dLSoft  dLSoft Newsletter – October 2005

Contents

1. New products

2. Product updates

3. Recent_announcements_(from September)

4. Current versions and prices

5. Contact addresses

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1. New Products from dLSoft

dLSoft launches a range of low cost utilities.

The dLSoft staff have created a number of utilities to make their lives easier. Now the company has decided to make these available to a wider audience at very low cost.

The new utilities include:

dLFaxMail – a utility that collects your received faxes and then e-mails them to you, saving paper and ink (because you can delete all those junk faxes before they are printed) and allowing you to receive your faxes wherever you can read your e-mail.

dLRemote Commander – a utility that enables you to run commands on your PC or Server from anywhere using a web browser (it is thought that some staff have backed up our servers while on holiday in Barbados)

dLMonitor – a utility that enables the busy network administrator to be warned by e-mail if any of his machines goes quiet.

 

Try them out free for 30 days. See dLSoft Utilites on our web site.

 

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2 Product updates

 

2.1 dBarcode.NET updates

All dBarcode.NET products have been updated to correct a bug in the printing option of the sample programs provided with the products. The bug does not effect the components, but does give an unfortunate impression when using the sample program intended to demonstrate the use of the components!  The Help files have also been updated.

 

2.2 Labels.NET components and AnyLabels

The Labels.NET component and AnyLabels (which is built on the Labels.NET-2D component) had a licensing problem – in that the developer redistribution version of the component did not function fully when distributed. This problem has now been fixed.

 

2.3 dBarcode.NET Componets for CE

The dBarcode.NET PDF417 component for Windows CE has been updated to overcome a bug in long numeric data strings.

 

The dBarcode.NET QR Code component for Windows CE has been updated to overcome a bug in the “best” pattern selection for the symbol.

 

Updated versions of all the above are available from our web site and are free updates.

 

2.4 dBarcode-2D Developers Kit

The Help file that accompanies this product has been updated to include recently introduced functions.

 

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

 

2.5 Service updates

The Barcodes Online and Labels Online services are now available on duplicate servers at www.dlsoft.com and www.dlsoft.co.uk

 

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3 Recent announcements (from September issue)

3.1 dLSoft 2D font kits version 4.2

dLSoft is please to announce the release of version 4.2 of the following 2D barcode font kits:

 

Aztec Font Kit v 4.2

DataMatrix Font Kit v 4.2

PDF417 Font Kit v 4.2

QR Code Font Kit v 4.2

 

The new versions include decoders that can convert the encoded barcode characters back into the original data – useful for systems in which the barcode is to be read by software as well as by scanning.

 

3.2 The following .NET products have been updated to enable barcode images to be saved in a variety of graphics formats:

 

dBarcode .NET  39/93 v 1.6

dBarcode .NET  128 v 1.6

dBarcode .NET  EAN/UPC v 1.6

dBarcode .NET  ITF v 1.6

dBarcode .NET  1D Universal v 1.6

dBarcode .NET  Aztec v 1.6

dBarcode .NET  DataMatrix v 1.6

dBarcode .NET  PDF417 v 1.6

dBarcode .NET  QR Code v 1.6

dBarcode .NET 2D Universal v 1.6

 

3.3 Following yet more requests from users dLSoft has again released new versions of the following products, each now supporting authentication during image capture from Axis Network IP cameras:

 

dLabel-2k v6.25
dBarcode-2k v6.25

 

This is a free upgrade for users of version 6. Users of the earlier versions may upgrade under our normal terms.

 

Note that the 2005 releases of dLabel-2k and dBarcode-2k require Windows XP. These product will not install on earlier versions of Windows.

The previous versions of dLabel-2k (dLabel-2004) and dBarcode-2k (dBarcode-2003) which are compatible with Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP will continue to be available on our web site.

 

3.4 . The following products have received updates to correct a problem with the Japan Post Code dropping alphabetic characters:

 

Active Barcode Component 1D Universal

dBarcode DLL 1D Universal

dBarcode Java class 1D universal

dBarcode-2k

dLabel-2k

dBarcode-32

Labels .NET

Labels .NET 2D

Universal Barcode Font Kit

 

3.5 The following products that support QR Code have been updated to correct either an error in encoding numeric codes of more than 40 digits or an incorrect error message for the numeric code type:

 

Active Barcode Component QR Code

Active Barcode Component 2D Universal

Anylabels

dBarcode DLL QR Code

dBarcode DLL 2D Universal

Labels .NET 2D

QR Code Font Kit

 

3.6. The barcode driver suppied with dBarcode-2k has been updated to correct a problem with the “Replace date and time” function – which omitted the time!

 

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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