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News The latest news on developments with the barcode toolkits. January 2009: Version 7.1.4 of the Windows Toolkit Released 1. Tiff-split in PDF Format The tiff-split feature of the toolkit is now able to output in both tiff and pdf format. Note that the .Net component requires installation of the PDF Extension to do this where as the DLL, OCX and COM interfaces do not. If the PDF Extension is installed then the toolkit is also able to split a PDF file into smaller parts. Note that PDF files are rasterized before being split. 2. Java Interface Extended The Java interface has been extended to include tiff-split functionality. 3. PdfDpi default value changed The default value of the PdfDpi property (the resolution at which PDF files are rasterized) has been changed from 200 to 300. 4. Patch Code Recognition Previous versions of the toolkit would output false positive results if ReadPatchCodes was set to True and MinOccurrence and PrefOccurrence were left at default values, but version 7.1.4 imposes a minimum hit count for patch codes of 30. This value can only be changed via the LoadXMLSettings method/function by setting the property PatchCodeMinOccurrence. 5. PDF-417 Recognition Improvements have been made to PDF-417 recognition, which allow the toolkit to cope with larger variations in the width of columns. November 2008: PDF capability added to BardecodeFiler Version 1.3 of BardecodeFiler has been released. This new version can also handle PDF files and even convert from TIF to PDF. more... November 2008: ARM Barcode Reader Toolkit Released A version of the toolkit for Linux running on ARM has been released. This is the first version of the toolkit designed to run on an embedded processor. more. . . November 2008: Version 7.1.3 of the Linux version of the Toolkit Released The Linux version of the barcode reader toolkit has now been updated in line with the changes made for version 7.1.3 of the Windows version. October 2008: ASPX Example Project An ASPX project (written using Visual Studio 2008 and VB.Net) has been added to the samples available for download. October 2008: Version 1.2 of BardecodeFiler Released The BardecodeFiler application allows access to the features of the toolkit for users unable to take advantage of the SDK. The easy to use application splits/renames folders of images based on barcode values. It's also possible to call the application from the command line or within scripts. September 2008: Version 7.1.3 of the Windows Toolkit and PDF Extension Released Highlights:
Detail: 1. Improved support for the EAN-13 family of barcodes. The EAN-13 module has been improved to allow a greater variance in module width. 2. Extended support for Code 2 of 5 barcodes. Support added for the following variants of the Code 25 family: Datalogic, Matrix, Industrial and IATA via the ReadCode25ni setting. 3. Improved detection of false positive results when using SkewSettings > 0. In previous versions it was possible to get partial reads of barcode such as Code 2 of 5 when using SkewSetting values > 0. This version detects and removes such errors. 4. Encoding property added to control format in which barcodes are returned: 0 (default) = raw (with null characters suppressed)
5. Sorting of barcode results Previous versions of the toolkit have generally returned barcodes ordered bottom up and left to right - with some exceptions. This version now checks the ordering to ensure that barcodes are returned in the expected order. 6. Bug fix in SaveResults method in the .net 2.0 component. In previous versions this function only saved the results for the last page in a multi-page TIF document. 7. The properties PdfBpp, PdfDpi, PageNo and Photometric can be exported and imported using the XML interface. 8. Added support for micro-PDF-417 barcodes via the ReadMicroPDF417 property. 9. Added support for Short Code 128 barcodes via the ReadShortCode128 property. Another property called ShortCode128MinLength has also been added to control the minimum allowed length for this type of barcode. The default value is 2. 10. Improved detection of long barcodes. August 2008: BardecodeFiler Version 1.1 Released BardecodeFiler is an application that splits/renames TIF documents according to barcode values. more... March 2008: OnLine Barcode Reader Added to Web Site An online barcode reader page has been added to the web site. This uses the SoftekBarcodeWeb ActiveX control to read barcodes from files using javascript in a web page. more... January 2008: Version 7.1.2 of the Windows Toolkit Released Code 39 - read rate increased for poor quality barcodes. TifSplitPath - output file names (when splitting a multi-page TIF into sub-files) can now include the value of a barcode found in the document, rather than just an index number. Speckled Images - the toolkit is now able to handle many speckled images using default settings. June 2007: Version 7.1 of the Windows Toolkit and PDF Extension Released Version 7.1 contains support for XML, CSV and Java, with improvements to Code 39, Code 25 and PDF-417 recognition... 1. Median Filter The Median Filter option is another method of cleaning noisy images. It's more versatile than the noise reduction filters because it isn't restricted to a single orientation, although it isn't recomended for low resolution images. 2. XML Interface Added
