN barcode check digit below the barcode).
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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dLSoft is pleased to announce the launch of new versions of the dBarcode.NET family of products. The new versions generate enhanced metafile barcode images (in addition to the pixel-aligned bitmap images of earlier versions), allowing high resolution barcode images to be created, printed or saved to memory streams of disk files.
For details see: http://www.dlsoft.com/products/developers/dbcdotnet.htm
dLSoft is pleased to announce the release of Barcode 2D Tools for Crystal Reports. dLSoft Barcode 2D Tools for Crystal Reports provides the tools needed to include several common 2D barcodes within Crystal Reports XI, either as graphic images or (with limitations) as font-based barcodes. Limited size Font-based Aztec, Datamatrix, PDF417 and QR Code barcodes may also be included in reports created using earlier versions of Crystal Reports, and barcode graphic images may be included in packages created using the Crystal Reports Designer Component for VB6 included with Crystal Reports 8.5 and 9.
For details see: http://www.dlsoft.com/products/2D_Barcode_Tools_For_Crystal_Reports.htm
As the widespread introduction of GS1 Databar barcodes approaches, the linear member of the GS1-Databar family of barcodes (ie. Omnidirectional, Limited, Truncated and Expanded) have been added updated versions of the following dLSoft products:
Active Barcode Component 1D Universal (v 5.1)
Active Barcode Component GS1 (v 5.1)
AnyLabels (v 3.2)
Barcode Macros for Office (v 5.1)
dBarcode DLL 1D Universal (v 5.1)
dBarcode.DLL GS1 (v 5.1)
dBarcode 1D Developer Kit (v8.2)
dBarcode .NET 1D Universal (v 3.0)
dBarcode .NET GS1 (v 3.0)
dBarcode Pro (v 8.01)
dBarcode Suite (v 8.01)
dLabel Pro (v 8.01)
Really Simple Barcodes (v 2.6)
Universal Barcode Font Kit (v 4.21)
The dBarcode 2D Developers Kit (version 8.2) has now been upgraded to the same level of functionality as the 1D kit, by the addition of font-based barcodes for Aztec, Datamatrix, PDF417 and QR Code symbols, in addition to the linear variants of GS1-Databar. The new version also includes a sample for Mailmerge in Word, and a Delphi component for creating images within Delphi.
Really Simple Barcodes for PC (v 2.6) now has the option to export enhanced metafiles, making the product ideal for creating barcode image files for CorelDraw, Illustrator and other vector design packages.
Other enhancements in this release include the addition of the linear variants of the GS1 Databar barcodes.
Testware versions are available from our web site. Users of the earlier versions may upgrade under our normal terms.
Active Barcode Components do not require the presence of specific MFC libraries on the computer on which they are used. However, it has been drawn to our attention that there is a function clash between the recent release of these components and some older reporting software that supports Active-X but requires older versions of the Microsoft MFC libraries. All Active Barcode Components have now been rebuilt using an older version of Visual Studio (v 2003) to avoid this clash.
No other functional change in the products is involved (apart from the addition of Databar – see above).
The Help file and manual for Barcode Macros for Office has been updated to provide clearer instructions for making the in-line formula function available to all Excel spreadsheets.
Testware versions are available from our web site. Users of the earlier versions may upgrade under our normal terms.
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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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Testware versions of any of our products can be obtained from any of these locations.
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