Newsletter - February 2004

 

Contents

 

1. Product updates and bug fixes

2. New product announcements (from January)

3. Other product changes (from January)

4. Current versions

5. Upgrading to latest version

6. Contact addresses  and Internet sites

 

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1. Products, updates & bug fixes

 

1.1 New product

 

dLsoft is pleased to announce the addition of the following new fully-managed .NET component for the generation of barcodes under the .NET Framework

 

dBarcode.NET Aztec – for Aztec symbols

 

Details are available at http://www.dlsoft.com/barcode/dbcdotnet.htm

 

Testware versions are available from our web site and prices are at http://www.dlsoft.com/services/data/pplist.htm

 

1.2 The following product updates have been released:

 

a) ALL Active Barcode Components and ALL dBarcode DLLs have been updated to enable bitmap-type images to be created at a user defined resolution.

 

The products affected are:

 

Active Barcode Component – 39/93 v 3.1

Active Barcode Component – 128 v 3.1

Active Barcode Component – EAN/UPC v 3.1

Active Barcode Component – ITF v 3.1

Active Barcode Component – Universal v 3.1

Active -2D Barcode Component – Aztec v 3.1

Active -2D Barcode Component – DataMatrix v 3.1

Active -2D Barcode Component – Maxicode v 3.1

Active -2D Barcode Component – PDF417 v 3.1

Active -2D Barcode Component – RSS v 3.1

Active -2D Barcode Component – Universal v 3.1

dBarcode DLL – 39/93 v 3.1

dBarcode DLL – 128 v 3.1

dBarcode DLL – EAN/UPC v 3.1

dBarcode DLL – ITF v 3.1

dBarcode DLL – 1D Universal v 3.1

dBarcode DLL – Aztec v 3.1

dBarcode DLL – DataMatrix v 3.1

dBarcode DLL – Maxicode v 3.1

dBarcode DLL – PDF417 v 3.1

dBarcode DLL – RSS v 3.1

dBarcode DLL – 2D Universal v 3.1

 

b) the following products that use the formula wizard have been updated so that the Right and Left space-fill functions truncate data that is longer than the target size.

 

dBarcode-2k v 5.6

dLabel-2k v 5.6

dIndex-2k  v 5.6

 

c) the following dBarcode.NET products have been modified to allow testware versions to run in Protected Managed mode, thus enabling product evaluation for applications that require this. [In the initial release only Developers versions could run in Protected Managed mode. This change has no effect on licensed products and version numbers have not changed.]

 

dBarcode.NET – 39/93

dBarcode.NET – 128

dBarcode.NET – EAN/UPC

dBarcode.NET – ITF

dBarcode.NET – 1D Universal

dBarcode.NET – Aztec

dBarcode.NET – DataMatrix

dBarcode.NET – Maxicode

dBarcode.NET – PDF417

dBarcode.NET – RSS

 

 

1.3  The following bug has been fixed

 

A bug in the Batch file system of dBarcode-32 Pro and dBarcode-2k that prevent the correct use of named files has been fixed. Version numbers have not been changed.

 

Testware versions are available from our web site, and users of the earlier versions may upgrade under our normal terms.

 

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2. dLSoft New product announcements (from January issue)

 

dLsoft is pleased to announce the release of the following new fully-managed .NET components for the generation of barcodes under the .NET Framework

 

dBarcode.NET DataMatrix – for Datamatrix symbols

dBarcode.NET MaxiCode – for Maxicode symbols

dBarcode.NET PDF417 – for PDF417 and Micro PDF symbols

dBarcode.NET RSS – for Reduced Space Symbology symbols.

 

Details are available at http://www.dlsoft.com/barcode/dbcdotnet.htm

 

Testware versions are available from our web site and prices are at http://www.dlsoft.com/services/data/pplist.htm

 

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3. Other recent announcements (from January issue)

 

A bug in our DataMatrix algorithm - which under certain circumstances (encoding changing from EDIFACT to numeric at the end of the data) led to the production of a spurious { character on scanning – has been fixed. All products that support DataMatrix barcodes have been updated accordingly.

 

Products supporting RSS (Reduced Space Symbology) barcodes have been updated to allow the width of Expanded Stacked mode symbols to be specified by the user.

 

The products affected by the above changes are:

 

Active -2D Barcode Component – DataMatrix

Active -2D Barcode Component – Universal

dBarcode DLL – DataMatrix

dBarcode DLL – 2D Universal

dBarcode -2D Developers Kit

dBarcode–2K

dLabel-2K

dIndex-2K

 

No version number or serial number changes have been made as a result of the updates. Testware versions are available from our web site, and users of the earlier versions may upgrade under our normal terms.

 

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4. Current versions of dLSoft Products

 

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

 

http://www.dlsoft.com/services/data/versions.htm

 

last updated February 1st.

 

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5. Upgrading to the latest versions

 

If you have purchased a product within the last 12 months and wish to have a free upgrade to the current version but find that your serial number only allow the installation of a Testware version, then you need to e-mail us and specify the product name, your serial number, the name of dealer from whom you purchased the product and the purchase date. We will then send you a new serial number.

 

If you wish to purchase the current CD (15 UK pounds inclusive) just e-mail us your existing serial number, credit card details and delivery address.

 

If you wish to upgrade from an older product you can purchase a new serial number from our on-line store or any of our dealers, or by e-mail or fax to DL Technology.

Fax: (44) (0) 20 8559 0178

E-mail: DLSoft@DLSoft.com

 

The DL Technology upgrade price list is at http://www.dlsoft.com/services/data/pplist.htm

 

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6. Contact addresses and internet sites

 

e-mail: DLSOFT@DLSOFT.COM

 

Phone: 020 8559 0049  - International +44 20 8559 0049

Fax:   020 8559 0178  - International +44 20 8559 0178

 

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

 

and this contains links to our support site and international mirrors

 

We also maintain an ftp site at:  ftp://ftp.dlsoft.com

 

which contains archives of earlier releases and additional support material, manuals, help files, etc.

 

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

Fax: (44) (0) 20 8559 0178

E-mail: DLSoft@DLSoft.com

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