dLSoft Newsletter - April 2002

Contents

1. New product release
2. Product upgrades
3. Other recent updates
4. Upgrading your dLSoft product
5. Current versions and prices
6. Contact addresses
7. Internet sites

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1. New product 

dIndex-2k is a new product that allows connection to ODBC/ADO
databases (such as Access and SQL) to permit barcode access to 
the data for applications such as Point of Sale (for shops, 
restaurants, etc.), Checking in/out of items or people (for 
clubs, libraries, hire companies, etc.).

Testware versions are available from our web site, and users 
of the older dIndex-32 may upgrade under our normal terms.

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2. Product upgrades

The following products have been updated to include the
RSS symbology:

Active-2D Barcode Component (v2.5)
dBarcode-2D Developers Kit (v6)
dBarcode-2k (v2.7)
dIndex-2k (5.3)
dLabel-2k (5.3)
 
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.

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3. Other recent updates

New version of dBarcode-2k 

dBarcode-2k now includes a barcode scanner driver to allow 
database records to be displayed, printed or modified by a 
barcode scan.

The following products received minor updates during February:

Active-2D Barcode Component and dBarcode-2D Developers Kit have 
been modified to allow a more graceful error-return when garbage 
is provided as data for 2D barcodes.

Active Barcode Component, dBarcode (all versions) now include 
the Korean postal code barcode type. 


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.

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4. 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

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5. 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 4 April 2002


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6. 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
 

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7. 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.

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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