dLSoft Newsletter - June 2002 Contents 1. Product updates 2. Licence and price changes 3. Recent updates 4. Upgrading your dLSoft product 5. Current versions and prices 6. Contact addresses 7. Internet sites -------------------------------------- 1. Product updates The following products have been updated during May: Delphi 5 and 6 components derived from TImage have been released for the dBarcode developers kits, and the following products have been updated and include source code sample programs: dBarcode-32 Developers Kit dBarcode-2D Developers Kit To provide compatability with Visual Studio.NET the products now include source code samples for VB.NET and C# Active Barcode Component Active 2D Barcode Component Aztec Font Kit DataMatrix Font Kit PDF417 Font Kit Universal Barcode Font Kit Barcode Fonts for Windows (all 12 font packs) The Barcode Fonts for Windows packs now include a DLL and an Active-X component, so the dFont Developer kit is no longer required and is withdrawn. The following products have also had updates to correct a bug in the MaxiCode algorithm which produced incorrect barcodes for certain postal codes: Active 2D-Barcode Component dBarcode-2D Developers Kit Testware versions are available from our web site, and users of the previous versions may upgrade under our normal terms. -------------------------------------- 2. Licence and price changes Licence changes, with effect from June 1st. Multi-user versions of the following applications will now include 10 licences. Larger licence numbers are available on request. Barcode Macros for Office dBarcode-32 Standard edition dBarcode-32 Pro dBarcode-2K dLabel-2K Standard edition dLabel-2K Pro dIndex-2k Price changes (in UK pounds) with effect from June 1st The recommended retail price of dBarcode-32 Developers Kit increases to 199.00 (single user) / 398.00 (redistributable, 10,000 run-time) -------------------------------------- 3. Recent updates (from May news) The following products were released in new version during April: Barcode Server for IIS new version 2 - now much faster to download the barcode images. Universal Barcode Font Kit new version 3 - now handles over 50 different barcode types, including the clocked postal codes. The following have new releases: dBarcode-32 Developers Kit (v6.1) dBarcode-2D Developers Kit (v6.1) These have indergone substantial changes to allow 1D barcodes up to 80 characters to be created. Active Barcode Component Active 2D-Barcode Component Aztec Font Kit DataMatrix Font Kit PDF417 Font Kit Universal Barcode Font Kit These have been updated to work correctly with Delphi version 6 A new version of the dLSoft Barcodes Online Server has also been installed (version 2). Why not try it out at www.dlsoft.com/bconline The following products have been updated to include our latest barcode library, including Korean and Italian postal barcodes: Active Barcode Component Barcode Macros for Office (v2.3) dBarcode (all products) dIndex-2k (v5.4) dLabel-2k (v5.4) Universal Barcode Font Kit (v3.0) Finally ALL Browser Barcode products - new certificates used for signing the CAB files. (Old certificate expires end of April) 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. -------------------------------------- 4. Upgrading your dLSoft product Upgrades are free of charge with a year of purchase - just download from our web site and use your existing serial number). Upgrading a product that is more than a year old requires the purchase of an updated serial number. Customers who wish to purchase an upgrade to their dLSoft product may do so by contacting their dealer or 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 -------------------------------------- 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 27 May 2002 ------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------- 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. ------------------------------------------- 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