3. Java Interface The toolkit is now provided with a Java class, which can be found in the java folder under the installation folder. Please see the README file in the Java folder for more details on the supported properties and methods. 4. Code 25 character width tolerance The allowed variation in width for Code 25 characters in barcodes of more than 6 characters has been increased. 5. Extra wide spaces The toolkit now handles barcodes with an exceptionally high ratio between the first black bar and first white space. 6. Auto Color Threshold Calculation Improved The automatic calculation of the value for color threshold has been imrpoved. 7. PDF-417 Recognition An improvement has been made to the PDF-417 algorithm, which allows it to recognise much lower resolution images than was previously possible. A logic error has also been fixed in the decoding alogorithm for byte compacted data. 8. Code 39 Recognition A small improvement has been made to the Code 39 algorithm to handle barcodes with a low ratio between the wide and narrow bars. March 2007: Perl Module Released Linux, Solaris and OSX developers in Perl can now use the SoftekBarcode module to interface directly with the toolkit. March 2007: Solaris Sparc Version of the JNI Library Released The Java interface to the toolkit has been enhanced with the addition of the Solaris Sparc JNI library. The library is included in the free java download. March 2007: Barcode Reader for Solaris Sparc Version 7.0.8 has been released for Solaris Sparc. February 2007: Java Add-On Released The Softek.Barcode Class allows you to read barcodes from images in Java applications. The Add-On includes jni libraries for windows, linux and osx. More... February 2007: Softek Software in Top 25 Publishers Strong sales of the barcode reading sdk in 2006 have put Softek Software in the ComponentSource list of Top 25 best selling publishers. October 2006: PDF-417 Support included in Standard Version The Softek Barcode Reader Toolkit now reads normal and 2-Dimensional barcodes from images and bitmaps. The toolkit currently supports PDF-417 and Compact PDF-417 barcode formats. More.... June 2006: Visual Studio LoaderLock Error Fixed A fix is now available for the LoaderLock error experienced by Visual Studio 2005 users when working with the SoftekBarcodeLib class library. Registered users should contact support@bardecode.com for an updated component and evaluating users can download the latest 30 day evaluation from the download page. Because the new version of the class library will not work in Visual Studio 2003, we have called it SoftekBarcodeLib2 and developers will need to change the reference in their projects and replace "SoftekBarcodeLib" with "SoftekBarcodeLib2" in their code. March 2006: New support forum available. A new support bulletin board is now available for Softek Software products. Be the first to post a message! February 2006: Version 6.2.0 Released for Linux, OSX and Solaris x86 The latest version of the toolkit is now available for Solaris 10 on the Intel platform. An evaluation version is now available from our download page. January 2006: Win32 Version of DLL Available on Request Registered users of Version 6.2.0 can now ask for a Win32 version of the SoftekBarcode.dll file. Please contact support@bardecode.com for a copy. January 2006: Regular Expression Matching A new feature in Version 6.2.0 is Regular Expression matching, but what does it mean and what use is it? A regular expression is a pattern that can be used to match against a barcode string. For example, if you set the Pattern property to "^ABC[0-9]+XYZ$" then the toolkit will only report barcodes that start with "ABC", followed by one or more digits and end with "XYZ". This useful because you can reduce the chance of false positive readings or ignore barcodes from other sources. If you know the format of the barcode string you expect then it's always worth setting this property. January 2006: Softek Barcode Reader for Windows 30 Day Evaluation It's now easier to evaluate the Barcode Reader Toolkit. The evaluation download will provide complete functionality for 30 days from installation. No more nag screens! January 2006: Softek Barcode Reader for Windows Version 6.2.0 Released Version 6.2.0 of the Barcode Reader Toolkit is now available. Highlights in this version are improved performance and regular expression matching. There have also been improvements in accuracy for Code 25, Code 128 and Code 39 barcodes.
November 11th 2005: Softek Barcode Maker Active X Control Released The Softek Barcode Maker Active X control is an easy way to print barcodes from VB, Word and Excel. This new product currently supports Code 39, Code 25 and Code128 (types A, B and C). More ... or Download. September 15th 2005: Version 6.1.1 for Linux is Released The Linux variant of the Barcode Reader Toolkit Version 6.1.1 has now been released. September 1st 2005: Version 6.1.1 for Windows Released
January 13th 2005: PDF Support Available A new product has been launched that adds PDF capability to the standard version of the windows toolkit. more... January 13th 2005: New Windows Version Version 6.1.0 of the barcode toolkit has been released. Changes for this version include:
October 1st 2004: GIF File Support. The next version of the toolkit will include support for GIF images. If you would like a pre-release copy for this version then please email sales@bardecode.com. September 24th 2004: New Windows Version. Version 6.09 of the Windows toolkit is now available. Click here for release notes. September 17th 2004: Apple OS X Version The barcode toolkit has been ported to Apple OS X and is available for download. September 8th 2004: New Linux Version. Version 6.09 of the Linux toolkit is now available. This version includes a shared version of the library and improved Codabar recognition. Download Version 6.09 for Linux. September 6th 2004: New Release due in September The next release of the barcode reading toolkit will be made available during September. Version 6.09 will include the following changes:
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