dLSoft  Newsletter – May 2005

Contents

1. New Video Tutorial

2. Product Updates

3. Recent announcements (from April)

4. Current versions and prices

5. Contact addresses

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1. NEW ****  Video tutorials

dLSoft has placed on-line video tutorials for its most popular end-user products on the dLSoft web site. The videos page is at

 

http://www.dlsoft.com/support/dlsoft_video_tutorials.htm

 

and the individual product video links are as follows:

 

dLabel-2k

AnyLabels

Barcode Macros for Office

Really Simple Barcodes

 

 

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2 Product updates

 

2.1 Japan Postal Code. The Japan Postal Code support in a number of our products has been modified to meet the approval of the Japanese postal authorities. The following products have been updated accordingly:

 

Active Barcode Component – 1D Universal

AnyLabels
Barcode IMG Server for IIS
Barcode Macros for Office
Browser Barcode – 1D Universal
dBarcode DLL – 1D Universal
dBarcode.NET – 1D Universal
dBarcode Java Class – 1D Universal
dBarcode-32 Developers Kit
dBarcode-2k
dLabel-2k
dIndex-2k

Labels.NET

Really Simple Barcodes (all versions)
Universal Barcode Font Kit and Universal Barcode Font Kit for Mac OS-X

 

2.2 DataMatrix. We have modified all products supporting Datamatrix to ensure that symbols containing a single non-extended ASCII character in a stream of EDIFACT characters scan correctly. (This is a rather unusual combination of characters!). The following products have been modified accordingly:

 

Active Barcode Component – 2D Universal
Active Barcode Component – Datamatrix
AnyLabels
Barcode-2D IMG Server for IIS
Browser Barcode – Datamatrix

DataMatrix Font Kit and DataMatrix Font Kit for Mac OS-X
dBarcode DLL – 2D Universal
dBarcode DLL – Datamatrix
dBarcode.NET – 2D Universal
dBarcode.NET – Datamatrix
dBarcode Java Class – Datamatrix
dBarcode-2D Developers Kit
dBarcode-2k
dLabel-2k
dIndex-2k

Labels.NET-2D

2.3 Really Simple Barcodes.
This product has been updated to ensure that multiple copies of Sequenced labels can be printed on all printers.

 

2.4 AnyLabels. This product has been updated to ensure that multiple copies of Sequenced labels can be printed on all printers.

 

2.5 Compatability with Windows 98. Releases earlier this year introduce a resources problem for users of Windows 98 systems when generating large numbers of bitmap images. This problem have now been fixed. The following products have been updated accordingly:

 

All Active Barcode Components

All dBarcode DLLs

dBarcode-32 Developers Kit and dBarcode-2D Developers Kit

 

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

 

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3 Recent announcements (from April issue)

**** dLSoft announces additions to dBarScan range

dLSoft is pleased to announce the addition of new products to the dBarScan range for decoding barcode images.

dBarScan.DLL 1D is an Active DLL designed for use with Visual Basic 6 or Visual C/C++ and includes sample source code for VB6. and VC6

dBarScan Java Class is a designed for use with Java SDK 1.4.2 or later, and include a sample application with source code.

 

These components complement the dBarScan.NET fully managed code component designed for the .NET framework announced last month.

 

dLSoft releases dBarcode.NET QR for CE

dLSoft is please to announce the release of dBarcode.NET QR for CE, a fully-managed code component for the creation of QR Code symbols in .NET Compact Framework projects. The component supports Numeric, Alpha and Byte modes.

 

dLSoft adds IATA 2 of 5 to a wide range of products

dLSoft has updated a wide range of products that currently support the Standard 2 of 5 barcode type so that they can also generate IATA 2 of 5 barcodes.

This change effects the following products:

 

Active Barcode Component – 1D Universal
Active Barcode Component – ITF
Barcode IMG Server for IIS
Barcode Macros for Office
Browser Barcode – 1D Universal
dBarcode DLL – ITF
dBarcode DLL – 1D Universal
dBarcode.NET – ITF
dBarcode.NET – 1D Universal
dBarcode Java Class – ITF
dBarcode Java Class – 1D Universal
dBarcode-32 Developers Kit
dBarcode-2k
dLabel-2k
dIndex-2k
Universal Barcode Font Kit

 

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

 

 

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4  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

 

Please do not use any older links.

 

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5 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

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

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