dLSoft Newsletter - November 2002

Contents

1. Web site changes
2. Product updates
3. Recent updates (from October)
4. Current versions and prices
5. Contact addresses
6. Internet sites


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1. Web site changes

Our web site has just undergone a major update which we
believe makes it much easier for customers to find advice 
and information about our products and about which product 
is suitable for use with other applications and development 
tools.

If you have any comments or suggestions about the new look
please let us know.

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2. Product updates

A new release of the PDF417 Barcode Font Kit (v 3.1) adds the 
Micro PDF barcode type to the standard PDF417 type supported 
by the kit.

UFLs for use with Crystal Reports have been added to the
following products:

Aztec Barcode Font Kit (v 3.0)
DataMatrix Barcode Font Kit (v 3.0)
PDF417 Barcode Font Kit (v 3.1)

After a number of customer problems ALL products containing 
Active-X controls have had the product's Setup modified to 
ensure more reliable self-registration. In most cases the product 
has NOT changed - only the Installshield setup procedure. 
This effect ALL font products, all Active Barcode products and 
the two dBarcode developers kits. No version number changes are
involved in this fix.

The dIndex-2k product has had a minor bug fix to prevent its
invoice and POS units from rearranging lists alphabetically!

A complete list of release dates for the current versions of 
all our products is at
http://www.dlsoft.com/data/versions.htm

Testware versions are available from our web site, and users 
of the previous versions may upgrade under our normal terms.

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3. Recent updates (from October)

For one reason or another virtually every product has 
received an update this month. In fact the only product 
that has NOT been updated is Barcode Server for IIS.

Consequently its easier to list the reasons for the updates,
at least one reason applying to each product.

Products which are capable of creating images on the clipboard
have been updated so that they do not product nominal size 
images when discrete height and width values are specified.

Products which handle Code 128 or EAN 128 barcodes have been
updated to avoid the report of an illegal character when
automatically changing subtype after particular sequences of digits.
(Because the Font products include component tools that handle all 
barcode fonts this has resulted in all font products being updated.)

The Universal Font Kit was updated to correctly install the 
Crystal Reports UFL component.

Serveral HELP files have been updated to make it easier to locate
the table of barcode types.

Testware versions are available from our web site, and users 
of the previous 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://www.dlsoft.com/data/versions.htm

Last updated 3 November 2002

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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

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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.
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Previous issues of the newsletter may be obtained from
the link on the Newsletter 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