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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 barcode padding space. New! Added Text Justification for alignment. New! Added support for displaying multiline texts. New! Added Bar Width Adjustment feature. New! Added separated font settings for additional text and value to encode. New! Added HumanReadableText property which will be used (if specified) instead of value to encode which is hold by Code property. New! Added EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) exportation generating true vector-based barcodes with RGB and CMYK color spaces support. New! Added EMF (Enhanced Windows Metafile) exportation generating true vector-based barcodes. New! Added TIFF Compression algorithms (LZW, CCITT3, CCITT4 and RLE) when generating barcodes in such image format. Improved! "Fit barcode to size" feature. Improved! BarRatio property converted to float point number. Improved! DrawOnCanvas method now honors PageScale property of the involved Graphics object. BREAKING CHANGES! All barcode dimensions properties are now double precision DrawOnCanvas methods featuring "fit barcode to size" were redefined in this new version. Version 5.0 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 Wireless Bitmap (WBMP) rendering for supporting ASP.NET Mobile web applications targeting WAP/WML scenarios New! Codeless Barcode Generation feature New! Added Absolute URL support for barcode rendering New! Added "Fit To Size" feature which lets you to create barcodes that must fit in a given area Improved! Pharmacode Barcode by adding validation for avoiding generation of non-legible Pharmacode values 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! 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! Alternative temporary barcode storage for rendering process. New! 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! DrawOnCanvas method version that allows drawing barcode images that need the bars to fill a given area measured in inches. New! GetBarcodeImage method versions that allow obtaining barcode images that need the bars to fill a given area measured in inches. New! GetBarcodeImage method versions that allow obtaining barcode images at a give resolution. New! All barcode-related dimensions such us Bar’s Width and Height, Quiet Zone Width, Margins, etc.; are now specified and measured in inches. New! IsCodeValid property. 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! TIFF image format added. New! Enhanced Design-time support by including Barcode Builder Fixed! Barcode Professional drawing algorithms now really honor quiet zone width values as well as margin settings. Fixed! Drawing UPC-A Guard Bars Version 2.5 New! PDF417 Truncated New! Support for ASP.NET 2.0 New! Support for Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Web Developer Express New! Visual Studio 2005 Smart Tag New! License registration mechanism Fixed! Barcode generation algorithm for DataMatrix and PDF417 Symbologies Version 2.0 New! Transparent background support for GIF and PNG image formats New! Save barcode images in image files as well as in stream objects New! Crystal Reports for .NET support New! Draw barcode images onto any Graphics object New! Simple way to serve barcode images in ASP.NET Web Services New! DPI support New! Auto-Size support New! Support for two types of rendering methods New! Enhancements in performance allowing you to use Cache capabilities of ASP.NET Version 1.0 Initial release