Contents
1. Product
updates and bug fixes
2. Recent product announcements (from
June)
3. Current versions and prices
4.
Contact addresses and internet site
But first…
Microsoft licences
dBarcode.
See the
Press release
at the end of this Newsletter
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1.1 All dBarcode-DLL
products have been updated to include functions that provide device dependent
bitmap or device independent bitmap images to be placed directly on the
clipboard. The Visual C/C++ 6 and Visual Basic 6 sample programs provided with
the products have also been updated to demonstrate a wider range of
functionality.
The dBarcode 1D DLLs
now have version number 3.15 and the dBarcode 2D DLLs
have version number 3.25.
1.2 Some of our 1D barcode products that permit
variable wide/narrow bar ratios (principally for Code 39 and Interleaved 2 of 5
barcodes) were producing the correct absolute symbol width only for a bar ratio
of 2:1, and were generating incorrect values for higher ratios. This has now
been corrected. The following products have been updated accordingly:
Active Barcode components (all 1D versions)
dBarcode DLLs (all 1D versions)
dBarcode-32 Developers Kit
dBarcode-2k
dLabel-2k
dIndex-2k
1.3 Aztec and Datamatrix
fonts kits: the fonts included in the kits released in
April were not correctly marked as "embeddable" and so could not be
embedded into pdf documents. This oversight has not
been corrected.
1.4 The Labels.
Testware
versions are available from our web site and retail prices are at http://www.dlsoft.com/services/data/pplist.htm
Users of the earlier versions may upgrade under our normal terms.
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2.1
dLSoft
is please to announce the release of Labels.
For details see: http://www.dlsoft.com/barcode_products/labelsnet.htm
2.2 .
dLSoft
has released a number of barcode components designed for the Compact Framework.
Each component is a class DLL designed for
creating barcodes in Pocket PC 2003 or Windows CE projects. Components can
either draw the barcode on a graphics surface or provide a pattern string
allowing developer to draw bars.
For details see:
http://www.dlsoft.com/barcode_products/barcodes_in_windows_ce.htm
2.3 dBarcode.
Incorrect margin indicators in dBarcode.
The human readable text shown
under barcodes based on the EAN-13 format incorrectly show a margin
indicator on the left rather than on the right.
The following barcode types are affected:
EAN-13
ISBN
ISSN
ISMN
and
all the above with supplementaries
These barcode types are supported by the
following products
dBarcode.
dBarcode.
The problem hase been
corrected and updated versions of the products are available for registered
users.
Updated versions of the complete products from
may be downloaded from
http://www.dlsoft.com/downloads/downlddev.htm
The assemblies alone may be downloaded from
ftp://ftp.dlsoft.com/components/
2.4 Extended Code 39
bug fix
The Extended Code 39 algorithm in several of
our imaging products incorrectly encodes the – symbol. (Normal Code 39 is not
affected)
This bug has been fixed, and the following
products have been updated:
Active Barcode Component - 39/93
Active Barcode Component – 1D Universal
Browser Barcode – 39/93
Browser Barcode – Universal
dBarcode-32
dBarcode-32 Developers Kit
dBarcode DLL – 39/93
dBarcode DLL – 1D Universal
dLabel – 2K
dIndex – 2K
Universal Barcode Font Kit
Testware
versions are available from our web site and retail prices are at http://www.dlsoft.com/services/data/pplist.htm
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://www.dlsoft.com/services/data/versions.htm
and
a pdf version at
http://www.dlsoft.com/services/data/versions.pdf
The current retail and upgrade price list is
available from:
http://www.dlsoft.com/services/data/pplist.htm
and
a pdf version at
http://www.dlsoft.com/services/data/pplist.pdf
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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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PRESS
RELEASE
For Immediate Release
dLSoft releases labeling and barcode solutions
for Visual Studio.
Components enable developers to add barcodes
and label printing capabilities to Microsoft Visual Studio .
dLSoft
today announced it has released several components that add unique features to
Microsoft Visual Studio .
“dLSoft
recognizes the growing popularity of .
“Microsoft is pleased dLSoft will
build components on top of the Microsoft .
Labels.
Label printing is
generally a tricky task, often involving the transfer of data from one
application to another which then handles the printing. The Labels.
Three levels of
Labels.
* Standard component
supports text, line and graphic elements.
* Professional version adds support for most common 1D barcode types.
* 2D version includes both 1D and 2D barcode types.
The data source for
each text, image or barcode element may be fixed, generated by the in-built
wizard (for sequences, dates, etc.) or passed to the component during the Label
event triggered as each label is displayed or printed.
All elements may be
colored, rotated and provided with borders, and labels/forms may be up to the
full printer page size. The Print function permits any number of labels and/or
duplicates to be printed either programmatically or via the display of a Print
options dialog.
Components are available as single user versions or as
developer versions permitting royalty-free distribution of the component for up
to 10,000 distributions, with prices starting at $190. Each component is
supplied with a demonstration sample
including source code in Visual Basic.
dBarcode.
Previous barcode solutions for the .
“Because Microsoft licensed dBarcode.
The dBarcode.
Free trial versions of both products may be downloaded from www.dlsoft.com/downloads/downldnets.htm
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For More Information, Press Only:
David Lawes,
DL Technology Ltd, phone: (+44) (0) 208 559 0049,
e-mail: dlawes@dlsoft.com