Barcode Studio: Version History

• EAN13: Depending on input data the EAN13 symbol was generated uncompleted. In special cases an access violation occurred.

• EAN/UPC Codes: Improved the printing qualitiy of the digits 1, 2, 7, and 8 (enlarge or reduce bar width about 1/13 of module width).

• New Licensing - Activation: Licensing has been improved and simplified.

• HIBC Codes - EPS Export: Fixed a problem with missing zeros in the human readable text.
• Code 128: Improved mode switching in context with the FNC1 character.
• Missing Error Message: Error Message "Wrong Check Digit" was added.

• Barcode Studio now supports the Spanish language.

• A multi threading problem in conjunction with PostScript generation was fixed.

• Improved error message for incorrect check digits.

• CSV file import on Mac OS X (CR line ending was not recognized).
• CSV/TXT import with files containing just a sinlge line.

• Loading of .bc files from command line fixed.
• Mac OS X: Workaround for QFontDialog problem.
• FNC1 encoding bug fixed (Data Matrix/GS1).

• It is now possible to include TIFF previews into EPS files.

• Fixed the problem with auto-resizing PDF files.
• Set the missing resolution settings and reduced the image file sizes (TIFF Export).
• File extension is now always adapted to the chosen image type (Data List Export).
• It is now possible to load files that do not have a file name extension (Mac OS).
• CMYK color settings can now be used directly for EPS generation (Mac OS Color dialog).

• A crash, which occurred during image export in command line mode, was fixed.

• Image Export: Exported images now contain the human readable text (also the Mac OS and Linux versions).
• Error Message Descriptions: The error message descriptions were updated in the documentation.

• Quiet Zones: The left quiet zone of several 2D bar codes was drawn incorrectly when the unit "Modules" was selected.
• DataMatrix: Internal code optimization (code word efficiency) was improved.

• Copy To Clipboard and Open Office: The menu command Copy To Clipboard (As Metafile) produces a distorted image when inserted into Open Office V3.0. Use image export Copy To Clipboard (As Image) instead.

• New Data List for multiple bar codes: Maintain data for multiple bar codes in a single place.
• Improved file import with dialog based column selection (CSV files).
• Improved serial number generator (preview)
• Improved bar code export: Export barcodes from the data list view, file name can be set manually or through auto-naming functions
• Improved bar width reduction (higher accuracy, units mms, inch, %)
• Improved barcode info page (added title)
• New command line argument -log to generate a log file with a specified name.
• New escape sequences for Gs, Rs, Eot in the barcode data context menu.
• Check digit validation
• Italian language support
• Default bar code set to QR Code.
• Windows 7: Barcode Studio runs with Windows 7 (tested with Beta).

• Changing the barcode type reduced the barcode in size.
• No "file save" question before "file open"
• No error code when creating multiple bar codes through command line (batch).
• Micro QR-Code settings not saved.

• New Language: Barcode Studio supports now Chinese in addition to German and English
• HIBC LIC Barcodes: Bug fix in encoding templates

• Licensing: Bug an Mac OSX was fixed; licensing failed if licensee contains "," or ";"
• Templates: New Barcode Template for Data Matrix / Deutsche Post Premium Address

• Command Line: Minor changes for datalist/outlist, file separator, output type
• Mac OS: Passing a settings file by an Apple event
• Barcode Export: Changed file extensions from E1C and E4C to EPS
• Data Matrix Code: New Reader Programming Mode Support

• New Barcodes: Micro QR-Code, HIBC Codes (Code 128, Code 39, Data Matrix, QR-Code, PDF417, Micro PDF417, CODABLOCK-F with HIBC format)
• Changed the naming of 'RSS' barcodes to 'GS1 DataBar'.
• Sample data for each symbology
• Resolutions / DPI: More predefined resolutions. Possibility to add custom resolutions.
• Info Text: The user has the possibility to provide an information text.
• Support for encoding modes and code pages.
• Command Line: New arguments -datalist and -outlist for multiple bar code generation.
• Aztec Code now supports all encoding types.
• Data Matrix: Added the possibility to enforce binary encoding.
• Quiet zone works for all barcodes now. It can be specified in mm, mils and pixels. All four sides may be adjusted separately.
• Bar width reduction was improved (support for decimals, user can select unit).
• New image export format: PDF
• Quiet zone markers (> <) for EAN8/13, UPCA/E and their derivations

• Data Matrix: Fixed problem with symbols of maximum size (144x144) - alternative implementations to support different reader types.
• MaxiCode: Bug in mode switching was fixed.
• Image export: Fixed bug with colors.
• Pharmacode: Fixed a problem related to the encoding of color sequences.
• KIX Barcode: Right aligned text is now properly aligned.
• Composite Component: Fixed an issue with the adjustment of composite components in the standard property list (Microsoft Word, Excel, …).

New Features

• Barcode Studio now supports Microsoft^® Windows, Mac OS X^® (10.4 or higher) and Linux^®.
• New Barcodes: Aztec Code, DPD Code, Italian Postal Code 2of5, DAFT Code
• Input data can now be treated as hex-data.
• Added support for exporting the image to the clipboard.
• PDF417 can now be forced to use binary encoding only.
• Printing problems: A new property Draw Mode helps the user to avoid problems with certain printer drivers.

Bug Fixes

• PDF417: Corrected an encoding error when a space follows a punctuation character at the end of the data stream.
• Data Matrix: Bug in EDIFACT mode corrected.