dLSoft Newsletter - February 2002 Contents 1. Updates during January 2. The new versons for 2002 3. Upgrading your dLSoft product 4. Current versions and prices 5. Contact addresses 6. Internet sites -------------------------------------- 1. Updates during January The following products received minor updates during January: Active Barcode Component - modified to correct the (embarrassing) omission of the SISAC tables from the v2.5 release. Active 2D-Barcode Component and the dBarcode-2D Developers Kit - modified to correct a bug in the capacity and pattern strings available from rectangular DataMatrix barcodes. Code 128 Barcode Font for Windows and the dFOnt Developers Kit - modified to allow manual Code 128 scheme changes along the barcode (the automatic changes were fine, but some users prefer to do their own). dLabel-2K and dBarcode-2K - modified to prevent a crash when ODBC sources without field names are opened and the program instructed to use the fieldnames provided by the ODBC source. Datamatrix font kit and Browser Barcode Datamatrix modified to correct a minor bug in the maximum capacity of rectangular Datamatrix barcodes. No serial number changes are involved in these updates. Testware copies of all products are available from our web site, and users of previous versions may upgrade under our normal terms. -------------------------------------- 2. New versions for 2002 (from January news) Most products have been updated for the new year and the complete list of new version numbers can be viewed at http://www.dlsoft.com/data/versions.htm The principal changes are: For 1D features in Active Barcode Component, dBarcode (all versions), dLabel, dIndex: the addition of the EAN-14 barcode type. For 2D features in Active 2D-Barcode Component, dBarcode-2000, dBarcode-2D Developers Kit, dLabel: the addition of the MicroPDF417 barcode type. ALL dLSoft font products have been updated. The multi-user versions of all our fonts now contain embedding licences, and so will correctly embed into Acrobat 5 pages. Furthermore all fonts can now be used to make barcodes on web pages - see the demo at http://www.dlsoft.com/barcode/fonts/barcode_fonts_on_web_pages.htm This is a major enhancement, particularly as incorporating 2D barcodes on web pages was complex before this. The products affected are: Barcode Fonts for Windows (all types) Aztec Font Kit DataMatrix Font Kit PDF417 Font Kit Universal Font Kit No serial number changes are involved in these updates. Testware copies of all products are available from our web site, and users of previous versions may upgrade under our normal terms. -------------------------------------- 3. Upgrading your dLSoft product Customers who wish to upgrade their dLSoft product to the latest version (free within a year of purchase) may do so by contacting DL Technology by e-mail or fax and providing the following information: a) Product name and version b) date of purchase c) name of dealer purchased from d) current serial number. The upgrade price list is available at http://www.dltech.co.uk/dltech/upgrades.htm -------------------------------------- 4. Current versions of dLSoft Products A list of current versions and release dates is maintained at: http://www.dlsoft.com/data/versions.htm Last updated 31 January 2002 ------------------------------------- 5. Contact addresses e-mail: DLSOFT@DLSOFT.COM Phone: 020 8559 0049 - International +44 20 8559 0049 Fax: 020 8559 0178 - International +44 20 8559 0178 -------------------------------------- 6. Internet sites 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.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. ------------------------------------------- End Previous issues of the newsletter may be obtained from the link on the What's New page on our web site. DL Technology PO Box 9, Buckhurst Hill, Essex IG9 5BE, UK Fax: (44) (0) 20 8559 0178 E-mail: DLSoft@DLSoft.com Web: www.dlsoft.com