dLSoft Newsletter - September 2002 Contents 1. New releases 2. Recent updates 3. Packaging changes 4. Upgrading your dLSoft product 5. Current versions and prices 6. Contact addresses 7. Internet sites -------------------------------------- 1. New releases dLSoft is pleased to announce that the following Barcode Font products have been updated to include UFL functions for Crystal Reports, so that the fonts can now be used within Crystal Reports by inserting a formula as a Field Object. Universal Barcode Font Kit (now version 3.2) Barcode Fonts for Windows - Code 39 Barcode Fonts for Windows - Code 93 Barcode Fonts for Windows - Code 128 Barcode Fonts for Windows - Code B Barcode Fonts for Windows - Code 11 Barcode Fonts for Windows - Codabar Barcode Fonts for Windows - EAN/UPC Barcode Fonts for Windows - ITF Barcode Fonts for Windows - MSI Barcode Fonts for Windows - PostNet Barcode Fonts for Windows - RM4SCC (Royal Mail) Barcode Fonts for Windows - Telepen All Barcode Font for Windows products are now versions 2.6 Testware versions are available from our web site, and users of the previous versions may upgrade under our normal terms. -------------------------------------- 2. Recent product releases and related changes (from July) dLSoft have introduce two new product ranges specifically for developers. New Active Barcode Components range Each of these products is royalty-free for up to 10,000 distributions. The new range of VB Active-X components consists of: Active Barcode Component - Code 128 Active Barcode Component - Code 39 Active Barcode Component - Code 93 Active Barcode Component - EAN/UPC Active Barcode Component - ITF Active Barcode Component - Aztec Active Barcode Component - DataMatrix Active Barcode Component - MaxiCode Active Barcode Component - PDF417 Active Barcode Component - RSS Each product includes sample source code for VB, VB.NET, C# and MS Access. Consequently two of our established products have had minor name changes: Active Barcode Component becomes Active Barcode Component - Universal and Active 2D-Barcode Component becomes Active 2D-Barcode Component - Universal New dBarcode DLL range The new range of DLL and Delphi components consists of: dBarcode DLL - Code 128 dBarcode DLL - Code 39 dBarcode DLL - Code 93 dBarcode DLL - EAN/UPC dBarcode DLL - ITF dBarcode DLL - 1D Universal dBarcode DLL - Aztec dBarcode DLL - DataMatrix dBarcode DLL - MaxiCode dBarcode DLL - PDF417 dBarcode DLL - RSS dBarcode DLL - 2D Universal Each product includes sample source code for VB, Visual C/C++ and Delphi 5/6 The dBarcode DLL product range will now be the recommended solution for Delphi users (in addition to the dBarcode Developers Kits). Testware versions are available from our web site, and users of the previous versions may upgrade under our normal terms. -------------------------------------- 3. Packaging changes As a result of the relatively rapidly changes that have been taking place over the last year, which have required frequent product updates, dLSoft products are no longer packaged with a paper product manual. All packaged products are shipped with a paper "Getting Started" guide and include the full product manual on the product CD - in Acrobat pdf format, accessible from "Setup" and suitable for printing on A4 or US Letter size paper. This change will enable us to ensure that the product manuals are kept up to date. The product manuals continue to be available on our web site at: http://www.dlsoft.com/downloads/manual1.htm -------------------------------------- 4. Upgrading your dLSoft product Upgrades are free of charge within 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 25 August 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