What's New
Version 6.0
  • New! Barcode Symbologies added including UPS MaxiCode (2D), Micro QR Code (2D), GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional (formerly RSS-14), GS1 DataBar Truncated (formerly RSS-14 Truncated), GS1 DataBar Stacked (formerly RSS-14 Stacked), GS1 DataBar Stacked Omnidirectional (formerly RSS-14 Stacked Omnidirectional), GS1 DataBar Limited (formerly RSS Limited), GS1 DataBar Expanded (formerly RSS Expanded), GS1 DataBar ExpandedStacked (formerly RSS Expanded Stacked), EAN UPC AddOn 2, EAN UPC AddOn 5, USPS Package Identification Code (PIC) based on Code 128, Matrix 2 of 5, Danish Postal 39, French Postal 39 A/R, IATA 2 of 5.
  • Improved! QR Code - Added user selection for encoding (code page) when using Byte compaction mode.
  • Improved! MSI - Added second checksum.
  • New! Barcode generation engine re-written from ground up.
  • New! Added others Barcode Unit of measurement (Inch, CM, MM and Mils).
  • New! Added Text Justification for alignment.
  • New! Added support for displaying multiline texts.
  • New! Added Bar Width Adjustment feature.
  • New! Added HumanReadableText property which will be used (if specified) instead of value to encode which is hold by Code property.
  • Improved! "Fit barcode to size" feature.
  • Improved! BarRatio property converted to float point number.
Version 5.0
  • New! Added support for Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services
  • New! Barcode Symbologies/Standards added including Aztec Code 2D, Compact PDF417, Macro PDF417, Micro PDF417, VICS Bill of Lading (BOL), VICS SCAC PRO, Italian Post 25, ISBT 128, HIBC LIC 39, HIBC LIC 128, HIBC PAS 39, HIBC PAS 128, USPS Intelligent Mail (formerly OneCode)
  • New! Added Barcode alignment feature which lets you to align the whole barcode image on the drawing surface.
  • Improved! PDF417 Barcode by adding Numeric Compaction Mode and Auto Compaction Mode which optimizes the total codewords to be encoded by switching between all PDF417 modes. Added Aspect Ratio setting.
  • Improved! Pharmacode Barcode by adding validation for avoiding generation of non-legible Pharmacode values.
  • Improved! Added support for DPI values greater than 96 with AutoSize feature enabled.
  • Improved! Overall barcode generation performance.
Version 4.0
  • New! Barcode Symbologies added including QR Code, USPS FIM, USPS Horizontal Bars, Telepen, Pharmacode, Semacode, Code 32 Italian Pharmacode IMH, USPS Package Identification Code (PIC), FedEx Ground "96"
  • New! Reporting Services 2005 64-bit support (x64 and IA64 Platforms)
  • Improved! UCC/EAN-128 algorithm.
Version 3.0
  • New! Barcode Symbologies added including USPS OneCode 4-State Customer Barcode, Royal Mail 4-State Customer Code, Australia Post 4-State Barcode, Royal TPG Post KIX 4-State Barcode, Singapore 4-State Postal Code, Swiss PostParcel Barcode, SSCC-18, PZN, Deutsche Post Leitcode, Deutsche Post Identcode, USPS Tray label, USPS Sack label, EAN-Velocity, JAN-13 & JAN-8, OPC, EAN-99, ITF-14, SCC-14, ISBN (Enhanced to support ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 all in one), ISSN, ISMN, Numly Number
  • New! Bearer Bars support for 2 of 5, Code 128 and UCC.EAN 128 barcodes. BearerBarStyle and BearerBarWidth properties added.
  • New! Light Margin Indicator (< and > chars) for EAN/UPC barcode Symbologies added. DisplayLightMarginIndicator property.
  • New! GetBarcodeImage method version that allows obtaining barcode images that need the bars to fill a given area measured in inches.
  • New! FitBarsAreaToSize property to create barcode images that need the bars to fill a given area.
  • New! Monochrome property allowing generating Black and White 1 bit per pixel barcode images.
  • New! IsbnSupplementCode property becomes obsolete. Now to specify a supplement value the EanUpcSupplementCode property must be used.
  • New! Enhanced Barcode Symbology documentation.
  • New! Enhanced GIF generation by using Quantification process.
  • New! Enhanced drawing for supplement bars in EAN/UPC barcode Symbologies
  • New! Enhanced Design-time support by including Barcode Builder
  • New! DPI support
  • New! Barcode centered image support
  • Fixed! Barcode Professional drawing algorithms now really honor quiet zone width values as well as margin settings.
  • Fixed! Drawing UPC-A Guard Bars
Version 2.0
  • New! PDF417 Truncated
  • New! Reporting Services 2005 full support
  • New! Local Mode Reports (client-side processing) support
  • New! Remote Mode Reports (server-side processing) support
  • New! Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio design-time support in Report Server Projects
  • New! Visual Studio 2005 Report Viewer controls support
  • New! RDLC (local reports) support
  • New! Configuration Tool for Reporting Services Settings
  • Improved! All export file formats supported (PDF, Excel, TIFF, Web archive)
  • Fixed! Barcode generation algorithm for DataMatrix and PDF417 Symbologies
Version 1.0
  • Initial release
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